Re: The Cold War

[Andy Austin <soc40001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 On Sat, 5 Nov 1994, Doug Henwood wrote:

> There's little question that domestically, Americans were politically
> freer than Soviets. But, abroad, who overthrew more governments,
> prosecuted more wars (overt and covert), assassinated more foreign
> leaders, and destabilized economies, the "good" guys or the "bad" guys?
>
> And now that that bad old system has collapsed, why are things worse than
> ever in the former USSR?
>
> And might the evolution of the Soviet system have something to do with
> Russian history before 1917 - imperialism, economic backwardness, and
> political repression? Of course, considering that might upset these neat
> Manichean models.

Yes!

AWA