Thursday, November 12, 2009
Illustrating Orlov
Polistra has been following Dmitri Orlov for a while.
Orlov lists many reasons why Russia has survived its 1991 collapse while America is far less likely to survive its ongoing collapse.
This struck me as especially important:
Here's a little set of pictures from Russia in the '60s, illustrating the point. Most of the pics are organized events which don't tell us much, but look closely at the 1st and 11th pictures, where people have spontaneously arranged themselves. What would that park bench look like in modern diversity-poisoned America? ¶ 7:34 AM
Orlov lists many reasons why Russia has survived its 1991 collapse while America is far less likely to survive its ongoing collapse.
This struck me as especially important:
To keep evil at bay, Americans require money. In an economic collapse, there is usually hyperinflation, which wipes out savings. There is also rampant unemployment, which wipes out incomes. The result is a population that is largely penniless.
In the Soviet Union, very little could be obtained for money. It was treated as tokens rather than as wealth, and was shared among friends. Many things – housing and transportation among them – were either free or almost free.
Here's a little set of pictures from Russia in the '60s, illustrating the point. Most of the pics are organized events which don't tell us much, but look closely at the 1st and 11th pictures, where people have spontaneously arranged themselves. What would that park bench look like in modern diversity-poisoned America? ¶ 7:34 AM
