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   From: holman@mappi.helsinki.fi   
      
   In article , James A. Donald   
    wrote:   
      
   > James A. Donald:   
   > > > That would be a classic model of economic   
   > > > colonialism if the Finns were paid with real money   
   > > > instead of entirely worthless rubles.   
   >   
   > Anton   
   > > Except that Finns were *not* paid in rubles   
   >   
   > They were paid in something that was not money you can   
   > use to pay your rent.  The difference between that and   
   > rubles is not significant.   
      
   They were paid in oil, natural gas, steel, and wood, things that can be   
   traded for money or used to make industrial products that can be sold at a   
   profit.   
      
   In today's world, I'd rather be paid in natural resources than in dollars,   
   epecially if the natural resources were supplied at a discounted rate.   
      
   > They were paid in a fashion that only those subject to   
   > Soviet violence accepted.   
      
   The post-1945 Soviet Union was not nearly as violent a country   
   internationally as you seem to assume.   
      
      
      
   Regards,   
   Eugene Holman   
      
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