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   From: anton.usenet@gmail.com   
      
   James A. Donald kirjoitti:   
   > "James A. Donald"   
   >>> [Finns] were not paid in gold, not paid in US dollars, not paid in Swiss   
   >>> francs.   
      
   > Markku Grönroos   
   >> Russians were short of convertible currency as we all know.   
      
   > If Russians paid in oil, they could have instead sold the oil, and   
   > obtained convertible currency.   
      
   Either you must be incredibly naive or just are so unfortunate to not be   
   the sharpest knife in the drawer: communist ideology regarded money as   
   evil and one main objective of communist ideology is to ABOLISH currency   
   all together. You have obviously not done your homework on the subject.   
      
   If they had gone all out normal trade it would have been the same as to   
   admit that their ideologies aren't viable. Had what makes sense   
   economically taken predecense over their beliefs they would also have   
   lifted the ban on private entrepeneurship¹.   
      
   ¹ Later they did, but when they did communism and the USSR already were   
   about to collapse.   
      
   --   
   Anton   
      
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