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   Re: Socialism or Capitalism: What is bet   
   23 Aug 08 15:27:05   
   
   From: kurkku@hassuserveri.fi   
      
   perhaps you faggot finally tune the list of receiving groups   
      
      
      
      
   "James A. Donald"  kirjoitti   
   viestissä:35qva4h32fuv6arp6tnfq951qh7uk1ot65@4ax.com...   
   > James A. Donald:   
   >> > Vietnam led to a lot of dominoes falling,   
   >> > Afghanistan led to a lot of dominoes falling.   
   >> >   
   >> > Because Soviet power relied overwhelmingly on fear,   
   >> > while the US relied on soft power, we would expect   
   >> > the domino effect to be a lot bigger for the Soviet   
   >> > Union than for the US.   
   >> >   
   >> > And it was.   
   >   
   > Anton   
   >> You are quite vague here. You'd have to elaborate.   
   >   
   > Quite a few countries fell to communism as a result of   
   > the fall of Vietnam, and there was a big rush to make   
   > nice to the Soviet Union.   
   >   
   > We would expect an even bigger impact from the fall of   
   > communist Afghanistan - and we saw the Soviet Union   
   > fall.  Therefore the fall of the Soviet Union was in   
   > substantial part domino effect.   
   >   
   >   
   > --   
   >  ----------------------   
   > We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because   
   > of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this   
   > right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state.   
   >   
   > http://www.jim.com/      James A. Donald   
      
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