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|    Re: Socialism or Capitalism: What is bet    |
|    23 Aug 08 15:31:29    |
   
   From: kurkku@hassuserveri.fi   
      
   "Anton" kirjoitti   
   viestissä:g8ol6c$apd$1@registered.motzarella.org...   
   > James A. Donald kirjoitti:   
   >> James A. Donald:   
   >>>> My guess is that Gorbachev's decision to allow people to   
   >>>> doubt and criticize had a lot to do with the fall of   
   >>>> communism in Russia, but military defeat had a lot to do   
   >>>> with the satellite countries dumping communism.   
   >>   
   >> Anton   
   >>> Communism did not suffer a military defeat   
   >>   
   >> In Nicaragua and Afghanistan it did.   
   >   
   > Not in Europe, not in the Soviet Union. The citizens in the communist   
   > countries brought their own communist regimes down.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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