Comments by "" (@b.questor) on "Силиконовый занавес" channel.

  1. It is our money and guns today, or our daughters and sons tomorrow. - Cormac Smith
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  2. Russian production quotas could grow severe. Co-workers can turn on each other for the sake of reaching their quotas.
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  3. Fewer and fewer supervisors around, especially on the night shift, when locked offices and stockrooms get broken into for the sake of making that quota or facing punishment.
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  4. "Goodbye Crimean Bridge, so long."
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  5. Uncle Sam needs to increase his range over Mother Russia.
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  6. An indurance contest: Double shifts and overtime pay might be an analogy of the Russian wartime economy.
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  7. I can understand how a relatively young democracy can lapse into a seemly secure authoritarian status quo. Mounting corruption without competition will lead to mounting insecurities along with a diminished ability to solve social problems which then induces general instability. The eventual call for reformation, a return to a more refined democratic process is inclusive of individual participation by the populace.
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  8. An Autocrat, along with acquiring great wealth and power might desire control over his populace's gene pool. Directing and stimulating the birth rate by mobilizing the general public, minority cleansing, and importing qualifying second-class citizens, while indoctrinating youth into a structured society that insures the ruler's continued regime and agenda.
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  9. I see those benefiting from the wartime economy to be spending more and more on comfort goods and escapism as times advance.
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  10. Democracy might be seen as the best problem-solving mechanism for the relationship between the state and the individual. Common consensus can thereby respond within a political framework to the benefit of the largest number. Voter apathy is the greatest deterent to Democracy.
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  11. Russia: A boutique next to a superstore.
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  12. Imperialism requires unlimited resources and cheap labor which in turn implies continued encroachment and expansion. Without a new frontier or a power vacuum to fill, Imperialism is destined for failure.
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  13. From designer shoes to t-shirts and caps with an American cheeseburger in hand, the Russian consumer has an apetite for Western pop culture. With the eventual ending of sanctions, I would expect western cultural tastes to rebound in full force within Russia. This current effort to purify a multi-faceted indigenous culture of its outside influences is too little, too late.
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  14. "Busy roads run smooth." Thanks.
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  15. Death comes too soon, I prefer the good old days.
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  16. Can immortality be bought by unjust means?
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