By: Lorne Marr

Lorne Marr — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:52:49 +0000

But Putin had the support of Russian folks also during the war in Chechnya and his popularity then rose from zero to 60 % even though the war caused that thousands of innocent people were forced to leave their homes and it consequently prompted an international outcry.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:21:07 +0000

I really don’t know all the facts behind how Khodorkovsky “earned” or did not “earn” his fortune. The difficulty with a “corporate socialistic” (or pseudo-fascist) economic system which (sadly) most of the world operates under these days is that it becomes nearly impossible to know how any person X made money – via government contracting, favorable regulations inhibiting competition, bargain basement mineral leases, subsidies, etc.

When there is 17% unemployment, gas prices rising 15% this year, more paperwork at the doctor’s office, and people’s pensions and “entitlements” looking like some never-attainable dream – people get pissed off. Nothing like stringing up some GM CEO, Lockheed Martin retired-general-turned-executive, Archer Daniels Midland ethanol bunko-artist, or Bankster to satisfy the angry, bloodthirsty mob just like they used to throw the previous Caesar’s family to the lions in the Coliseum.

But while stringing up some wealthy zillionaire who is currently on the political-outs may be emotionally satisfying, it calls into question the entire concept of PRIVATE PROPERTY. In other words, the corruption of the process only leads to even further corruption.

In a free system, we would not have a Putin “negotating” gas pipeline and auto manufacturing “deals”.

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