And plenty of people in Russia today think of the era of Stalin as "The Good Old Days".Russia previous to communism was nothing short of a clusterfuck. They are the one nation that always seems to get the short end of the stick. They got fucked before, during and after communism. I have a hard time of thinking of a time when they weren't getting bent over the table and reamed.
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I mean that they were exposed to few ideas and were unable to do anything about it because of the pervasiveness of illiteracy (and their material conditions). Choosing to be ignorant (as Americans are wont to) is not the same thing.Originally Posted by empty vessel
What do you mean when you say "intellectually captive"? If it's what I think it means, I think the modern American public is probably the most intellectually captive population in human history (maybe save one other). Imperial Russia did not have a mass media nearly of the scale as the US.
The degree of state violence is also conveniently disregarded.Originally Posted by zero shift
Its amusing to me how people try to vastly exaggerate how "well off" Russia was prior to switching to Communism. Not that I support Leninism or Stalinism, but people act that Russia was pretty much at the level Austria-Hungary was in development. The Soviet Union is amazingly underplayed.
It's helpful to remember that just because something is not run for profit doesn't mean it doesn't have to accumulate profit to perpetuate itself.Originally Posted by zero shift
I rarely believe this when a company says so.
i dont understand. if hospitals aren't for profit, how can they invest in training new med students, new equipments, new techniques, new upgrades, new rooms, and more staff?Originally Posted by jamesinclair
I do not feel comfortable paying $180 a month to a for-profit company (insurance) so that a for-profit company (hospital) can prescribe me grossly overpriced medicine sold by for-profit companies (pharma) so that other for-profit companies (credit card) are able to collect my bill payments if I become sick.
If hospitals were actually not for profit, with fixed compensation at higher levels, and insurance was the same, then Id be more willing to fork over the cash.
As the plan is now, the cheapest option is a scam. Its grand-theft. Its a tax hike where the tax is going straight to some executive compensation package and a romney portfolio.
Unless I become catastrophically ill, the plan is useless to me.
I dont make much money. Why am I being forced to subsidize the rich....again?
And Qazaq, none of those people did those things for me. They did them for themselves.
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