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In reply to the discussion: Trump surrendered today. [View all]bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)We believed perestroika and glasnost. Our leaders thought capitalism had won. The Berlin Wall fell. Wasn't that the end?
They sure should have known better. The Iron Curtain was an uneasy peace. We demanded democracy. Stalin insisted on choosing the candidates and elections were not fair. We insisted on capitalism and banking that fed profits to corporations. Soviets wanted profits for the state.
They never forgave us. Make Russia Great Again? Like Tsarist Russia, 1910. So they're after us now. We should have expected it.
I think Biden will be firm but start slowly. We have a lot of domestic housekeeping to do, politically and economically. We're running on Fed money. A healthy economy runs on innovation and job creation. We've been lagging for a long time. But I always want to know - what is there to invent? We're drowning in materialism. The fountain of youth is about the only frontier to conquer.