Question by Joe: Is Russia any better off now that it’s run by capitalistic dictators instead of communist dictators?
How so? If you ask me a dictator is a dictator. They still have no freedom of the press. The police are still thugs. We all know that Putin is the real power, not Medvedev. All of the natural resources are privitized and owned by oligarchs and plutocrats. Is that freedom?
Answers and Views:
Answer by S K Duncan
Unregulated Capitalism is as oppressive as Dictatorial Communism.
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What do you think?
Annie Kay says
yes… They chose it!
Yulia says
Russia doesn't have a dictator! Putin is the best president that Russia ever had, and Russians knew that if Medvedev was to be chosen – that would be the only way Putin could still be in charge, and that's why Russians voted for Medvedev. Russia has a Republican form of government.
Brad says
i know this is hard to understand, so open your mind and bare with me.
capitalism as a pure economic system requires liberty and justice – free market cannot be free if there is no justice. without justice there is no such thing as liberty.
so capitalism needs to have a free/just system to operate efficiently.
conversely, socialism and communism requires government aggression to take from one and redistribute to another. the act of taking requires aggression (force or coercion).
aggression is the exact opposite of justice, and aggression and justice exist n a negative correlation. one goes up and the other goes down.
to sum it up, to call 2008 russia capitalist, is to say the mafia is capitalist, or to say that stalin, mao, and castro are capitalists because they controlled all the production of a nation.
so maybe your answer rests in the question – is capitalism the same as free market? to me it is, so when we see a market that is not free we have something less than capitalism.
the more a government uses aggression, the less it has justice
phil says
russia still has much of the old guard in charge,but yes it is better there then before
Corvette Boy says
I agree. Russia's dictator, Mr. Putin, has a stranglehold on whatever chance Russia has on becoming a country ran by the people. But then again, they all idolize him, so I guess he's a legit ruler.
Fathercreepytwo says
Nope, it is not.
Rooster2619 says
Your name is correct you just have the wrong picture. A picture of yourself or Obama would work.
2009sux2! says
That's the way things have always worked in Russia!
Drew Bloodsd says
You ask this question ASSuming that we actually give a craap about Russia. (By the way, your avatar sucks. Reagan was one of the greatest presidents this country has ever had)