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From: cher@ihlpm.UUCP (cherepov)
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Subject: Re: Soviet capitalism?
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Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 12:53:26 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  5 12:53:26 1985
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> have little or no respect for the USSR.  I assume the same is true in
> the democratic countries.  The USSR is a capitalist state, with the sole
> capitalist being the state, the sole beneficiaries are the (higher) members
> of the Communist Party, and the exploited are still the working classes.

I disagree. USSR system looks much more like slavery, with only
slave-owner being the state.

> The failure was when Lenin instituted his NEP in the early twenties to start
> to build Russia's industries, and Stalin used that as a basis for totalitarian
> rule.
> James C. Armstrong, Jnr.   ihnp4!abnji!nyssa

What did he used as basis? He wiped out all NEP structures
and killed off their proponents. Dead. NEP was the only way
for communists to resuscitate dying production.
Whole thing was temporary concession and was doomed from
the start.

Then again, maybe that's what you meant.
Thanks for those soccer results.
			Mike Cherepov