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Originally Posted by El Blanco
Democracy is a system of government.
Capitalism is an economic system.
To say one needs the other or one opposes the other is nieve. That said:
Is it because of capitalism that the former Soviet republics are in such bad shape or because a former totalitarian regime with no back up strategy collapsed suddenly? Cuz, you know, we have other examples of that happening. Hell, any government collapse, no matter what style, usually means that country will be in the toilet for a while.
And, Zuhkov, who exactly runs those crime sundicates and black markets? What were they doing prior to 1991?
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The wholesale liquidation of formerly-nationalized industry to foreign investment that occurred after the collapse may have fit within the logic of capitalism, but it certainly wasn't democratic.
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