I agree with Mark on this one. Although there used to be much complaining about lack of meat, what was more scarce were fresh fruits and vegetables during certain seasons. All of these are now much harder to obtain, unless you are a New Russian. Barkley Rosser On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 19:48:47 +0100 Mark Jones <Jones_M at netcomuk.co.uk> wrote:
> Louis Proyect wrote:
>
> > they would have 3 meals a day even if the fare consisted of potatoes
> > and cabbage.
>
> Lou, if you think that's what Russian workers were eating, believe me you're
> mighty wrong: they were MUCH better off than that. Even Barkley Rosser knows
> that is true, don't you Barkley? But 75% of Russian livestock has been
> eliminated since the fall; funny how no-one talks about that. NOW they live on
> potatoes, and they are PISSED.
>
> We are building a new, Leninist, International.
> No force on earth can stop the revolution.
>
> Mark
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