--- uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
>
Cockburn seems to be
> writing like a tourist who spends few days with
> people who think like him.
I think this is a common problem with politically-oriented non-specialists. You find the locals who say what you think reality is like and they become The Source.
Hell, people call Russia neoliberal even though the government gives benefits to over half the population and not only subsidizes its own economy with below-market gas and oil, but even the economies of several other countries. (Ukraine buys gas from Russia at a lower price than Russian consumers pay for it, if I remember correctly! Ditto Georgia.)
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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