> andie nachgeborenen wrote:
>
> >I don't really want to get into the boring (here)
> >issue of Was The USSR a Good Thing.
>
> We've already solved that one with the lbo-talk poll:
>
> Russian revolution - a good thing?
>
> Yes 46 74.2%
> No 8 12.9%
> Too soon to tell 8 12.9%
> --------------------------------
> 62 100.0%
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I might suggest, however, that there is a difference between "the USSR" and "the Russian revolution." The latter eventually led to the former, but they are not the same.