My impression is that public support in Russia for a "return to socialism" (whatever that means) has been plummeting rapidly for the past several years, probably not coincidentally corresponding with the economic boom. The percentage of the population that is "middle class" (however vaguely defined -- and I have seen some vague definitions!) has gone from about 7% to about 25%.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> Well, Patrick lives in South Africa, where there are
> not a lot of
> shiny toys to go around and it's not likely there
> will be any time
> soon. But a lot of the world - a billion people in
> the rich
> countries, and a couple of billion more in Asia and
> Latin America -
> has the toys and/or wants some more. I guess part of
> the overhyping
> of crisis is that it might take the toys away from
> those billions,
> which will prompt them to...wake up and demand
> socialism?
>
> Doug
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