Orden Otechestvennoj vojny (2/4)

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1. Thank you for telling me since these ways of government has me baffled.

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   • that might be intentional- they don’t want you getting involved

2. You have shared some excellent points about socialism.

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   • socialism and communism aren’t the same thing at all…

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3. Greatt looking medal

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   • still need to noodle it a wee bit

4. Thank you for clearing the air for me on Russia.

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   • Just because people can’t make it work doesn’t mean communism is inherently flawed. It seems clear to me that people are at least part of the problem

5. I just know that a deceased wrestler whose ring name was Nikolai Volkoff hated Communism.

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   • My point is that Russia wasn’t truly communist- not in the way that Marx and Lenin intended it to be…

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6. Good to know since Marxism has failed everywhere it has been tried.

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   • I don’t blame that failure on the system, but on the people- humans are too greedy for communism…

7. Thank you for sharing those thoughts.

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   • to be clear, I don’t have an issue with the former soviet empire although I wasn’t a fan of the politburo…

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8. Well, I am sure it is a coveted award all the same…

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   • The actual award was a high honor and I shouldn’t mock it, but I did anyway

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9. I did not that for a fact of Russian life.

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   • I wouldn’t want you to believe that, because it isn’t true

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