I found this video from an economics class on YouTube. It's really great to watch how, in 1989, the President of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin, made an unprecedented visit to Houston, Texas to see our space program and asked to stop at the local grocery store. From that point forward, he changed the direction of his country from Communism towards Capitalism. Take that! Bread Line Bernie Sanders! https://youtu.be/K0fRDgF7PeM
Scablifter ago
What are you talking about? When Yeltsin became president the Soviet Union had collapsed, taking communism with it.
Yeltsin was a reformer anyway, to say that a visit to a US supermarket made him a capitalist is fantasy, mastubatory fantasy.
EmXPpatriot ago
Did you actually watch the video? I did not say the the visit to Food Town made him a capitalist. Things turned around for the Russian people from not having any choices to having some freedoms. Is that not a good thing? My point is that if people are so hot on socialism and communism look at the imagery in the video and the Russian grocery store. I want people to ask themselves if is that what they want for themselves and their future generations here in America? That's what will come if we don't red pill normies, too many people have their eyes on all the free stuff they think that they're going to get. All we're going to get is slavery.
Scablifter ago
No, they turned around because communism collapsed due to the polices of Gorbachev, not because of the drunkard Yeltsin
Scooby_Dont ago
And don't forget that Yeltsin sold state holdings (energy companies, railroad, aviation, etc.) for ridiculously low prices to his rich oligarch friends, screwing over the people of Russia.
This was the reason that Putin rose to power: he saw how Yeltsin and his oligarch friends were robbing the Russian people and he wanted to fight that.
EmXPpatriot ago
I think it is wrong for any government leaders to get rich off of the system. I think we need to educate as many people as possible about history that either most people have forgotten or they're too young to remember. Every week we are barraged by a blown up, single news story (ex. Smollet) that distracts us from looking at the big picture. We forget or are distracted and don't remember what happened a year ago or two years ago and we need to keep reminding ourselves of these simple history tidbits so that our minds can keep things in perspective.
Pollycracker ago
Yea, Capitalism by way of the NWO, Russian Oligarch System of Government. Reminds me of our current Tech Oligarch System run by the same old folks, Big Oil.
EmXPpatriot ago
Hopefully we can make a difference and change things while we still have the freedom to speak out.
Patti_McGreen ago
Wow. Never saw this... thanks for sharing... this needs to go viral to all the SJWs that believe socialism is the way to go!
nomoss ago
And he had fun in SF CA. As well. Who is from SF CA?
derram ago
https://invidio.us/watch?v=K0fRDgF7PeM :
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