Nope...thanks for the tip! I'll get this one as it would be a good "round trip" after just finishing A People's Tradgedy.Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:22 amKGB, have you ever read Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexeivich? I haven't yet, but I believe the transition from Socialism to oligarchy was no picnic either, as the oligarchs Stolichnayevery one of the assets the Soviets had left for themselves and left the common people to plant potatoes in every scrap of land.
We (the US) have been blessed/lucky as a country in that we have two characteristics that are rather exceptional in comparison to many countries.
1. While the British get slammed a lot for their colonial legacy (and often deservedly so), if one had to be colonized they generally left a legacy of excellent institutions and democratic habits after they got the boot. Not so much for other European colonizers.
2. We haven't had any ruthless tyrants willing to kill to rise to the top supported by equally ruthless followers.
And it's kbg not KGB. :-)