Government consists of scientists.
government consists of showmen. Democratic government consists of showmen, autocratic government consists of thugs. They employ scientists for various purposes, decide which areas of research are priority, where the funds go, etc. If the US gov consisted of scientists, it would have a very different policy on every single issue, - Iraq, global warming, stem cells research, "intelligent design" taught at schools, etc. How many people u throw into violent laughter by this phrase...
I don't hear any laughter here caused by my assumption. Sorry, bud.
You say autocratic government consists of thugs, while democratic one doesn't. Well,I can't fully agree. It's a moot point.
In Russia experts/scientists are both hired for or work in the government. Ever tried to verify what are their diplomas?
Just take a look how tensely Putin pouring forth stats, numbers, trends. In PR it's called "apeal to mind". Sometimes it works together with "apeal to emotions" when he tells political jokes, for instance.
Opression by phantoms of "freedom",
yea sure yea. No one cared about oppressing your post-Soviet "institutions"; they simply collapsed. Too much trouble to oppress them. Same happened in 1917. WHo was at fault then?
They didn't collapsed, once again. They were oppressed. Let's take a "family" institution. It didn't fully disappeared. Though the number of divorces had increased, birthrates had fell, it is still here. The other side was growth of orphanage.
drugs had flown into the cities
Russians always see their own crap as someone's conspiracy. Ye rright, the CIA and Armenian mafia came to Russia and put everyone on the needle. Couldn't handle so much freedom ,eh? You need the daddy to knock u on the head and tell you not to mess with drugs. You don't have enough brains to make this decision for yourselves.
"Hurricane Katrina is a new Russian meteo weapon".
I have no doubt that CIA and State Department are keeping Russia under their Big Eye. And the recent reaction to Kasparov detention proves my point just excellent.
As for drugs, you know, teenagers is the first and foremost group that falls into hands of drug-dealers everywhere, Russia is no exception. It takes social programs to save them. Progams take money. Money are stolen by IMF. Democracy is thriving in full blast. Like cancer.
just a few years the Soviet Army left Afghanistan.
?! Typical Russian. So u need to OCCUPY a country to make sure YOUR people don't consume drugs made in this country? You have to keep 120 000 soldiers in Afghanistan so that kids in Moscow don't take Afghan heroin? Are there any other methods to cut the supply of Afghan drugs to Russia maybe? Think about it when u have free time from attending pro-Pooting demonstrations organized by your university dean.
Well, the country is occupied by NATO now. Drugs "made in Afghanistan" is on hike everywhere including Canada.
Maybe, my dean will be happy to know that I don't take drugs and vote for President I respect.
And BTW, I know all too well, due to familiarity with a few heroin-addicts in Ukraine that most stuff in this part of the world is made DOMESTICALLY from DOMESTIC INDIGENOUS SLAVIC POPPY. Fancy foreign drugs are for fancy people with money.
How much puppy can he grow on his sill at home? Enough for one dose, maybe.
left the country without edge.
and what was that hi tech outside of the military area? Zaporozhets? Anyone who lived a few years in Sovok knows that Soviet technology, whether automotive, TV, and most of consumer items, was hopeless. Some good photocameras were produced. "Otechestvennoye" (domestically produced) was a synonym of low-quality. And even it was in deficiency. People tried to use their WWII veteran relatives to get a car because veterans had a fast-track waiting "only" 3-4 years.
Zaporozhets? Why not? In the price/quality category it could fight for some nice niche among producers. Since Putin said it was his first car he bought for his savings of KGB lieutenant, the bolide could make a hit.
Anyway, Zapor plant is now Ukranian independent enterprise and it's their Ukro problem. Russian VAZ managed to open a plant for spare parts in Cuba last year. Chinese cars are also not the best in the world but they have a good sell. "Great Wall" is about to open a branch here.
