SOCIAL: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco FRIDAY Dec 19th

[Tom Radulovich]

Dimitri Orlov lived through the Soviet Union's collapse in the 1990s,  
which was really quite harsh, thanks in part to IMF-imposed "Shock  
Therapy" on the post-soviet economies (Thanks, Condi!) Russia, buoyed  
by oil and gas exports, is somewhat recovered, but pissed for reasons  
Americans, by and large, don't really understand.

Orlov makes the case that empires inevitably fall, and should the US  
experience a post-imperial collapse, we can learn from Russia's  
experience. He also argues that some aspects of Soviet society made it  
easier for the Russians to muddle through, and that it might be  
tougher for us in some respects. He manages to say all this with wry  
Russian humor – another healthy adaptation to hard times. It will  
probably be a good lecture.

Don't buy guns; buy Vodka, cigarettes, and razor blades. Learn to grow  
vegetables.

On Dec 16, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Geoff Davis wrote:

> The "Social Collapse Best Practices" lecture sounds pretty  
> interesting, too.  Pointers on where to buy guns?  Where to stash  
> ammo?  How to preserve a decade's worth of peanut butter?  I am  
> intrigued.
>
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