SOCIAL: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco FRIDAY Dec 19th

[Dave Snyder]

razor blades?

On Dec 16, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Tom Radulovich wrote:

> 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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