SOCIAL: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco FRIDAY Dec 19th

[Tom Radulovich]

Apparently they are good for barter - useful, lightweight, and don't  
spoil.

On Dec 16, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Dave Snyder wrote:

> 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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