Michael Parenti - The Fall of the USSR

Why did the USSR Fail? by Viki 1999

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    • Amorphous [any]
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      4 years ago

      And the best part is for the most part, it’s not like Cops where you’re just fucking punching down as hard as you possibly can towards society’s most vulnerable and airing it on live TV. The people that get on here by and large are the beautiful boaters. They are the reactionary petite bourgeoisie who have enough cash to sink tens of thousands into an epic bacon alarm/oven (that’s also made of wood). Deluded, doomed people who are begging Pokey Minch to find a place in his heart to pay for their inspirational t-shirt line. Some of the tenacious ones, after being told to fuck off, will read off rudimentary statistics about the market they’re trying to enter. These are the elite of the elite, by the way, most people who get on the show don’t even get that far. It’s reverse Alien vs Predator on public TV, whoever loses, we win.

      this is a great point

      you may have convinced me to watch this with this paragraph alone. plus that in-head bluetooth one, because that was so goddamn funny that i have to see more shit like it

          • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            I haven't watched too much of the show, but I mostly get angry at the people for being so completely clueless about how businesses work, especially THEIR OWN business. I've been a lowly humber cruncher for two huge corporations for like five years and even I know more than these schmucks. It's a glaring example of how the people at the top are completely helpless and the only reason they are there is because they started out with money.

            Best part is when one of the sharks will ask a super basic question like what kind of profit do you expect to make this quarter, etc. and they obviously haven't done any math and it takes them by surprise for some reason.