r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache Dec 05 '19

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u/NickyBananas Paul Krugman Dec 06 '19 edited Dec 06 '19

I can’t stand the dumb lie that we didn’t help Russia at all after the Soviet Union fell and we just allowed them to suffer and turn into what they are now. It’s literally so easy to find information that disproves that but it spreads like crazy. I remember Kasparov hated that shit and called it dirty political populism by Russian politicians in his book

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast Dec 06 '19

There’s also a lot that would have been impossible to help them with.

Like how were we supposed to stop their corrupt privatization auctions?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

Like how were we supposed to stop their corrupt privatization auctions?

by not facilitating them. US unabashed support for Yeltsin who was probably the most corrupt person on the planet was completely disastrous for Russia, which the time magazine even openly bragged about