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Is this a con artist in action?

Is this a con artist in action?

  • Im a right leaning American, yes.

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I am well aware they weren't all Russians-I seem to remember most of the major wars of the last century involving soviet expansion in at least some way-including WW1.

Some interesting info...
How Alcohol Conquered Russia - The Atlantic


The soviets were keeping their people drunk, because they were making a killing off of it. Charming, isn't it?

The Soviets didn't exist in the 1850s. Do you even read what you post?
 
I certainly do, and unlike you I read the entire piece. Context-its what you lack Kobie. Try to get some.

Lol. The very piece you posted illustrates that Russia's love of boose predates Lenin. You're embarrassing yourself.
 
Doubled in a few decades by commies for profit. Marxism in action.

So Marxism is the slippery slope to rampant alcoholism.

Every time I think you can't come up with anything stupider, you prove me wrong.
 
Yes, ladies and gentleman...watch the full video and then tell me...

IS this a con artist in action?

This thread attempts to follow rules 5, 6, 8 and 12 of the rules for radicals. US Con is an Alinsky-ite.
 
I can already see you're having trouble with this. Can you show that communism and alcoholism go together? Your link shows that alcohol consumption in Russia has always been high regardless of the regime in place.

and what kinds of governments have the russians employed?

has a republic been among their choices?

a democracy?

could one have something to do with the other?

or it it just the frozen country in itself?

and if that is the answer, why isnt canada always drunk?
 
and what kinds of governments have the russians employed?

has a republic been among their choices?

a democracy?

could one have something to do with the other?

or it it just the frozen country in itself?

and if that is the answer, why isnt canada always drunk?
Russia never was communist. if they were ever socialist it was for under ten years. They where and are Stalinist.
 
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and what kinds of governments have the russians employed?

has a republic been among their choices?

Yep, lasted less than 7 months.

Russian Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

a democracy?

Democratic Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the 90s. Drinking has skyrocketed since then.

could one have something to do with the other?

Nope.

or it it just the frozen country in itself?

and if that is the answer, why isnt canada always drunk?

Heavy drinking, by age group and sex (Number of persons)

~15% of Canada is considered "heavy drinking", I'd hardly considered that anything to brag about.
 
What you acknowledge (as the king of wishful thinking) is immaterial
Alcohol consumption in Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's just silly.

Alcoholism is linked to genetics, as we all know. Plus, Russia's drinking problem is evident far back when they had royalty and dictators. 1/3 of all men in Russia were in debt to local bars by the time of the Middle Ages. Long before communism there. Also, water in parts of Russia is foul, meaning you don't have a choice of water, tea, coffee. Then there have been there for ages bootleggers, to make money, like some did here in the U.S.

The Irish have a particular problem with alcoholism. The Irish like to say that's an incorrect stereotype, but the statistics are there. Something I read stated that it may be the pub culture in Ireland that caused it. If your community gathers in pubs, you're all going to drink. But as far as a genetic component goes, I think that's part of Ireland's problem, since they had that same problem after they came here.


It's a truism that if you have something around you a lot, sooner or later you're going to use it. Whether it's alcohol or guns. Genetics + culture of booze = a lot of alcoholics.

Note: Most of the countries in the world that lead in alcohol consumption per capita are the countries up in the area of Russia and down into Europe, who share a common ancestral background. Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, etc.

What's REALLY interesting are the countries at the bottom of the list, the ones with the lowest alcohol consumption: Pakistan, Libya, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, etc.
 
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