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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5296569" data-attributes="member: 24302">Ever hear of the Peace Corps?&nbsp; Ever hear of the huge amount of aid given to poor countries, especially in time of famine?&nbsp; Ever hear of the U.S. spending its blood and treasure stopping the spread of Nazism?&nbsp; Communism?&nbsp; Muslim extremism?&nbsp; Russian communism kept its people extremely poor.&nbsp; Kept its neighbors extremely poor.&nbsp; The fall of communism left a Russian state where the strong grabbed power and the poor are only a little better off under oligarchy.&nbsp; But hey, their super rich have huge yachts, so there&#039;s that.&nbsp; I very much doubt the rich and powerful in Russia care about the church and morality.&nbsp; It&#039;s a tool to control the masses who do believe.&nbsp; If they cared they wouldn&#039;t have grabbed all the wealth for themselves but instead would be applying the principles of free market capitalism to build a strong middle class.&nbsp; They have the resources in that country to do just that.&nbsp; Instead you have a population that&#039;s drinking and smoking itself to death.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5296569, member: 24302"] Ever hear of the Peace Corps? Ever hear of the huge amount of aid given to poor countries, especially in time of famine? Ever hear of the U.S. spending its blood and treasure stopping the spread of Nazism? Communism? Muslim extremism? Russian communism kept its people extremely poor. Kept its neighbors extremely poor. The fall of communism left a Russian state where the strong grabbed power and the poor are only a little better off under oligarchy. But hey, their super rich have huge yachts, so there's that. I very much doubt the rich and powerful in Russia care about the church and morality. It's a tool to control the masses who do believe. If they cared they wouldn't have grabbed all the wealth for themselves but instead would be applying the principles of free market capitalism to build a strong middle class. They have the resources in that country to do just that. Instead you have a population that's drinking and smoking itself to death. [/QUOTE]

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