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Subject: [Leica] The continuing story ..... now how communism falls
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:47:25 -0700
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The one that I really wonder about is China. The longest empire lasted a
300+ years. They are on uncharted territory there with lots of free market
but no political freedom otherwise. Who would have thunk that could happen?
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:28 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> > There is no gradual change possible, Alastair. When the Cuban regime
> > collapses, it will be swift and I think with little or no violence, the
> > way it happened in Eastern Europe (with the exception of Romania).
> >
> > And I am sure the Cubans are smart enough to preserve some of these old
> > cars for the tourists while they buy proper ones for themselves. You can
> > go on organized Trabant safaris in Berlin these days.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
>
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