(July 24, 2014 at 9:56 am)CristW Wrote: Blackout, I am not really a fan of the Communist party. They will mismanage the affairs because there is nothing in their political philosophy for some kind of free market unless they follow the Chinese model. Then again, by defacto they may have no choice but to follow the Chinese model knowing that current economic infrastructures within Russia. Economic mismanagement will lead to internal instability. For me, Putin could have been the best alternative until the recent incident and the Crimea miscalculation (which proves that he is missing something in his psyche - pragmatism in the craft of diplomacy over Crimea).
The Chinese model is not a good option, and I don't consider China to be a legitimate socialistic/communist country either way. I see Putin for now as a good option considering the others are worse. If he just banned some ridiculous laws like the anti-gay one
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
