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Sparse attendance?
I'm as big a captialist as the next guy, but this just makes me want to get out my old "eat the rich" T-shirt from my punk days.
I thought the Russians of all people knew the flaws of capitalism and greed. I figured they knew them so well they'd get out before the crash. I guess they became too much like us.
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