Morbyd said:It's funny... I hear a lot of crap about Russia's privatization period in the 1990s, especially from liberal people in the UK - "how did so few people get so rich? they must be crooks! why didn't the average Joe (who sat at home on his butt) make a lot of money on Russia's industrial wealth instead of those few (who took risks and used the system to their advantage)"
But I'm wondering... did any of you "average Joes" benefit from the mass privatizations in the UK under the Thatcher Torries? I haven't met anyone who has
Oh yes, we all benefited!!!
The railways for instance!!
cheap, efficient, on time, you can always get a seat, cancellations are a word of the past!!
much better than in France or Spain where the railways are largely still nationalised!!
I mean what's that TGV all about??? Give me the inter-city 125 anyday!!!