raybbr wrote: " 'Who Taught Crony Capitalism to Russia?'
Why, we did, of course. Look at any boardroom or political cabal it's all cronies. Look at Bush's administration - mostly cronies.
Don't blame them for emulating what we have here."
It might be helpful for you to read the article before taking aim at
President Bush or the Bush Administration.
Okay, you're right. It could have been any administration. What about the super-capitalist boardrooms that are full of cronyism? Capitalism breeds cronyism. It't better than socialism or despotism but it still breeds cronies.
If I had my way Clinton-Gore would be in jail many times over. Still, one of the underpinnings of capitalism is cronyism. We call it 'networking' just to be polite.