It bears repeating: the Republicans are Mensheviks.
Ok, so who is Kerensky?
The socialists have to have an economy to drain. So your paralell of Mensheviks is right on. The real problem is the federal reserve pump of a market that does not exist, supporting the mensheviks, who support the socialists who are shaking them down as another accounting book entry.
And the bolshie partner in the fed, yellen is “hesitant” to restrict money.. LOL.
They turn the switch and the SHTF.