tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post3569120205715360529..comments2023-10-28T12:01:47.929+00:00Comments on Edward Lucas: Guardian piece plugging bookEdward Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369936559712607693noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-85696517777281331882008-02-26T15:04:00.000+00:002008-02-26T15:04:00.000+00:00'Capitalism is amoral, verging on the immoral'This...'Capitalism is amoral, verging on the immoral'<BR/><BR/>This made me chuckle. It's all very well saying that to the lefties, but what was it that Mr Lucas said when pitching his book to a right-wing audience in the Times? <BR/><BR/>"Mr Khodorkovsky and other former “oligarchs” are seen as despicable emblems of the 1990s, a decade in which Russians feel they were swindled at home and humiliated abroad."<BR/><BR/>So Khodorkovsky, who admits being a criminal, is treated like a modern Solzhenitsyn. Maybe he admitted that he didn't become an ovrnight billionaire by ethical means, but Eddie knows best, eh? <BR/><BR/>Stop reading this rubbish and watch the Curtis documentary The Trap. That explains it all perfectly.Gregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729641571904025752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-83407502652541547062008-02-14T14:27:00.000+00:002008-02-14T14:27:00.000+00:00"Capitalism is amoral, verging on the immoral."Hah..."Capitalism is amoral, verging on the immoral."<BR/><BR/>Hahaha. That's rich. So like a seamstress, it seems Mr. Lucas tailors his Cold War 2 dress for all ideological bodies. Too bad the buyers will eventually have to realize that they have no clothes.akarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322298490656235467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-15117868225704905312008-02-13T19:04:00.000+00:002008-02-13T19:04:00.000+00:00Kipling was a child of his time, like we all are. ...Kipling was a child of his time, like we all are. He also happened to be quite a renaissance man kind of guy.<BR/><BR/>Cherish your white man's burden, mimosa, but don't use it to club yourself and others over the head with, I mean really...Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-86686126143263183272008-02-13T08:11:00.000+00:002008-02-13T08:11:00.000+00:00Oh my Gosh, http://www.edwardlucas.com/default.asp...Oh my Gosh, <BR/><BR/>http://www.edwardlucas.com/default.asp?sec=4<BR/><BR/>"Who are your 5 favourite authors, and why?<BR/>...<BR/>Rudyard Kipling for his historical and emotional depth".<BR/><BR/>Ha-ha-ha. That's amazing! Half-literate warmonger Kipling is Ed's favourite author.<BR/>Come on, leave him. Lucas is a dinasaur. <BR/>Global warming is not that badAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-50063845408764882632008-02-12T20:05:00.000+00:002008-02-12T20:05:00.000+00:00Edward,I get worried that, when Putin's Russia kee...Edward,<BR/><BR/>I get worried that, when Putin's Russia keeps doing things like threatening to point missiles at a sovereign state for wanting to join NATO, people are going to get the impression that it wants to be an imperialist bully power again...ARKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714977069646966097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-21788725848129826202008-02-12T12:45:00.000+00:002008-02-12T12:45:00.000+00:00The whole idea is fundamentaly wrong. You portrait...The whole idea is fundamentaly wrong. You portrait the story as, all of the corruption, all the political, demographic and economic problems in Russia are created by Putin and CO. While this chaos is actually the result 90´s Era of Yeltsin.<BR/><BR/>I find it crazy, that someone, who hardly knows Putin´s Russia is writing a book about it.Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022964681232503802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-79946539690210026912008-02-12T12:32:00.000+00:002008-02-12T12:32:00.000+00:00Is tah Lukas an idiot?Is tah Lukas an idiot?Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055818662420586286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-33549337742379166352008-02-12T11:42:00.000+00:002008-02-12T11:42:00.000+00:00Edward,If pieces like this keep being penned, peop...Edward,<BR/><BR/>If pieces like this keep being penned, people are going to start getting the impression that Putin is like some neofascist leader of some revanchist state, and that the world really ought to be paying much closer attention...ARKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714977069646966097noreply@blogger.com