Fairey's designs change the meaning of the Russian propagandist style by applying it to the costly shopping goods of capitalism.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

Their authors agree about certain things, and they are things worth saying notably that Russian capitalism, and Russian democracy, had some very ugly features which western governments, above all the Clinton administration, pretended not to notice.

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But the consequences of state capitalism will eventually show through, and we will be surprised to learn that Chinese and Russian state capitalism were houses of cards.

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Russian crony capitalism combines political power with blackmail, jail, mayhem, and murder.

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