On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 3:52:33 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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> > Lots of potatoes
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> > https://imgur.com/gallery/iG80Mq1
> Cool! Since the old soviet communist agricultural system collapsed and a market system was encouraged, the former soviet republics have made great strides . Now living in those places no longer guarantees that you'll starve....in fact now they eat very well and they've plenty now to export.
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> Ukraine before the 1917 revolution was the "Breadbasket of Europe", then during the commie era the place was a disaster...nice to see again that Ukraine has rebounded.
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> The old USSR basically collapsed because they could not feed themselves or their allies - systemic failure on an EPIC scale...
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> If any nitwit argues the case for socialism, simply use this example to counter - you will ALWAYS win the argument...!!!
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> :-D
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> PS: we should send JOHN KUTHE over there, plenty for his infamous GARLIC potatoes...

I prefer potatoes first grated or cut into steak fries (hold the garlic and hold the grease/oil, etc..). And can't an 'automatic potato digger' can help out in those eurasian fields.