Sunday, March 22, 2009

Is absurdistan an accurate model of capitalism in third-world or post-soviet countries?

9 comments:

  1. I wouldn't know, I've never been to one. I would think that it is mildly accurate, with extreme wealth (since many of these post soviet bloc countries have alot of untapped oil) and extreme poverty. Don't worry the Proletariat will rise up and fix everything... again...

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  2. I think that Absurdistan accurately depicts, and purposely distorts capitalism in former Soviet nations. Because Absurdistan is a comedy, this model is distorted mostly for the sake of comedy. I agree with Charlie about the discrepancy between classes.

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  3. I agree with your point about xtreme wealth. However, I think it is a little ridiculous compare a made up country to an actual one. Absurdistan is made up entirly to be a satire, and would be completely ineffective as such if it were realistic. It's like trying to compare the 700 Club to The Colbert Report.

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  4. I would think it to be more of an exaggeration in some places, such as in abusrdistan. The exaggeration serves as a source for satire , so we capitalists can say , even that is ridiculous. Its effective and while it and other descriptions of 3rd world countries and such may be somewhat accurate they are there more to prove points than be realistic.

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  5. I think it may be hard to compare a fictitious country to a real country, but I do think that Absurdistan accurately portrays capitalism in post soviet countries.

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  6. i think so -- an unstable government too confused to handle the economy. seems about right to me.

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  7. I believe that Absurdistan is a fairly accurate description of what capitalism used to be in third-world countries. I don't think that the situation is the same today in the post-imperial world. Also, the portrayal of Absurdistan is kinda extreme.

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  8. Though I have no first hand experience of third world countries i believe this is an accurate portrayal of capitalism. Though it is hard to tell, since the country is fictitous, I believe it is accurate because of the poor control of the economy. It is also made more real by the contrast between the rich and the poor in Absurdistan which i believe would happen in a capitalist 3rd world nation.

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  9. First off, you need a title.

    Second, no. Misha purposely has an extremely distorted view of the attempted capitalism, especially since he isn't used to it. He only points out the bad things that go on. Something in post-soviet Russia must've gone right!

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