#Russia: going back to the land in a country that, unlike much of the West, never gave up growing one's own food: http://rbth.com/society/2014/09/13/going_back_to_the_land_39711.html …
@PorphyConob These data pertain to factory farming, in turn dependent on oil supply, which says little about the ability to survive a crisis
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@NinaByzantina ...and probably will not be "feed itself" - especially if example is "Dacha gardens" - something hardly engaged in by... -
@PorphyConob The dacha garden has ALREADY proven successful in feeding RF during the 1990s collapse.
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@NinaByzantina That's fine but hardly a majority or modal thing. In economically strained times Westerners turn to "victory gardening" too.
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@NinaByzantina you're only allowing changing behavior in changing circumstances for one half of your equasion - which is not accurate. -
@NinaByzantina I don't really want to bicker with you; I generally like your tweets. But that one was just...poor.
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@NinaByzantina Usually you make interesting remarks but that was just jingoism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NinaByzantina Quite a lot more Westerners engage in boutique gardening as well than your straw-man implied.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NinaByzantina ...the majority/modal Russian either.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NinaByzantina unproven and unprovable assumption taking present as only possible. However also illustrates Russian production was not...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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