33 years ago I wrote my senior thesis in Political Science on the effects of Marxian economics on ecology (okay you can stop laughing now). Without going into the boring details, let’s just say that Marx sucked for ecology.

My professor, a Russian escapee, translated many Russian articles for me (Pravda, Izvestia and a handful of local rags).

It all came down to the Marxist concept of a “free-good”. Everything only has value according to the human labor component. As a result, resource extraction was hugely wasteful and all the “crap” was dumped in the nearest stream or river. This so polluted the sturgeon spawning grounds that the yield for caviar was around 20% in 196? of the Tzarist time.

What goes around, comes around.

Oh, and for Markus and his brethern, capitalism makes much better use of resources because there is a cost associated with them so we, in general, squeeze out as much good stuff from a given quantity as possible.

/oh never mind…

I’m all for the ban, just on gorunds of good taste.

I don’t see how the Russian mafia responsible for that, but given the cost of caviar, poaching must be tempting anywhere.

Still glad Sheridan blew up Z’Ha’Dum tho.

Order is good, change baaad.

The Guardian is de facto the new voice of conservatism. Keep things the same, at all costs!