tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3134466043071216551..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: How a Tiny Enclave of Mountain Jews in Azerbaijan Produced Some of the Former Soviet World’s Richest MenRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-70839640708721162372018-07-24T14:04:21.975-04:002018-07-24T14:04:21.975-04:00Nice to hear of a modern-day example of homesteadi...Nice to hear of a modern-day example of homesteading:<br /><br />"When a state that owns everything disintegrates, suddenly everything’s up for grabs; if you want a shop, or a factory, or an entire industry, say, you just show up and claim it as yours; the cops can’t kick you out, because there aren’t any cops—the cops don’t stay cops when they’re not getting paid—and so you dig in, and, The NAPsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631781625841157567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19227576578621951552018-07-24T12:56:47.788-04:002018-07-24T12:56:47.788-04:00You should call him a nazi and try to ruin his lif...You should call him a nazi and try to ruin his life.Paul Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529337751567208336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-14019950842364350872018-07-24T10:03:02.014-04:002018-07-24T10:03:02.014-04:00This was one of the most insightful articles I'...This was one of the most insightful articles I've ever read from Tablet. It's funny how I perceived my fellow Jews in Azerbaijan as free and prosperous because of the tolerant culture of the country. And yet, because of the lasting effects of the Soviet Union, it seems like a statist hell hole for them. I wish that the author hadn't been so critical of religious (in particular HasidicAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358199980780301450noreply@blogger.com