Comments on Dark Roasted Blend: Russian Imperial Faberge Eggs

Jim-Bob: Good insight, which I believe to be enti...

2009-10-24T18:57:38.155-07:00

Jim-Bob:

Good insight, which I believe to be entirely correct. It's hard to summarize the whole chapter of history or ideology, but you did it remarkably well. Cheers!

The sad fact about Communism is that it replaced o...

2009-10-24T01:05:39.505-07:00

The sad fact about Communism is that it replaced one rigid class system with another. The history of Communism was every bit as bad as Feudalism, and in many cases worse. The common people did not reap any benefits despite all the rhetoric handed down from on high. The ruling elite had a disproportionate amount of wealth as compared to the proletariat. As such, it was far from a classless society. Did the Romanov's have an obscenely lavish lifestyle compared to the peasants? Yes, but so did every Soviet leader except for maybe Lenin. Some may argue that the Soviet Union was never really a pure communist state as per the writings of Marx. That may be true, but Marx was too much of an idealist and failed to properly deal with human nature, and the desire of the individual to differentiate from the crowd. So, the theory works on paper, but can never work in reality.

As for the eggs, they are a beautiful example of the ingenuity and creativity of the Russian people.

I ended up doing a school project on these eggs-at...

2009-05-10T12:19:00.000-07:00

I ended up doing a school project on these eggs-at first, I thought I'm simply be discussing pretty jewely egg things made by some guy in Russia. But there's a lot more history involved. It amazes me how the royal family could spend so much money on a couple eggs every easter and still let Russia's desolate people waste away.
I mean, wow. Had they used the money for materials and whatnot to make them to feed and provide other kinds of care to their people, they might have saved a lot of lives.

Har! Yes, the life of the peasant was ever so much...

2009-02-08T14:12:00.000-08:00

Har! Yes, the life of the peasant was ever so much better under Communism.

I completely agree with you

2008-03-13T14:55:00.000-07:00

I completely agree with you

Well what’s some peasant’s life worth anyway, spen...

2008-03-03T15:38:00.000-08:00

Well what’s some peasant’s life worth anyway, spend it all on jewelry and let the people starve

Will, yea they destroyed Smirnoff but kept the vod...

2008-03-03T13:57:00.000-08:00

Will, yea they destroyed Smirnoff but kept the vodka... of pretty ugly variety.

The problem being with Faberge jewel art is that a...

2008-03-03T04:15:00.000-08:00

The problem being with Faberge jewel art is that a lot of it got destroyed in the Bolshevik uprising, as did a lot of great russian designs...

Smirnoff.

O.k, not much but still one great thing was nearly permanently destroyed.

But thats the price you pay with the scar of Communism.

I've live in Macau for almost 14 years now and I c...

2008-03-01T11:25:00.000-08:00

I've live in Macau for almost 14 years now and I can assure you that the Grand Lisboa is an architectural eye-sore.