<story><title>When Boris Yeltsin Went Grocery Shopping in Clear Lake</title><url>https://www.nhregister.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/When-Boris-Yeltsin-went-grocery-shopping-in-Clear-5759129.php#photo-6130393</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mountain_Skies</author><text>What I found crazy about this is that the leader of such a large country had no clue how western countries operate. The Soviets and their allies had plenty of spies in the West and yet their senior leadership didn&amp;#x27;t even understand the basics of everyday life for the citizens of the countries they were prepared to launch nuclear missiles at. The west was likewise ignorant of much of the details of life behind the Iron Curtain though that&amp;#x27;s a bit more understandable given the secretive nature of the Soviets.</text></item><item><author>keketi</author><text>&amp;gt; Yeltsin, then 58, &amp;quot;roamed the aisles of Randall&amp;#x27;s nodding his head in amazement,&amp;quot; wrote Asin. He told his fellow Russians in his entourage that if their people, who often must wait in line for most goods, saw the conditions of U.S. supermarkets, &amp;quot;there would be a revolution.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s awe-inspiring to imagine that not too long ago the societal order of multiple countries depended on their millions of residents being ignorant of such a simple fact. What really gets my mind going is the next thought: what are some simple facts that would cause revolutions nowadays if made widely known?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stcredzero</author><text>&lt;i&gt;What I found crazy about this is that the leader of such a large country had no clue how western countries operate.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;All large organizations are subject to the &amp;quot;Thermocline of Truth.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;brucefwebster.com&amp;#x2F;2008&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;15&amp;#x2F;the-wetware-crisis-the-themocline-of-truth&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;brucefwebster.com&amp;#x2F;2008&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;15&amp;#x2F;the-wetware-crisis-the-t...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>When Boris Yeltsin Went Grocery Shopping in Clear Lake</title><url>https://www.nhregister.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/When-Boris-Yeltsin-went-grocery-shopping-in-Clear-5759129.php#photo-6130393</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Mountain_Skies</author><text>What I found crazy about this is that the leader of such a large country had no clue how western countries operate. The Soviets and their allies had plenty of spies in the West and yet their senior leadership didn&amp;#x27;t even understand the basics of everyday life for the citizens of the countries they were prepared to launch nuclear missiles at. The west was likewise ignorant of much of the details of life behind the Iron Curtain though that&amp;#x27;s a bit more understandable given the secretive nature of the Soviets.</text></item><item><author>keketi</author><text>&amp;gt; Yeltsin, then 58, &amp;quot;roamed the aisles of Randall&amp;#x27;s nodding his head in amazement,&amp;quot; wrote Asin. He told his fellow Russians in his entourage that if their people, who often must wait in line for most goods, saw the conditions of U.S. supermarkets, &amp;quot;there would be a revolution.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s awe-inspiring to imagine that not too long ago the societal order of multiple countries depended on their millions of residents being ignorant of such a simple fact. What really gets my mind going is the next thought: what are some simple facts that would cause revolutions nowadays if made widely known?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>asark</author><text>We ensure this won&amp;#x27;t be a problem again by educating all modern autocrats in the US or Britain. Or sometimes France. That way they all know.</text></comment>