by YMix » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:28 am
Gentlemen, no need to fight. This is not a question of capitalism or communism. As a resident of the godforsaken region, allow me to enlighten you about this issue. Communist regimes all over Eastern Europe invested pretty heavily in infrastructure. Post-communist governments lacked the resources, for various reasons (less revenue/more patronage spending/more corruption) to maintain the existing infrastructure. Some resource exploitation/processing companies have been privatized since 1989. Some capitalistic owners don't give a shit about the environment and prefer to pay fines now and again, while bribing the locals. Expect more such incidents at the poorer end of the region.
Humanity ought to be the first order of interest for humans.