You seem to bring him up a lot. Which is fine. So long as you read him with a critical eye and an understanding of his glorious past and and life-long crusade regarding Russia. :) That man is a piece or work...
(Totally OT: given all this discussion of the patrimonial system in Russia, I thought I'd throw in the fact that in Tsarist Russia, property was passed down through women, and Russian women had remarkable property ownership rights compared to much of the western world. I know that isn't how you are using "patrimonial," exactly. But worth mentioning in all this talk of "patrimony.") "Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky
I thought I'd throw in the fact that in Tsarist Russia, property was passed down through women, and Russian women had remarkable property ownership rights compared to much of the western world.
How much did the educated class of small nobles help the Bolshevik revolution?
The Russians found an effective way to concentrate wealth anyway. When you think about it, a "side" effect of most libertarian policies is always concentration of wealth, no matter how randomly.
