Well it us safe to assume that these Ikea stores will follow the same path as MacDonalds. MacDonalds closed ll its stotes only to see them reopened under a new Russian company copying its menu and flipping its logo in an advertizing version of giving the finger to the clown. I look forward to seeing how the russians reinvent ikea. It would also be nice to see KFC reemerge as KGB!
Kotkin's definition of “Western” does not reflect the reality of what we are witnessing today. I doubt about the significance of “Democracy” when the public opinion is subtly engineered through the system-directed media, “Free market” being manipulated and controlled by big corporates, and regulatory bodies having conflict of interest with the entities that are supposed to be regulated.
Well it us safe to assume that these Ikea stores will follow the same path as MacDonalds. MacDonalds closed ll its stotes only to see them reopened under a new Russian company copying its menu and flipping its logo in an advertizing version of giving the finger to the clown. I look forward to seeing how the russians reinvent ikea. It would also be nice to see KFC reemerge as KGB!
Kotkin's definition of “Western” does not reflect the reality of what we are witnessing today. I doubt about the significance of “Democracy” when the public opinion is subtly engineered through the system-directed media, “Free market” being manipulated and controlled by big corporates, and regulatory bodies having conflict of interest with the entities that are supposed to be regulated.