Phil, I think you have an interesting idea here. I'd like to push it a step further. I would suggest that right-wing elements want in the U.S. precisely the failure that exists in Russia, that is, they want private property (guaranteed by the government and prevented from failing by the same government), they want free trade, but they do not want the rule of law. Listen to the spin masters and nonsense weavers of blathering right-wing radio and FAUX News. They want to cut taxes on rich folks; to redefine rich folks's income as not being income and so subject to lower tax rates; to cut government regulation with the demonstrably false assertion that doing so will create jobs. Nonsense. We need a strong central government to regulate out-of-control capitalism.