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[-] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago

West forgor that Russia had been sanctioned for decades during Soviet era.

[-] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago

So Russia is technically in the G5 ;)

It feels so good to see the west wane and by its own accord. No one invaded or bombed or colonized the west, they are destroying themselves by themselves.

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[-] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is why I'm voting Biden. A vote for Biden is a vote for de facto global wealth distribution where India, Africa, MENA, etc benefit from being pushed into the same bloc with Russia

[-] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago

Perhaps so, but now Russia no longer has McDonald's or Pizza Hut.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

So you're saying Russian life expectancy is also about to rise?

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

no Pizza Hut

gorby's spinning in his grave so fast rn that russia could probably just attach a generator to him and use him as a renewable power source for the entire country

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Russia shall either be a superpower or have Pizza Hut. It cannot have both. History shows to us that this is as an absolute truth.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

It looks like Germany is still ahead by official measure but the gap is much closer than before. Definitely larger than California and Italy. The two places Russia's economy gets compared to every time it gets brought up.

[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

Germany is also a much better comparison because Germany had an actual industrial economy until recently.

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

This is where Russia should be.

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

The text is from August though, what new info does it mention?

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Oh, I would expect so, just wanted to confirm what the initial link was about

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Now if it could just go all the way-

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

I think a lot about what could've been if USSR embraced Deng style reforms.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

World would be very different, the USSR would be THE most productive country on earth considering it had a head start on China even with the massive destruction caused by the nazi invasion.

Also i think that the USSR foreign policy ultimately did more damage than good to the communist movement worldwide, the chinese mutual development through trade is a much better policy. But then again, without the USSR foreign policy i think the Cuban revolution would've failed.

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