JC Denton wrote on May 28
th, 2023 at 10:02am:
Quote:AQUASCOOT posted
nice try goebels.
now heres the real facts on the ground.
populist nationalism is not only not finished , it is flourishing,
china, india, brazil, south africa, korea are all feircely nationalist and doing well.
energy security and food security IS economic security.
russia has enough natural resources and food to last forever.
europe can hardly keep the lights on.
you go on and on about how free people are in the west Roll Eyes and how oppressed they are in russia .
in the west , people are so over regulated, they are free to do some chode job, sit in traffic all day , be told they are part of toxic masculinity, wank off to weed and be nothing.
8 million men with no health issues between the ages of 18 and 50 in america no longer participate in society. they arent looking for a job, they arent working, they arent at school. they have dropped out of your garbage society.
i cant move on my road because so many "off the grid ' types are starting to try to run away from the over governed cities which are havens of mediocre garabge existence.
my old neighbours were russians. they had family in vladivostock.
in the villages of russia, if you have family there, you ju7st go to the village council and build a house, much like the amich,
no council regualtions
no rates
no land tax
no interference from moscow.
just do your own thing
fish where you like
grow what you like
its nirvana
so keep selling your european model of paradise, people arent buying,
the italians have gone back to a fundamentalist catholic PM who is booting out all the woke wankers.
france as well
the dutch farmers are in revolt.
the proud nationalists are going to prevail
they have the resources.
america, my friend is 31 trillion in debt and teetering on the edge of defaulting
ever get the feeling you are kidding yourself
obviously wages are lower in russia, but utilities are basically nothing, like $20 per month for electricity, grabbing something to eat or drink while out costs very little (and the stoloya cafetarias catering to old soviet nostalgics have some seriously cheap, nutritious food), groceries seem cheap for the most part, low petrol prices, cheap public transport. income inequality is pretty modest too, substantially lower than the united states and roughly about the same as...
new zealandthey wouldn’t have a standard of living as good as an Aussie with a decent full time job, but compared to an aussie making $50k it’s probably not far off. people here going on about it like living in russia is some horrible nightmare really have little idea of perspective of the world. the changes on the ground following the black period of the 90s have been quite evident too, with cities transforming since roughly 2000 from decaying dumps to fairly okay places everywhere.
this youtube channel documents this in before / after photos
ukraine by contrast is russia if it never left the post-soviet nadir period.a lot of the things pro-ukrainian/ukrainian cheerleaders write regarding russia is interestingly pure projection, or ignorance of either state.
Prior to Zalensky, Ukraine was managed by Kremlin-appointed kleptocrats, who's only job was to manage the skim from the gas. Kiev was the base for global crime syndicates, and corruption was rife. Ukraine was Putin's wild west.
The people had their say. Yanukovych was ousted in 2013 for reneging on a commitment to joining the EU. This led to the Euromaidan uprising, Putin's annexation of Crimea, and finally, the first fair election since the fall of the Soviet Union in 2019.
Zalensky's unwillingness to bend to Putin saw the invasion of 2022. From now on, Ukraine was not willing to play the role of so many other Russian satelite puppet regimes. Ukraine has a 43 million population and huge mineral wealth - why should it?
If a Ukrainian leader is going to do the right thing by Ukrainians, turning West is a no brainer. Economically sure, but politically: any Ukrainian prez who doesn't commit to European integration will simply be deposed, if not assassinated. Ukrainians want to be nice, safe, happy Euros. Why wouldn't they?
Putin puppets like Alexander Lukashenko and Ramzan Katyrov are now few and far between. Nearly
all of the former Soviet states want to be Western-style democracies. It's why, after all, the iron curtain came down in the first place. Putin's dream of a Russia Mir is over - no one shares it.
Putin can only achieve influence outside Russia through kleptocracy, the oligarchs and the Russian Mafia. It's hardly a romantic vision. His invasion of Ukraine has now shown the rest that the emperor was wearing no clothes.
The Russian military is no longer capable of a good old Soviet invasion. It's certainly not capable of a US-style shock and awe assault on a recalcitrant state, which was the aim in Ukraine. Muscle was Putin's last card. He no longer has this, and everybody who counts in Russia knows it. All the states in Russia's orbit - the Russia Mir - are now looking Westward, or signing up to Xi's Belt and Road.
By invading Ukraine, Putin has single-handedly destroyed the Russian dream.
Ever get the feeling you've been fu
cked?
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