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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by nradov on Thursday September 07, 2017 @01:48AM (#15189396)
And yet so far Yeltsin is still wrong: Russia's difficulties appear to be permanent. Population and life expectancy have declined. GDP growth has been low and erratic; currently their economy is smaller than Italy. They rank 131st on the worldwide corruption index. All of these problems are self inflicted.
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by mirimir on Thursday September 07, 2017 @02:00AM (#15189439)
Maybe so. But time will tell.

In any case, it's not the accuracy of the prediction that matters here. It's the motivation.

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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by mirimir on Thursday September 07, 2017 @07:59PM (#15196875)
And it's also not very charitable. It's an aspect of a mindset that perpetuates the cycle of violence. Long term, it works better for victors to be forgiving and magnanimous. But sadly enough, it's probably too late for that. Maybe about a century too late.
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