Re:Is this how Russia ends?
by CountSessine on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @09:51PM
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There's a good reason so many nations that were formerly dominated by Russia are now exceeding them in GDP per capita.
“Isn’t ruled by Vladimir Putin” is highly predictive of GDP, but “has a warm-water port” is far more predictive.
Who is doing well? Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Georgia, Azerbaijan.
Who isn’t doing well? Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Tajikistan…
There are other variables. “Who has oil”, for example. But “who has unencumbered access to world trade through the sea” is the best.
Re:Is this how Russia ends?
by nevermindiguess on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @10:19AM
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It would be interesting to hear why you think Russia is an authoritarian state. Have you lived there? Have you studied it deeply? Do you have reliable sources to substantiate your claim? You certainly repeat what the western media says, but they are hardly an independent or unbiased source (speaking of authoritarian regimes). To me it looks like you may be making a lot of assumptions without having first hand experience or professional knowledge on the subject.
Re:Is this how Russia ends?
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @10:24AM
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It's a preposterous notion to doubt that assertion (Russia is authoritarian). I have to believe that is a post by a Russian bot of some kind.
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It is because I'm Russian, and I can confirm that it's an authoritarian state.
Re:Is this how Russia ends?
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:03PM
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I'm in complete agreement. Sorry if I was ambiguous.
Re:Is this how Russia ends?
by ghostwriter on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @12:01PM
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how exactly are you confirming this? Please provide the benchmark.
That's of course not necessarily true.
You haven't factored in the retardation of economic outcome that the present union is causing because it can only exist through the extreme and persistent application of force (which is very substantially regressive for human development). The reason they keep getting authoritarians century after century is because Russia as it presently stands should not exist, they can only hold it together with force. That comprehensive application of force destroys liberty, creativity, free expression, economic growth, investment, and so on.
You can simultaneously have economic negatives from the lack of a port, in a landlocked Russia spin-off state scenario, and be better off being out from under the forever strangulating authoritarian umbrella of big Russia. That is to say, that's just how horrific and dampening of human potential it is to be under the boot of authoritarian Russia.
There's a good reason so many nations that were formerly dominated by Russia are now exceeding them in GDP per capita.