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A comment on Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial. Parent comment

Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by buellerbueller on Monday December 15, 2025 @01:21PM (#46278270)
China and Russia both appear to be gunning for the role of global hegemon.
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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by oblio on Monday December 15, 2025 @03:33PM (#46280200)
China, all right. But Russia will fall flat on its face in at most 5 years.
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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by buellerbueller on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:34PM (#46281030)
>But Russia will fall flat on its face in at most 5 years.

Right, the same timeline as AGI and Tesla FSD.

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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by oblio on Monday December 15, 2025 @05:37PM (#46281801)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia

We don't live in the 1920s anymore.

Russia's population is falling and the current war is not helping it. Also the last resources of population import for Russia, Russians in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (+ Central Asians in Central Asia) are drying up. Nobody outside of the former Soviet sphere wants to move to Russia.

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