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why communism is better
Damn straight... Russia is not communist though... It's ran by a bunch of "corrupt" oligarchs... I would say it is more of a plutocratic system of governance...

Long story short, Russia without Ukraine is a country... Russia with Ukraine is an empire... Welcome to why the US is so interested (and meddling)...
 
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Communism is so good when east germany collapsed 3 million people crossed the border.

Russia is so good that all their former states hate them.

Russia so nice to ukraine they starved the entire country.

Russia is just jelly their former empire is full of heroin junkies.
 

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Democracy so good look at how Russian economy turn out?

Democracy so good look at how India turn out?

Communism so bad look at China's economy turn out.
 

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Beats Russian communism when they had -2% GDP growth for 50 years. That's right NEGATIVE.
 

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Communism is so good when east germany collapsed 3 million people crossed the border.

Russia is so good that all their former states hate them.

Russia so nice to ukraine they starved the entire country.

Russia is just jelly their former empire is full of heroin junkies.
that is why ALL their former states are so much worse off without moscow, notice how they only former states which are doing decent have dictators(belarus,kazahkstan)
 
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that is why ALL their former states are so much worse off without moscow, notice how they only former states which are doing decent have dictators(belarus,kazahkstan)
I think poland, czech repub, slovakia and former east germany is doing pretty well. sure they weren't part of the USSR but they were essentially satellite states.

If you know anyone who lived in the former soviet union or eastern bloc, you'd realize how shit their life is. Ever waited one hour in a queue to get oranges or bread? Ever had an economy that got shitter year after year? ever had neighbours who suddenly "disappeared" because they said something bad about the state? there's a reason the soviet union collapsed.
 

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I think poland, czech repub, slovakia and former east germany is doing pretty well. sure they weren't part of the USSR but they were essentially satellite states.

If you know anyone who lived in the former soviet union or eastern bloc, you'd realize how shit their life is. Ever waited one hour in a queue to get oranges or bread? Ever had an economy that got shitter year after year? ever had neighbours who suddenly "disappeared" because they said something bad about the state? there's a reason the soviet union collapsed.
your getting confused with 90s russia, theres a reason 86% love putin and thats because he fixed russia up when gorbachev and yeltsin destroyed the USSR, and will continue to love him as sanctions are nothing compared to 90s russia(only then will people start revolting again)

and my previous argument was about former USSR states, not satellites but you bring up a reasonable point
 

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No Russia was a piece of shit before gorb or yeltsin came into power. The entire economy was bankrupted from the get go and the only way they made money was draining resources from their breadbaskets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_of_Stagnation

While the western economy boomed the soviet union couldn't pull anything. What are modern russian exports? They never made any "high tech" electronics or anything consumer worthy. Ever heard of the Lada?
 

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No Russia was a piece of shit before gorb or yeltsin came into power. The entire economy was bankrupted from the get go and the only way they made money was draining resources from their breadbaskets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_of_Stagnation

While the western economy boomed the soviet union couldn't pull anything. What are modern russian exports? They never made any "high tech" electronics or anything consumer worthy. Ever heard of the Lada?
Don't knock Lada... My year 12 international studies teacher had a Lada Niva... thing was bullet proof... :lol:

The era of stagnation is eerily similar to what we are experiencing in the EU and the US... stagnant growth, zero advancement, an increasing population that is below the poverty line, etc...
 

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Don't knock Lada... My year 12 international studies teacher had a Lada Niva... thing was bullet proof... :lol:

The era of stagnation is eerily similar to what we are experiencing in the EU and the US... stagnant growth, zero advancement, an increasing population that is below the poverty line, etc...
No were experiencing a global recession that lasted for around 5 years. US economy is booming now the EU is playing catch up. You can't exactly say 0 advancement when we had massive changes in the past 10 years in consumer and technology.
 

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No were experiencing a global recession that lasted for around 5 years. US economy is booming now the EU is playing catch up. You can't exactly say 0 advancement when we had massive changes in the past 10 years in consumer and technology.
No, we have just had a rehash of the exact same thing time and time again... The age of innovation is over... Yes, we have been dumbed down to that level...

I really wouldn't call the US "recovery" a boom... It's been more of a flicker rather than a "boom"... It has been sluggish, uninspiring and has done nothing to shake off the cobwebs of volatility... (If there is a shock in the EU for instance, they will be back at square one...) You saw it only a couple of weeks ago with the Greek election results and the ECB bailing out Greece (YET AGAIN!)
 

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No, we have just had a rehash of the exact same thing time and time again... The age of innovation is over... Yes, we have been dumbed down to that level...
LOL, just LOL

Pick up a science magazine buddy, and have a read. You may not understand all of it, but it's proof that we're still innovating. Look at a phone that was standard 10 years ago, and look at the standard phone now. Look at a computer that was standard 10 years ago, and look at the standard computer now. Why are they so much better now? Innovation, or advancement in science and technology if you'd rather hear that. Just because you can't see Imperial space ships and Death Stars, it doesn't mean we're not innovating.
 

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On cars alone you can see the massive improvement in technology over the past 10 years.

every single consumer good has improved A LOT in the past 10 years. pretty much everyone can afford a massive plasma tv without breaking the bank (you can pick up a 55" for under 1000). computer parts have made such an improvement it's causing a slow down in sales because people can't justify upgrading anymore when the hardware is outpacing the software.
 

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LOL, just LOL

Pick up a science magazine buddy, and have a read. You may not understand all of it, but it's proof that we're still innovating. Look at a phone that was standard 10 years ago, and look at the standard phone now. Look at a computer that was standard 10 years ago, and look at the standard computer now. Why are they so much better now? Innovation, or advancement in science and technology if you'd rather hear that. Just because you can't see Imperial space ships and Death Stars, it doesn't mean we're not innovating.
do u even read the shit that comes out of ur mouth?
 

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Yet iPhone is still the same crap as the one from 2007.
 

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