Russia and America perhaps a little more similar than we like to admit?

Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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sometimes i just feel kind of silly...i was just over in the "beautiful" thread, looking at pictures of nova, and galaxies, and star nurseries....
we live in an average galaxy, on a remote spiral arm, in a system of little note, on a tiny planet...and we're worried about made up lines that keeps humans born in different areas of our insignificant planet from interacting with each other...i'm more concerned that we still think those imaginary lines are still necessary...that for some reason, we think that being born on one side of those lines that don't exist make us different from all the people on the other side of those lines...
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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TacoMac said:
I know it's not possible for you to do, but you really should try to make a concerted effort to not talk about things you know absolutely NOTHING about.

When Vladimir Putin came to power in 1999, roughly 62% of Russians lived at or below the poverty line. Russia, just coming out of communism, was nearly destitute and Boris Yeltsin had absolutely no idea what the hell he was doing. Hell, he was so drunk most of the time he didn't even know where he was, let alone anything else.

Putin changed all of that. VERY quickly.

When Putin first took over, he promised to cut the poverty level in half within 20 years. He started massive infrastructure plans, revitalization plans, farming, everything.

It worked. In fact, he surpassed his goal of 50% and as of 2018, only 21% of Russians live at or below the poverty level, a reduction of 66%.

And he's not done yet. He's signed new legislation that will cut that figure in half by 2024. Putin, unlike our leaders, takes the care of his people very, very seriously.

In contrast to all of that, 80% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. They miss a check, they are broke. There are more Americans living paycheck to paycheck than there are Russians in total on the planet.

In the richest nation on earth, 53,000,000 people live at or below the poverty level.

Russia is nothing at all like the United States. Russian people are also nothing like Americans. The two couldn't be any further apart.
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Lol

How do you think Yeltsin got into power?

He was a US puppet from start to finish and Russians are fully aware of this fact.

Maybe you shouldn't go around telling other people they're idiots when you are so ignorant yourself.

If everything you say about Russia is true, then why are their rates of income and wealth inequality so similar to the US?
 
Unclebaldrick

Unclebaldrick

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ttystikk said:
Lol

How do you think Yeltsin got into power?

He was a US puppet from start to finish and Russians are fully aware of this fact.

Maybe you shouldn't go around telling other people they're idiots when you are so ignorant yourself.

If everything you say about Russia is true, then why are their rates of income and wealth inequality so similar to the US?
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You're back! Please post your scintillating Venezuela sources.

Because we totally respect you!
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Unclebaldrick said:
You're back! Please post your scintillating Venezuela sources.

Because we totally respect you!
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Do your own homework, clown shoes. But you're soooooo sure you know everything you don't need evidence.

And you speak for no one but yourself- and the multitudes inside your head.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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ttystikk said:
What does this have to dip with Russia?

Oh right- nothing.

I'm seeing a pattern.
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bernie has lots to do with russia

the campagn manager he hired was a good buddy of paul manafort. they installed a putin puppet in ukraine together.

why won't bernie release his taxes?
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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londonfog said:
America was a part of Britain until...
and should we also recognize Texas as a part of Mexico ? "Remember the Alamo "
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if the people of Crimea or the Ukraine still wanted to be part of russia, they would be...
it's the same as if we decided the best way to keep our country safe was to occupy Central America....i mean, America is right in their name.....
 
too larry

too larry

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
sometimes i just feel kind of silly...i was just over in the "beautiful" thread, looking at pictures of nova, and galaxies, and star nurseries....
we live in an average galaxy, on a remote spiral arm, in a system of little note, on a tiny planet...and we're worried about made up lines that keeps humans born in different areas of our insignificant planet from interacting with each other...i'm more concerned that we still think those imaginary lines are still necessary...that for some reason, we think that being born on one side of those lines that don't exist make us different from all the people on the other side of those lines...
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In cosmic time, it was just a second ago we were still marking our territory with scent. It will take a while to get rid of the lines.
 
too larry

too larry

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
if the people of Crimea or the Ukraine still wanted to be part of russia, they would be...
it's the same as if we decided the best way to keep our country safe was to occupy Central America....i mean, America is right in their name.....
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All the other states in the Americas thought we were a little full of ourselves when we named this little upstart country The United States of America. I guess the UK had something to do with the choice. {linguistically I mean}
 
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