• UnderpantsWeevil
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    9 hours ago

    Isn’t this what Russia and China do?

    It’s very funny to see people continue to compare these two countries in a single breath. Russia is far more in line with modern day Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, or Iran, both in terms of its economic throughput and its level of domestic development.

    China’s only real peers are the US and India. They’re operating with a fully distinct socio-economic goal and political philosophy. And their economy is 10x as large, never even mind the technological capacity they’re reaching.

    It’s like talking about the World Cup and mentioning Japan and England in the same sentence.