> am i the only one who feels as of late that russia isn't as strong as we thought when we talk about russia or eastern europe in general, we're talking about lands and people within those lands that have no fucking future. they have no future because of the scar that communism has made on those nations. the people there are apathetic, dull, angry, depressed, drunk, incompetent and misinformed. why? because they killed and deported anyone and everyone that could think for themselves.  people who can think for themselves are people that build the nation's farms, industry and infrastructure. russia's industry and infrastructure is nothing but a pile of fucking rust. the last wave of skilled workers from russia have already left since the start of the ukraine war. without those people, they have nothing. i think at some point in the future, russia will probably resort to brainwashing, kidnapping and/or bribing westerners and other people from different places to move to russia so they can rebuild and avoid total collapse. right now, they're shilling but as time goes on, they'll get even more desperate.
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