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If Putin had been a good guy, what would have he done for Russia instead? (fedia.io)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With all the money going into the Ukraine war and other ventures since Putin came to power, I imagine there's a lot of stuff he could've done to make the world a better place and Russia a formidable world power.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

The amount of minable materials in the vast area of Siberia could have set russia up as an economic powerhouse. That's why China is helping them run themselves into the meat grinder in Ukraine. The inevitable collapse will allow them to scoop up the area.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Almost every single country with an extraction-based economy is either a dictatorship or a failed state. The single exception is Norway, which discovered oil after it was already an advanced democracy. A country with natural resources does not need to invest in its human capital, or worry about democracy.

Russia's natural resources are its curse.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

There is actually a good video by CGP grey on why this is. https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Remove the tracker from that url https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs

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