Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,247,582
Russia has always been the leader in labor rights, so capitalists have made it public enemy #1.
Taking your money, and arming ukranians to kill russians is an easy way to dampen the pro-union marketing russia has been funding with billions of dollars to enwoken the west.
Once they are strapped for cash they are going to take money from foreign aid and large external media campaigns, and reallocate that to something more pressing domestically.
> Why are we sending trillions of dollars to fund there war?
So that all those "retired 4 star generals" (aka board members of Raytheon and Lockheed Martin) can keep going on The Pentagon's Shopping Network (aka CNN) to openly talk about Ukrainian battle plans, strategy and troop locations. With Hollywood writers on strike, this war is the best entertainment in town!
I disagree. Ukraine can and must continue to fight until they liberate all of Ukraine, including Crimea. To do this, the West must send them a dozen F-16s 2 years from now. They will be a game-changer, like the Leopards and the Abrams and the Javelins and the Patriots and the Storm Shadows and the HIMARS...
Funny. The exact same people (i.e me) who said this "enormous Ukrainian counter-offensive with NATO trained troops" would be an absolute shit-show for Ukraine are the same people who said a year ago that the sanctions would hurt Europe far more than Russia. It's amazing how clearly you can see reality when your government and media isn't pumping you full of delusional fairytales for 18 months.
Yes, it's shocking that CNN and the BBC haven't reported this assessment by *checks notes* both the World Bank and the IMF, isn't it? Here, let me know which part you disagree with:
"Russia was among the world’s five largest economies and the largest in Europe in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) as of the end of 2022, despite Western sanctions, the latest World Economics report has revealed.
According to estimates based on official country data published by the World Bank and the IMF, Russia's gross domestic product was $5.51 trillion in PPP terms at the end of last year. The figure is 38% larger than the official estimate of $3.993 trillion, the report noted.
It also showed that the Russian economy was ahead of Germany’s when measured in purchasing-power parity, with the latter’s GDP at $5 trillion"
Erik !saAqdaazn2 replied with this 2 years ago, 1 hour later, 18 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,247,717
@1,247,633 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
PPP exchange rates are especially useful when official exchange rates are artificially manipulated by governments