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[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 61 points 10 months ago

Damn, sanctions really hitting them hard. Utterly devastated.

[-] ProbablyKaffe@lemmygrad.ml 63 points 10 months ago

When ur sanctioned so McDonald's "leaves" but the McDonald's means of production are still in Russia so you can reopen McDonald's without most of the money going to America

[-] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 47 points 10 months ago

So what you're saying is...Russia seized the means of burger production?

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 35 points 10 months ago

seized the means of burger production?

Sounds like the worst communist porno ever.

[-] D61@hexbear.net 22 points 10 months ago

"I'll have a medium Fredrick Fries and Double McMarxBurger with cheese please" smuglord

[-] mughaloid@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 10 months ago

There is also one thing those who were forced to leave the Russian market had to sell their companies at a very low price or government just seized it with backhand . Means first it went to some shady private players and then it to the close confidants of Putin who are just state puppets.

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 51 points 10 months ago

West forgor that Russia had been sanctioned for decades during Soviet era.

[-] PanArab@lemmygrad.ml 51 points 10 months ago

So Russia is technically in the G5 ;)

It feels so good to see the west wane and by its own accord. No one invaded or bombed or colonized the west, they are destroying themselves by themselves.

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[-] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 50 points 10 months ago

Perhaps so, but now Russia no longer has McDonald's or Pizza Hut.

[-] Alunyanners@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 10 months ago

hmmm, the russian economy grew after the fast food chains responsible for the downfall of the ussr left

HMMMM 🤔 🤔

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[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 39 points 10 months ago

So you're saying Russian life expectancy is also about to rise?

[-] Valbrandur@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 10 months ago

Russia shall either be a superpower or have Pizza Hut. It cannot have both. History shows to us that this is as an absolute truth.

[-] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 50 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is why I'm voting Biden. A vote for Biden is a vote for de facto global wealth distribution where India, Africa, MENA, etc benefit from being pushed into the same bloc with Russia

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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 39 points 10 months ago

It looks like Germany is still ahead by official measure but the gap is much closer than before. Definitely larger than California and Italy. The two places Russia's economy gets compared to every time it gets brought up.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 10 months ago

Germany is also a much better comparison because Germany had an actual industrial economy until recently.

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[-] jlyws123@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 10 months ago

This is where Russia should be.

[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 10 months ago
[-] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago

The text is from August though, what new info does it mention?

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 10 months ago
[-] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 15 points 10 months ago

Oh, I would expect so, just wanted to confirm what the initial link was about

[-] American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 10 months ago

Now if it could just go all the way-

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 10 months ago

I think a lot about what could've been if USSR embraced Deng style reforms.

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 10 months ago

World would be very different, the USSR would be THE most productive country on earth considering it had a head start on China even with the massive destruction caused by the nazi invasion.

Also i think that the USSR foreign policy ultimately did more damage than good to the communist movement worldwide, the chinese mutual development through trade is a much better policy. But then again, without the USSR foreign policy i think the Cuban revolution would've failed.

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