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Could you give several examples of countries which have strategies, goals and future (and how you imagine it)? It would help better understand where you come fr

Could you give several examples of countries which have strategies, goals and future (and how you imagine it)? It would help better understand where you come from. I can think of several countries that have goals, some have strategies, but not many will have future with their goals and strategies or lack of it (e.g. China and Russia will fail IMHO, Israel, Japan and Germany will succeed, but that’s only my opinion)

varjag 5y ago
See, it's unwise and spineless unless you suck up to Russia.
lnsru 5y ago
It’s hard to do such a difficult guessing. I will bet against so called democracies in the western world. They’re too corrupt and plan how to build and maintain short time money laundering schemes. Think about failed autobahn mount and mask buying schemes in Germany. Lithuanian railway and Belarus deal should be known better to you.
- BoyRobot777 5y ago
  > They’re too corrupt Compared to what? China? russia? > Lithuanian railway and Belarus deal should be known better to you. It's has been blown out of proportion without understanding the full picture, not corruption. "The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has officially confirmed that Washington's sanctions against Belaruskali, one of the world's largest potash fertiliser producers and exporters, are not binding on Lithuania's state-owned railways.[1]" Lithuanian railway cannot just terminate their contract otherwise they will face legal consequences in Court of Arbitration. They are looking for a legal way to kill the contract, but it takes time and planing. [1] https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1568321/us-sanctions-not-binding-on-lithuanian-railways-us-treasury-says https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1568321/us-sanction...
  - lnsru 5y ago
    Pick some other from the list: Vilnius Subway project, National airline, National stadium. There are no state projects that are designed for wellbeing of the citizens. They are all made for state money laundering. You know why MO Museum is so different from everything in that country? It’s made by rich guy for people without selfish interests.
- linspace 5y ago
  Corruption is rampant in non democratic countries, which is completely unsurprising. It's unsurprising also that there is silence around it.
- daliusd 5y ago
  I am asking what would you bet for.
  - lnsru 5y ago
    I bet for China. They have agenda beyond next election. They can do unpopular stuff. Lithuania badly needs for example university downsizing, but it’s not popular decision and will never happen.
    - daliusd 5y ago
      Well, China indeed can do unpopular stuff but they don’t have mechanism to identifying and promoting right and unpopular stuff that must be done. Actually they changed some things recently where this is strongly discouraged (something about reporting to party bad things I don’t remember exactly). In Lithuania we at least know what must be done. I agree about universities in Lithuania, but I think some stuff was already done with financing in that regard and some universities might die naturally in Lithuania. Question is if that is enough.

varjag 5y ago

See, it's unwise and spineless unless you suck up to Russia.

lnsru 5y ago

It’s hard to do such a difficult guessing. I will bet against so called democracies in the western world. They’re too corrupt and plan how to build and maintain short time money laundering schemes. Think about failed autobahn mount and mask buying schemes in Germany. Lithuanian railway and Belarus deal should be known better to you.

BoyRobot777 5y ago
> They’re too corrupt Compared to what? China? russia? > Lithuanian railway and Belarus deal should be known better to you. It's has been blown out of proportion without understanding the full picture, not corruption. "The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has officially confirmed that Washington's sanctions against Belaruskali, one of the world's largest potash fertiliser producers and exporters, are not binding on Lithuania's state-owned railways.[1]" Lithuanian railway cannot just terminate their contract otherwise they will face legal consequences in Court of Arbitration. They are looking for a legal way to kill the contract, but it takes time and planing. [1] https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1568321/us-sanctions-not-binding-on-lithuanian-railways-us-treasury-says https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1568321/us-sanction...
- lnsru 5y ago
  Pick some other from the list: Vilnius Subway project, National airline, National stadium. There are no state projects that are designed for wellbeing of the citizens. They are all made for state money laundering. You know why MO Museum is so different from everything in that country? It’s made by rich guy for people without selfish interests.
linspace 5y ago
Corruption is rampant in non democratic countries, which is completely unsurprising. It's unsurprising also that there is silence around it.
daliusd 5y ago
I am asking what would you bet for.
- lnsru 5y ago
  I bet for China. They have agenda beyond next election. They can do unpopular stuff. Lithuania badly needs for example university downsizing, but it’s not popular decision and will never happen.
  - daliusd 5y ago
    Well, China indeed can do unpopular stuff but they don’t have mechanism to identifying and promoting right and unpopular stuff that must be done. Actually they changed some things recently where this is strongly discouraged (something about reporting to party bad things I don’t remember exactly). In Lithuania we at least know what must be done. I agree about universities in Lithuania, but I think some stuff was already done with financing in that regard and some universities might die naturally in Lithuania. Question is if that is enough.