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These companies banning Russia is AMAZING opportunity for the Russian government. If Russia is run by smart people, they must be delighted by it. All they have

These companies banning Russia is AMAZING opportunity for the Russian government. If Russia is run by smart people, they must be delighted by it. All they have to do is wait for these companies to block them... and then use the opportunity to block it from their side never letting them come back to the market... and let the alternatives grow in the local market. That way, they get to keep the population from being dependent on foreign infrastructure and they don't even have to take responsibility for blocking them themselves.

lostmsu 5y ago
That worked well for North Korea.
- ComradePhil 5y ago
  Russia and NK are not comparable economies. NK has an estimated GDP of 27 billion and a population of 27 million, Russia has a GDP of 1.5 trillon and a population of 145 million (per capita GDP for Russia is an order of magnitude higher than that of NK and very similar to that of China). Russia is perfectly placed to be able to pull that off while NK is not.
  - kbelder 5y ago
    >Russia and NK are not comparable economies. Just wait. While you wait, compare the economies of North and South Korea.
    - ComradePhil 5y ago
      You can sanction and isolate smaller economies. Larger independent economies will not only be fine if you sanction them, they grow stronger. North Korea is being punished for not wanting to be invaded when America wanted to invade it. South Koreans got invaded and got all the multi-nationals to exploit them... as a result, they have an economy but they spend all their money into looking like their invaders (highest cosmetic surgeries in the world, to make their facial features look western) and kill themselves because they can never become like their invaders (highest suicide rate). If NK is around in its current state when the American empire falls, SK will look to NK to connect back to their roots. I truly hope, for the sake of South Koreans, North Korea manages to live on.
      - lostmsu 5y ago
        > Larger independent economies will not only be fine if you sanction them, they grow stronger. This is a baseless statement. If you make a simple assumption, that progress is ~ number of people (which would probably exactly fit data on the smaller scales), then isolated China will progress ~3x slower than the rest of the world.
  - type0 5y ago
    > Russia and NK are not comparable economies. Pretty soon they will be
  - lostmsu 5y ago
    Watch GDP of Russia drop to per capita levels much more comparable over a year or two. You can't really produce shit without sophisticated equipment, and Russia is not famous for any.
sidibe 5y ago
> These companies banning Russia is AMAZING opportunity for the Russian government. If Russia is run by smart people, they must be delighted by it. Are you living under a rock? Russia's leaders are in the process of destroying their country. Even the super smart contrarians on here who think the invasion is America's fault acknowledge that

lostmsu 5y ago

That worked well for North Korea.

ComradePhil 5y ago
Russia and NK are not comparable economies. NK has an estimated GDP of 27 billion and a population of 27 million, Russia has a GDP of 1.5 trillon and a population of 145 million (per capita GDP for Russia is an order of magnitude higher than that of NK and very similar to that of China). Russia is perfectly placed to be able to pull that off while NK is not.
- kbelder 5y ago
  >Russia and NK are not comparable economies. Just wait. While you wait, compare the economies of North and South Korea.
  - ComradePhil 5y ago
    You can sanction and isolate smaller economies. Larger independent economies will not only be fine if you sanction them, they grow stronger. North Korea is being punished for not wanting to be invaded when America wanted to invade it. South Koreans got invaded and got all the multi-nationals to exploit them... as a result, they have an economy but they spend all their money into looking like their invaders (highest cosmetic surgeries in the world, to make their facial features look western) and kill themselves because they can never become like their invaders (highest suicide rate). If NK is around in its current state when the American empire falls, SK will look to NK to connect back to their roots. I truly hope, for the sake of South Koreans, North Korea manages to live on.
    - lostmsu 5y ago
      > Larger independent economies will not only be fine if you sanction them, they grow stronger. This is a baseless statement. If you make a simple assumption, that progress is ~ number of people (which would probably exactly fit data on the smaller scales), then isolated China will progress ~3x slower than the rest of the world.
- type0 5y ago
  > Russia and NK are not comparable economies. Pretty soon they will be
- lostmsu 5y ago
  Watch GDP of Russia drop to per capita levels much more comparable over a year or two. You can't really produce shit without sophisticated equipment, and Russia is not famous for any.

sidibe 5y ago

> These companies banning Russia is AMAZING opportunity for the Russian government. If Russia is run by smart people, they must be delighted by it. Are you living under a rock? Russia's leaders are in the process of destroying their country. Even the super smart contrarians on here who think the invasion is America's fault acknowledge that