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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 populat

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.

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.