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That's the whole problem with Russia. They would rather spend $10 to fuck with other countries than $1 improving their own.
by CamperBob2 6mo ago
That's the whole problem with Russia. They would rather spend $10 to fuck with other countries than $1 improving their own.
- dzhiurgis 6mo agoResource curse
- theshrike79 6mo agoThey have a 1000 year history on the former, very little experience on the latter.
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- afroboy 6mo agoSame problem with every country, check how much US is paying in foreign terrorism.
- drysine 6mo ago>They would rather spend $10 to fuck with other countries than $1 improving their own. Where did you get that idea?
- CamperBob2 6mo agoConsider if all the money wasted on the Ukraine invasion had been spent on (or by) the Russian people instead. Even if you won the war tomorrow, it'd take a hundred years to recover.
- drysine 6mo agoOk, let's consider that money. In 2025 Russian military spending was about 7% of GDP[0], and the GDP PPP was over 7 trillion dollars[1]. What's there to recover for hundred years? And the US spent in 2025 five times more than Russia despite not being at war with anyone.[2] They would rather spend $10 to fuck with other countries than $1 improving their own, right? [0] https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/sipri-insights-peace-and-security/preparing-fourth-year-war-military-spending-russias-budget-2025 https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/sipri-insights-peace... [1] https://www.worldeconomics.com/GDP/Russia.aspx https://www.worldeconomics.com/GDP/Russia.aspx [2] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/29/five-charts-that-show-the-rise-of-global-militarisation https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/29/five-charts-that-sh...