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>>tedsan+(OP)
This is so much money with which we could actually solve problems in the world. maybe even stop wars which break out because of scarcity issues.

maybe i am getting to old or to friendly to humans, but it's staggering to me how the priorities are for such things.

>>deknos+6a1
>wars which break out because of scarcity issues

That doesn't seem to be much of a thing these days. If you look at Russia/Ukraine or China/Taiwan there's not much scarcity. It's more bullying dictator wants to control the neighbours issues.

>>tim333+Vg1
There's a terrifying amount of food insecurity and poverty in Russia - https://www.globalhungerindex.org/russia.html - https://databankfiles.worldbank.org/public/ddpext_download/p...

>>dbspin+uq1
Russia is run by the mob. The country has no real dominant industry beyond its natural resources. Are they really a good example?

>>infect+wC1
Not according to the World Bank:

https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/d5f32ef28464d01f195827b...

Furthermore, they became #4 GDP PPP last year and and were reclassified as a high income country.

https://www.intellinews.com/russia-s-economy-is-booming-3289...

The poorer regions are actually benefiting from high contract salaries. How sustainable that is, guess we'll see.

>>cpursl+M73
What in there contradicts what I said?

- They are run by the mob

- They export a lot of natural resources but don’t have a strong manufacturing base. They don’t have high tech, they don’t export many manufactured items to developed countries. It’s a mob run country, resources are easy to extract.