[Leisler]

You can’t restore what never was. Russia was never tall in the world. It’s been weak, it’s been murderous. That’s it.

And now? It doens’t have the dumb masses of China. It doesn’t have the intellectual power or innovation or quality of the west. At best it’s future for the next 50-100 years is a resource extraction economy. It could have one like Canada, but most likely a Zaire.

[headsonpikes]

Harsh, man. I guess you’re definitely not a slavophile!