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is Russia actually the worlds no1 superpower?

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  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,686
    Doubleme said:

    ultimately I think the ideal strategy for Russia is not to take Ukraine right away but drag this on for decades whilst starving the west economically and weaking us. If they just flat out take all of Ukraine and then head to the next country we may not be hit so hard economically.

    The whole Russia/Ukraine thing is just propoganda so the naive public will tolerate money laundering of our money, poverty, and ultimately depoopulation on a massive scale. Think of how much of our taxes have been sent to Ukraine with no accountability of where it is spent. If that money was spent wisely in the UK, you could literally end homelessness.

    there is truth in what you say but they keep doing this they did it for covid and will do it for many other things. It does put an ecomic strain but all they care about is pillaging whatever they can however they can for themselves and their rich friends hopefully we can get rid of this tory government but I don't see it.
    How are the Russians going to starve the west economically ?

    Honestly, Russia is teetering on the brink of financial meltdown with only an estimated 12 - 14 months worth of economic reserves left. They are struggling to keep anarchy off their streets, whilst throwing every resource into trying to win what seemed in the beginning an easily winnable war.

    Your fixation on Russia becoming some form of all conquering global force is bordering on paranoia and is delusional.

    Personally I'm more concerned about the Tories and their policies than I am about Mad Uncle Vlad and his rhetoric.
  • DoublemeDoubleme Member Posts: 2,147

    Doubleme said:

    ultimately I think the ideal strategy for Russia is not to take Ukraine right away but drag this on for decades whilst starving the west economically and weaking us. If they just flat out take all of Ukraine and then head to the next country we may not be hit so hard economically.

    The whole Russia/Ukraine thing is just propoganda so the naive public will tolerate money laundering of our money, poverty, and ultimately depoopulation on a massive scale. Think of how much of our taxes have been sent to Ukraine with no accountability of where it is spent. If that money was spent wisely in the UK, you could literally end homelessness.

    there is truth in what you say but they keep doing this they did it for covid and will do it for many other things. It does put an ecomic strain but all they care about is pillaging whatever they can however they can for themselves and their rich friends hopefully we can get rid of this tory government but I don't see it.
    How are the Russians going to starve the west economically ?

    Honestly, Russia is teetering on the brink of financial meltdown with only an estimated 12 - 14 months worth of economic reserves left. They are struggling to keep anarchy off their streets, whilst throwing every resource into trying to win what seemed in the beginning an easily winnable war.

    Your fixation on Russia becoming some form of all conquering global force is bordering on paranoia and is delusional.

    Personally I'm more concerned about the Tories and their policies than I am about Mad Uncle Vlad and his rhetoric.
    I'm not a fan of the Tories that may have become apparent in some of my posts, I used to be a tory voter I am embarrassed to say but that is because I was indoctrinated by my parents and grew up with only right wing press left wing press was banned etc seeing what I have seen from this tory government has left me embarrassed that I ever called myself a tory voter.

    All that been said we are screwed whoever we have in government it may be worse with the tories sure but its mathematically assured things will continue to get worse regardless of who is leading that is a mathematical certainty.

    this is a thread that I have been working on its quite large but it will be coming soon if I do not lose the thread text i have written otherwise will have to wait till after exam.


    Think you will like that one because it is actually mentioned in revelations but then I wont take that as proof of god because self fulfilling prophecy potential is a thing lucky guess is another and smart people can often see future trends.
  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,686
    Revelations is becoming more relevant as societal trends indicate an increasing satanic degeneracy. Most people think that if Christ returns it's one quick battle, the devil is defeated and it's all milk and honey everafter. Nope after imprisoning the Beast for 1,000 years within the earth, Christ releases him for the final battle. That's the one where the living will be asked to take the mark of the Beast or face beheading.

    Spoiler alert, beheading is the correct choice.

    Seriously, even as a non believer if you really read Revelations it's a terrifying window into a Millenia of Armageddon.



  • goldongoldon Member Posts: 9,053
    Now Children ! Don't be listening to the " Big Bad Wolf " the three little Pigs will be OK.

    ...............America..............Ukraine...............United Kingdom.............


  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,933
    edited October 30
    Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.



    A Russian court has fined Google more money than exists on earth – and the total could keep getting bigger. A four-year court case against the US tech giant has reportedly culminated in a $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or $20decillion, fine. The situation began when Google banned the ultra-nationalist Tsargrad channel from YouTube in 2020, in response to US sanctions imposed against its owner, but after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 more channels were added to the banned list.

    The owners of the Tsargrad station had been under US sanctions since late 2014, and in 2021 a Russian court ordered Google to return access to the blocked accounts, with the threat of a progressive fine if this was not done. Several more YouTube channels including Sputnik, NTV, Russia 24, and eventually all Russian state channels were blocked in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February of that year. Not long after, in June 2022, Google’s Russian legal entity filed for bankruptcy after reportedly paying 1 billion rubles to Tsargrad, and bankruptcy was declared in November 2023.

    The court imposed a 100,000 rubles per day, equivalent to about $1,025, with the total fine doubling every week. Thanks to the compound interest Google has now racked up a fine which the Russian judge on Monday called ‘a case in which there are many, many zeroes’. There are so many zeroes, in fact that the total fine amount completely dwarfs global GDP, which the World Bank estimates at about $100trillion.

    https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/30/russian-court-fines-google-20-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-21890949/
  • DoublemeDoubleme Member Posts: 2,147
    Yeah I read this yesterday i think it was, a little bit silly I would the only way they could enforce this is if they take over the world. To be honest I once believed Russia will take over the world and given enough time I think that is highly probable. However with Trumps climate change denial and it been nearly certain he will win, religious delusional nonsense on the rise again (I know its declining in populations but if Trump wins which he will America becomes a theocratic dictatorship) science will be destroyed so we wont survive the global warming with advanced tech advancements will go bye bye, So Russia wont have enough time to take over the world and enforce this fine on google which would just be we seize all your assets now, before humans go extinct. I am hoping crows can outlast us the climate can restore itself over time long after we are gone (I am not an expert on this I only know we are causing climate change not whether the planet could restore itself after we are gone or not) and evolve into more intelligent beings take our place and do a better job of spreading life throughout the empty galaxy.
  • NoseyBonkNoseyBonk Member Posts: 6,183
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