Comments by "Golag Is watching you" (@golagiswatchingyou2966) on "Putin wants unlimited presidential terms" video.

  1. a bit unclear on what your trying to say, everyone knows Russia is corrupt that it has disfunctional institutions but they are still there, they still matter and if im not mistaken, Putin and his people have tried to make it less corrupt or at the very least unify it's corrupt elements to keep russia going.
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  2. if the international community does not recognize it, it's not realy legitimate.
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  3.  @user-lz5wf  it could be worse but in the case of Russia with all the other problems they face it is a disaster, Russia is doing it's best to prevent this disaster from getting worse though
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  4. demographics are destiny as they say, though a lot of people seem to call mentioning it racist when it is in the western European variatie, idk why they do it, seems rather ignorant and closed minded if you ask me
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  5.  @yarpen26  I think your forgeting the biggest player and reason why Russia acts the way it does in regards to their relations with China and Europe which is NATO aka the USA. It's very much in US intrest to keep Russia and Europe divided, they don't want good relations, they don't want war they want unproductive relations and openly seek to sanction, harras, enforce and promote bad trade relations and military stand off, that way Europe is dependent on US protection, while the Russian economy continues to stagnate, they don't care if China becomes more powerfull in the process as long as Europe remains a close ally the USA maintains it's hegomony. Europe would benefit greatly if Russian and EU relations were good, all that land, resources and people could be mutual beneficial, problem would be that Russia would have great influence on EU policy which currently we don't trust but as we see with Nordstream 1 and 2, trade is improving which is the first steps needed for improvement, still a long way to go though.
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  6.  I'm not flat, stop asking  cheap slave labor for factories and services, I agree corporations love immigration, more labor, more consumers, lower wages, more workers competition. Some immigration is to be expected but these days it's insane and disfunctional.
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  7.  @OriginalBongoliath  it depends on the situation, few countries recognize israel's claim to the golan hights but the USA does and they have the means to defend those claims but in the case of Russia most nations including the US does not agree so it puts them on bad footing and makes the Russian claim seem illigitmate.
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  8.  @yarpen26  it will be a long time before they are anywhere near the western standard but I think common intrests and common enemies might motivate long term change, as long as Russia gets by they won't change much, if a crisis comes then that might force change in a more direct manner, only time will tell.
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  9. here is an idea, if demografics are an issue for Russia long term as most of the western world in general, perhaps Russia could consider trying to join the EU and making concession policies to ensure peace and to rejuvinate the Russian population problem by ceding territory from cremea and Kaliningrad oblast. it would be a bit easier to manage, it would be a show of good faith towards Europe and the EU, Russia and the EU might consider an old style population exchange or encourage migration of ethnic russians back to Russia, perhaps if membership of the EU and potentialy free movement of people were possible then they might see a swell of migrants who are mostly western or russian by culture and could assimulate to Russian society. Cremea has 2,284,00 people, 65.3% of which is Russian Kaliningrad Oblast has772,534 Russians (86.4%) of course with the current tensions with NATO and the west this seems unlikely but long term if done correctly with a stronger EU and a less hostile US relations it could work and since China is still growing stronger it might be in their intrest as well to seek a greater alliance against a common foe, in Europe Russia would be a powerfull member of the EU with China they would be servant
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  10. democracy might be a joke but it has it's benefits.
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  11. then come the next leaders and progress to what? tyrany? that seems to be the go to for all progresives these days.
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  12. because it's still desputed no? who recognizes it? give it time im sure they will keep it or give it up for a price.
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  13. yet youtube tends to censor and lower the position of these kinds of videos with their algoritme.
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