Comments by "bighand69" (@bighands69) on "Europe Reconsiders Russian Tourism" video.

  1. It could have the opposite effect.
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  2.  @plantruster7999  Were you paid to counter his post against NATO?
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  3. That smuggling is simply not going to have much of an effect on a country the size of Russia which needs industrial scale production and trade.
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  4. I would say he has a team and years of research and just gets simple news reports. Obviously he is on Holiday.
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  5. The problem as well is it could entrench normal working Russians into a war mindset that it is east vs west.
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  6. That can be the problem when things go crazy.
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  7. And what if it does the opposite and pushes the mood of the nation towards war as they feel they have nothing to lose?
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  8.  @ForrestDweller  They have thousands of nuclear weapons and a population that could for a military's that is several million strong. All it takes is a series of events to set this all off.
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  9. There needs to be a fine balance. Pissing off every day working Russians is not good either as it may move the mood of their country towards a greater war.
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  10. Russia is weird in that it is not technically totalitarian but does have a leadership class that is brutal. And there is corruption from the very top to bottom. I think it is a weird modern phenomena that has sprang out of the global world. China is another very weird place.
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