Comments by "the other Andrew" (@theotherandrew5540) on "Once markets realise Trump is serious about tariffs they will crash" video.
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@notroll1279 BRICS is developing slowly, but it'll offer a serious alternative to the dollar in a very few years.
Having lived in Russia, I don't see governance there are worse than that in western countries. It's different, more chaotic at times, but more effective at other times. While I read about increasing poverty and collapsing infrastructure, pot holed roads etc, I watched an eye-watering increase in prosperity in Russia, a national program of road, rain and internet improvement across the country from Petersburg to Kamchatka. No one in Russia is fooled into thinking it's a democracy and few care. Yes there are demonstrations by the young and educated, mainly because job opportunities aren't great, and the education system is struggling to keep up with the pace of change, but don't underestimate the best. The best are truly excellent, just foolishly excluded from western academic flow (to the detriment of both). Unfortunately the Russian school system has followed the worst of the western systems, being much too prescriptive. But it also allows for experimental schools to deviat and try different methods.
WRT democracies, the EU is not a democratic institution, and was never set up as one. South Korea is unstable, Mexico might have a semi democratic government, but it's controlled by the US and the drug barons. NZ has swung to the right and Japan is economically paralysed.
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