Comments by "Nattygsbord" (@nattygsbord) on "High Russian GDP Growth Explained" video.

  1. I am still waiting for russia for creating something equal to the internet. seems like their military spending does not create any civilian spinoffs... no apple, microsofts, google, or amazon.
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  2. The bot comment is written in English because its lingua francua. the dollar is still the world reserve currency by far, Nato is the most powerful military alliance in history, the countries that supports Ukraine makes up 60% of the world economy. Look where patents, nobelprizes and fortune 500 companies come from you will further see that wests economic and technological dominance is total. Russia got nothing to offer the world by comparison.
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  3. conspiracy theory
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  4. GDP growth must be adjusted for inflation
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  5. One could divide up the economy into consumer goods, capital goods and military goods. Russia have always screwed over the consumers, for the sake of the other two. I know that other people don't have the same goals and priorities as me, I see that every time people vote in an election. However I think that is unhealthy and harmful to never throw a bone to the consumers and let people enjoy life. And exaggerated military spending harms the economy in the long run. Consumers needs to enjoy life. That gives them an incentive to work and to wanna live in the country. It makes people happy - and that is important as we only live a short time on this planet. And sure could one argue that investments into capital goods and long term productivity is better for creating a better life for future generations and will make life better for the country in the long run. But I do however think that we should not forget to also make life better for people who lives on this planet here and now. Taking the entire budget for healthcare and not curing patients today and instead investing all that money into research to find cures for all possible diseases in the long run might benefit endless amounts of people of the future generations. However I think that we also needs to take care of people who live here and now. Otherwise would I not wanna live in a country that sacrifice all human happiness for the greater good and for the future. I also believe that investments in infrastructure and capital goods will last forever. It will rust, get destroyed by wear and tear, and computers will become old outdated and useless after a few decades. And if there are no demand for the products produced because consumers are opressed - then there are no incentive to produce any goods as there are no buyers for them. And it doesn't matter if the government subsidise production, and minimize production costs by lowering taxes down to 0% and forcing state owned banks to give loans at 0% interest. If there are no demand for the goods, then nothing will be produced by the companies. And then no one will get employed, and no tax money from the companies will be gained. And the economy dies. Soviet leaders don't like to hear this, but maybe the people should have more consumer goods instead of trying to invest as much as possible and build weapons. Sure will people buy dumb junk for their money.. USB-toasters, devices for bleaching backholes, books about silly conspiracies, fashion, green ping pong balls and good who knows what. But if that is what makes people happy, then I think that those things have a value for human happiness.
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  6. Here is what Sweden's largest economic blog Cornucopia says (my own translation): "IMF base their numbers on the numbers that Russia themselves provide. For instance, Russia claims to have an inflation rate of 7%, while independent surveys indicate a rate of 23%. Anything else equal should Russian GDP-growth thus be reduced by 23-7=16 percent, and if those numbers are correct, then russia is in a deep recession."
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  7. Are destroyed weapons deflationary or inflationary? Max Keiser says it causes deflation, as valueable things are getting destroyed. While others mean that many weapons are paid for by inflation, and when the weapon gets destroyed do nothing except the newly printed money remain, and thus are higher inflation created
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  8.  @johnupjohn  Seems like the tough pro-russians are some of the most easily offended ppl on the planet. And cry and gets heartbroken over nothing. Maybe thats the reason FSB people arre spamming on forums instead of fighting in the frontline like real men.
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  9. Freedom and self-determination is the most important thing. Silly imperalist games is a mindset that should belong to the 1500s and 1600s. It only brings about deaths and pointless wars. Russia should focus on their own land instead of trying to steal others land and spend money to subvert democracy in other countries and make hostile take overs by bribing foreign politicians. If russia do not like that happen to themselves, then they should stay out from other countries internal affairs. Russia already got the biggest landmass on the planet. And if global warming is true, and the rest of the world turns into desert, then will russia have more lands available in Siberia when the snow is gone. Russia have great oppurtunities. It just have to focus inwards instead of playing silly imperialist games. And frankly, with such a tiny economy and technological backwardness is it impossible for russia to play the game of big politics in the long run. If a country cannot build stealth fighters and is too poor to build CATOBAR aircraft carriers then it cannot play the role as a world power. Russia is trying to play poker with a pair of fives at their hand. And a tiny wallet of a few ten thousand dollar notes does not take you far when USA and China got millions. And then are many other players far stronger than russia.. like Japan that is much richer and more technologically advanced, or India with nukes, a huge army, a large economy and endless manpower reserves. And EU with its much larger economy, technological advantage and larger population.
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