Comments by "TotalRookie_LV" (@TotalRookie_LV) on "Wendover Productions" channel.

  1. +Kilves X Yeah, many are surprised to find how uncommon common sense is.
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  2. I live in relatively small city in Northern Europe. I can walk to a farmland in approx. 30 minutes and reach the old town / downtown in 40. Besides while my flat is surrounded by other 2-5 storey houses, it's also surrounded by some trees and lawns, even some wildlife, like hedgehogs. Besides I can move around by a bus, a tram (citycar), a train or a trolleybus - they all are in 3-10 min walking distance from my home. And a couple of supermarkets are in 15-20 min walking distance. Or I can drive my car or ride a bicycle... or a kick-scooter. I really prefer this kind of environment than "suburbia", which, honestly, looks somewhat ugly, at least from above. Of course we do have some suburban "villages" for the rich, but they restrain the freedom of movement of their inhabitants to a very few options, sometimes to a single road.
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  3. Peppermint Ka mēdz teikt - šī pasaule ir riebīgi maza. 8D
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  4. Claude Russia isn't a true dictatorship, it's regime is too lose and it's state too chaotic for that, it's so called hybrid regime, of which Russia and Venezuela are the prime examples.
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  5. +YOUNG GUTS Да, да, продолжайте пиздеть о том, что мы ничего не знаем и про какой-то 1%, как будто из-за такой мелочи понадобились невероятных маштабов фалсификации на выборах в Москве, да и на остальных тоже, да?
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  6. Peppermint Nope, but close. I've live in Riga, on the West bank of Daugava - Pārdaugava, which poets used to call "the green Paradise". I've been to Tallinn only once, some 25 years ago, nice place, got to be even better now.
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  7. TalesOfWar Well, we don't have the cannals, perhaps because winters are harsher here and they would not be usable for at least good 3-4 month per year. Or maybe it was just lack of engeneering and finance what then was Russian empire. As a kid I loved books like "Wind in Willows" and canals seem to be a part of the rural England;s charm.
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  8. Matthew Nickolas Well, officially it's 600k, but many live outside Riga, and work in Riga, even those living 40km away. Sure I live in the largest "cty" in the region, but compared to megalopolises of the world, it's really small.
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  9. JoeOtter3005 Sorry to hear, you have so little it all can be stuffed in a single car.
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  10. And who else cares, that MPs of local Crimea parliament were gathered at a gunpoint, and even they they had no numbers neccesserely to declare independence by legal means?
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  11. P.S. However, there indeed are some nationalists in Baltic states now, but not Ukrainian ones, those are Russian nationalists who got political refugee status, as nationalists are the most organized, active and intentionally dangerous part of opposition, since they are really pissed of how Putin's gang is selling out their country.
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  12. Even if people vote where to invest their tax money, there still is a problem - the don't hire experts and don't trust them (common, just look how many Americans believe in global climate change being a hoax, in the Big Pharma or "organic" food being healthier). So when it comes to investment, they choose to build a new stadium, because entertainment, yeah! ... and then a bridge in their city collapses (true story from early 2000s, after which examinations of public infrastructure were run, only to find out 75% of bridges in USA being in rough shape). Who's fault is it? The big bad government! So, should we invest in maintenance of the public roads more? No, it's boring, lets build a stadium for sports games!
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  13. Claude Well, the "problem" with democracy is - if there are lot of idiots around, system might become dysfunctional. And I believe, it's not about trust to a bureaucrat. After all, he or she is our employee, after all, the power belongs to "we, the people". Of course, it's not that simple in practice. So IMO it's all down to employing those who knows better than we do - the experts in the field. Of course, experts have their own dissenting opinions and internal squabbles too, especially in fields that are not strict and precise as mathematics - economics. social sciences etc.
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  14. Well, it always works in both directions, doesn't it? Europe is just as unprotected from Russia as Russia is from Europe. And one could snatch Russia's Far East region and Eastern part of Siberia, while Russia would be absolutely unable to take it back, as Siberia is just as great obstacle for their own forces as for invading ones. P.S. Wouldn't make sense to move the capital if Russia over the Url mountains to Asian portion of the country? I mean, from defence point of view; from economic positions, of course, it would make no sense to move industry because of lack of waterways and roads. And as for NATO's collective defence - don't attack NATO then, easy! In early 2000s Russian politicians mentioned, that inability to invade Baltic states (for "peace keeping" purposes, of course), would be a threat to Russia's national security, thus NATO=threat. Sure Baltics them proceeded to join NATO with even greater effort. Some people just don't know when to shut up. :-D
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  15. It's not just passenger trains that suck in US. I've seen a video made by a truck driver, he drives 18-wheelers both in Europe and in US and Canada. He is of an opinion, that American trucks are made much cheaper - the don't have secondary frame and no double beams of the main frame, thus a driver can feel it bending a bit, not so good sound insulation, suspension ins't that good either, they lack all that buttons and whistles that makes driver's life easier, especially gearbox and breaks, so in American style truck a man gets tired much quicker, add to that roads, that are smoother in Europe, at least it's Western part.
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  16. I live in relatively small city in Northern Europe. I can walk to a farmland in approx. 30 minutes and reach the old town / downtown in 40. Besides while my flat is surrounded by other 2-5 storey houses, it's also surrounded by some trees and lawns. Besides I can move around by a bus, a team (cityscape), a train or a trolleybus - they all are in 3-10 min walking distance from my home. And a couple of supermarkets are in 15-20 min walking distance. Or I can drive my car or ride a bicycle... or a kick-scooter. I really prefer this kind of environment than "suburbia", which, honestly, looks somewhat ugly, at least from above. Of course we do have some suburban "villages" for the rich, but they restrain the freedom of movement of their inhabitants, sometimes to a single road.
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  17. +Ella I'm not buying, that Vova himself isn't involved in all possible corruption plots too, if he isn't, then he isn't just a heartless bastard, but an idiot too... Well, he is anyway, as "stability" and "stagnation" in this case means exactly the same. I do believe he sincerely wishes well to Russia and wants it to "make great again", but since he isn't exactly smart, he actually does exactly the opposite and has thrown his country back for at least a couple o decades.
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  18. I can reach farmland on foot or by bus, many shops, markets and supermarkets are in 15-30 min walking distance, same with pharmacies (in European sense, not American), and other facilities (schools, hospitals, car repair shops etc), I have multiple transportation options - bus, tram, trolleybus and train in 3-10 min walk from my home; and due to walkways I can not just walk, but also safely ride a bicycle or kick-scooter, or electric scooter; besides European cities have parks and forests around them, thus IMO concentrated European style settling is more convenient.
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