Comments by "alex smith" (@alexsmith-ob3lu) on "Ukraine: A Demographic Tragedy" video.

That has already happened with many Ukrainian women. I work as a contractor and deal with many different clients all over the place. I’ve personally witness many upper class American men (either divorced or still single) who had no luck with dating here in the States; find a wife from Ukraine. Before the war, Ukraine was in a abysmal economic mess. Any Ukrainian man or woman with the ability to leave, has already done so. You’ll find many well educated Ukrainian men who left Ukraine years ago, now work in IT or construction all over EU nations.
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Ukraine was a very dysfunctional country even before the war, annexation of Crimea, and euro maiden. This war has only made things worse for Ukraine.
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That is very sad and awful.
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Ukraine was a mess even before the war and 2014 annexation. Doctors and nurses in Ukraine are known as “volunteers” and receive next to nothing in terms of pay for their work. The average skilled worker employed in industrial, construction, or maintenance or whatever got paid below minimum wage. Government of Ukraine was constantly changing hands between wealthy Oligarchs who cared little about ordinary people. Ukraine had a great start after the collapse of the USSR. Good economy, skilled work force, lots of healthy people etc. All that was squandered because not everyone has the ability to self-govern.
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@ayararesara6253 IT is a very exclusive industry that not many people can get into. I've meet Ukrainians who emigrated to the USA back in the 1990s and 2000s; they all tell me how the average blue/white collar employee in Ukraine can't even earn enough money to put food on the table, despite working 40+ hours per week. Sine 1991, Ukraine has went through dozens of economic crashes that wiped out everyone earnings.
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@ayararesara6253 The situation has not improved at all for Ukraine or Russia. Even before the current war, Russia and Ukraine were amongst the former Soviet Republics that could not even feed half of its people because of terrible economic turmoil.
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@ayararesara6253 I know exactly what I'm talking about, astroturfer. You can tell all the lies you want, but that does not change the truth.
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Even before the war, Ukraine had some of the highest rates of corruption/negligence. Combined that with massive brain drain where the better off Ukrainian men and women have all left Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR.
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Are you talking about American demographics? Hardly any babies are being made in Gen Alpha and very few people were born in Gen Z. America is in desperate need of skilled people who can do important/demanding work, so seems to me like (maybe) you’re right? I really don’t know…
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Russia can outproduce the EU in terms of military hardware, but not the USA. The problem with American military aid to Ukraine is that the Americans have little to spare. Their own armed forces have a set standard of minimum requirements for ammo, artillery, tanks etc. So, the USA had to scramble to find contract industrial manufacturers to produce munitions/guns for Ukraine.
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@ggez-yc1ui Russia economy is not the American economy. If that were the case, Russia would've already taken Ukraine in a matter of weeks and not still be fighting in eastern Ukraine. Lol
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@NeostormXLMAX After WW2, America has always been "half assing" everything it does, Lol.
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@Miami1991 America industrial economy still represents a fraction of the American GDP, so the U.S industrial base (while badly weakened) is far from beaten. In terms of Iraq and Vietnam, those were wars fought for money, not patriotism. The military industrial complex is still big, wealthy and strong in the USA thanks to lucrative federal contracts. And no, America has no need for such massive WW2 style army divisions to fight a big land battle when it has other high tech in its arsenal to use en masse (Alois Irimaier). In terms of dealing with China, America will beat back a Chinese military invasion too. (Alois Irimaier). "A lot more happening behind the scenes than what our eyes can see."
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@rob6927 Russia spends a lot of money and resources on military but not so much on its own economy. If you look on a map, there are barely any highways or large fright railway systems in Russia compared to USA or China.
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@ayararesara6253 Not everyone is capable of self-governance and self-reliance. Ukraine is not Anglo-America.
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@rob6927 Congrats, you've proven yourself to be a troll and an astroturfer. Russia has nowhere near the amount of paved freeways that Germany, UK, USA and China have.
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@ayararesara6253 I was talking about the ability of self-governance, self reliance and self-sufficiency. Not all nations are capable of such things. Ukraine is one of them. The term "Anglo-America" is just a generalization that I used. America absorbed a large amount of Germans, Irish, Dutch, etc. peoples who are very capable of self-governance. Hence America economic, scientific-technical, and military might.
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@ayararesara6253 Ukraine population collapsed from 52 million in 1991 to under 30 million as of today. There are many Ukrainians and Russians whom, despite working full time, can't even afford to eat. Things will only get worse from here.
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