Comments by "TheSuperappelflap" (@TheSuperappelflap) on "How ‘Dutch Disease’ is Destroying Russia" video.

  1. If you had to live through Russian winters, you'd want to have a good fur coat too.
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  2. Theyre also diversifying by buying sports leagues and teams that historically only lose money and need constant cash injections from private investors and local governments.
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  3. Its almost like laissez faire capitalism inevitably results in people going allin on short term gains because thats the only way to compete against other people going allin on short term gains. Maybe we should put a little bit of effort into planning our economy. Oh no wait, thats communism and commies are bad.
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  4. ​ @nas4apps  Im sorry, what? We look back at 14 years of Rutte eroding our welfare state and giving the money to his buddies at multinational corporations that dont pay taxes here. He also had a big hand in bringing our political system from a functional democracy to a system that has corrupt crony capitalists on one side and populist fearmongers on the other, with no one who actually cares about good governance. And in all those years he didnt do anything about a single problem we have, be it immigration, the widening wealth and income gap, failing government services like our unemployment office, tax agency, etc, while letting our bureaucracy get infiltrated by legions of extremely expensive consultants from the usual suspects like McKinsey and Deloitte who dont do anything except charge 200 euros per hour on projects that never end. Barely anyone is still having kids, people cant afford a place to live, there is only a small upper class left of less than 10% of the population that can afford anything. Most people are permanently in debt. Having a strong economy and low interest bonds doesnt help anyone if all the profit is flowing away and the people making that money dont pay taxes. Also, adjusted for inflation, our economy hasnt grown in decades, and real wage growth has been negative for even longer.
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