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Nine kings met in 1910
Four years before World War
No one thought that noble world would ever end
But beneath the surface
Technological change was bubbling
Political movements were surging
They didn't have the skill to run their countries
So they lost them

Standing, from left to right: King Haakon VII of Norway, Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Manuel II of Portugal, Kaiser Wilhelm II of the German Empire, King George I of Greece and King Albert I of Belgium.

it reminds us all that even a tv clown can become super rich and powerful

Dishonesty is off the charts here

Ukraine is holding out only because of massive Western support. The list of stuff that was sent over is endless. To stop the initial assault Ukraine burnt through 7 years worth of Javelin production, likely the same applies to the British NLAWs and US stinger missiles.

And that gas station / paper tiger that is sending in untrained raw recruits equipped with shovels (all your words) is completely undeterred and is now slowly grinding Ukraine into a pulp. So much win huh

BTW it's good to remember everyone that YOU are that guy who's known for calling Ukraine a good testing ground for NATO weapons like a complete POS

SMH

Whats your definition of super rich? and, irrespective of this, I note he had the opportunity to leave but did not. Regardless of whether one is Pro this or Pro that, it is a fact that Zelensky is a brilliant war time figurehead of defiance against Russia's (illegal) invasion.
(I remain in the camp of "you should have found a way to get along because we are struggling to understand why you pushed for this conflict mr Zelensky).

This post was edited by ferdia on May 22 2023 07:44am

Comparison between G7 and Russia meeting to draw some contrast is silly.

A better comparison should be between G7 and BRICS. As a westerner, that paints a pretty bleak picture tbh. Half the G7 countries have systemic demographic issues with declining populations and tax bases. Most are 100%+ debt/GDP and have unsustainable spending. Outside maybe of Canada & US, all of them don't have energy security and have to rely on others for that.

Meanwhile BRICS...represent ~ close to half the global population. Have developing economies that are growing at much higher rates vs developed G7 countries. Have large % of their populations as young people, etc. Have a dozen or so of other countries very eager to join BRICS..

You don't have to be Nostradamus to see which is on the decline and which is on the upswing.

Pretty solid visualization

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1659549552284946433/photo/1

This post was edited by ofthevoid on May 22 2023 08:09am

i liked the comment "The G7 can’t easily regulate technology or choke trade when most GDP is outside the G7. That means they have less coercive leverage in a variety of situations. And must economically compete rather than dictating terms." good luck with that.

This post was edited by ferdia on May 22 2023 08:14am

BRICS + 30 countries asking for accession.

You can try to present it in a good way: Brics is not actively supporting Russian invasion... Brics is led by horrible authoritarian regimes.

BRICS SUCKS. ALOT.