Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:30:50 PM No.211720988
If the Soviet Union had never collapsed in 1991, what would the world be like today?
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:34:10 PM No.211721087
>>211720988 (OP)
Russia would be an authoritarian shithole that tries to subjugate it's neighbours
Russia would be an authoritarian shithole that tries to subjugate it's neighbours
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:37:00 PM No.211721162
Iphones would be made in USSR instead of Made in China.
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:38:07 PM No.211721194
Japan would be the #1 economy, I think political rivalry between the USA and USSR allowed them to thrive as a Cold War scenario would mean China is out of the world economy.
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:40:32 PM No.211721261
It would unironically be a safer place, America being the one superpower for 30 years with nobody to keep them in check has been a disaster for the legitimacy of internationalism, world peace, and the life of the average working class person here in the West.
>But China
They're not in the business of going toe to toe with us like the Soviets were
>But China
They're not in the business of going toe to toe with us like the Soviets were
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:42:21 PM No.211721310
>>211721162
The USSR didn't have hundreds of millions of cheap workers like China had.
The USSR didn't have hundreds of millions of cheap workers like China had.
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:42:29 PM No.211721314
>>211721194
Japan would've still collapsed due to their rampant real estate speculation and Plaza Accord
Japan would've still collapsed due to their rampant real estate speculation and Plaza Accord
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:52:34 PM No.211721579
>>211721310
It had a sizeable population still and unlike China a very developed infrastructure and industrial sectors as well a highly educated population so they had a huge head start.
It had a sizeable population still and unlike China a very developed infrastructure and industrial sectors as well a highly educated population so they had a huge head start.
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:53:27 PM No.211721599
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 1:58:16 PM No.211721733
>>211721314
They still had an edge in microelectronics that they lost to Chinese companies.
People used to buy Toshiba laptops, now they buy Lenovo instead.
They still had an edge in microelectronics that they lost to Chinese companies.
People used to buy Toshiba laptops, now they buy Lenovo instead.
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 2:02:53 PM No.211721875
>>211721599
It was, at one point the Imperial Palace was worth more than the entire state of California.
It was, at one point the Imperial Palace was worth more than the entire state of California.
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 2:03:54 PM No.211721904
>>211721733
That was bound to happen sooner or later as China developed, can't compete with an industrialized educated country ten times as populous as you
That was bound to happen sooner or later as China developed, can't compete with an industrialized educated country ten times as populous as you
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 2:07:05 PM No.211721975
>>211721599
>>211721875
Watch Princes of Yen if you haven't, its a great insight into how Central Banking and American liberalism can just destroy an economy if it steps out of line
https://youtu.be/p5Ac7ap_MAY?si=Rz7I06fxCerbPgsH
>>211721875
Watch Princes of Yen if you haven't, its a great insight into how Central Banking and American liberalism can just destroy an economy if it steps out of line
https://youtu.be/p5Ac7ap_MAY?si=Rz7I06fxCerbPgsH
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 2:21:37 PM No.211722360
>>211721904
Not in a world where the USSR is a unified economic and military bloc, it would be too dangerous.
Not in a world where the USSR is a unified economic and military bloc, it would be too dangerous.
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 2:26:00 PM No.211722451
>>211721975
Read "The Japan that can say No", Japanese focus on industrial capacity instead of playing what the author called money games.
Read "The Japan that can say No", Japanese focus on industrial capacity instead of playing what the author called money games.
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 2:38:37 PM No.211722742
>>211721261
I mean, that's just unregulated capitalism. Employers can abuse their workers without fear of them defecting to the commies.
I mean, that's just unregulated capitalism. Employers can abuse their workers without fear of them defecting to the commies.
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Anonymous
6/14/2025, 3:41:58 PM No.211724613
>>211722742
Capitalism will always deregulate itself in the pursuit of profit, its baked into the system
Capitalism will always deregulate itself in the pursuit of profit, its baked into the system
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 3:43:36 PM No.211724667
>>211721310
It had 300 million people by 1990 and at one time twice the population of the US.
It had 300 million people by 1990 and at one time twice the population of the US.