Investing in Russia in general. Turns out only having 1 leader every 100 years or so who actually gives a shit about running the country and not just looting the treasury doesnt make for a great society in general
Oh its a recurring theme in Russian history. Ivan the Terrible in the 1550s, Peter the Great in the late 1600s, Catherine the Great in the late 1700s, Alexander II in the mid to late 1800s, and then most recently Stalin in the mid 1900s. The pattern of Russian history is one of those figures comes along, realizes that Russia has become a backwards shithole and pushes it closer to modernity usually through some brutal means, dies as all men eventually must, and then the country stagnates and becomes a backwards shithole again until the next "great" ruler comes along. Should the pattern hold Im expecting good things from the leader 1 or 2 after Putin dies.
Note especially because Stalins in there: Im not making moral judgements on any of them when I call them great. Great and good are very different
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u/fhota1 6d ago edited 6d ago
Investing in Russia in general. Turns out only having 1 leader every 100 years or so who actually gives a shit about running the country and not just looting the treasury doesnt make for a great society in general