re: OT Ukraine thread - you were not kidding

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Yikes! Soros & Co have no intention of ever allowing Ukraine to be anything but a money laundering cesspool.

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See now you're leaving reality and getting into conspiracy theories.

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But to be clear, Ukraine median HH income is only about 1/4th of Russia's. That may be shy of the US-Mexico gap, but not by much.

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Russia is a dying nation and Ukraine will be joining a modern economic union with access to the European market.

It will only be a matter of time before Ukraine surpasses Russia, which is exactly why Putin has been so aggressive there thwarting them from joining the EU. It was the primary reason for his puppet and the primary reason for this invasion.

Putin is literally dooming Russia to a future like NK (where they are irrelevant but have nukes), solely to prevent Ukraine from developing. Think about that from an ego perspective. He'd rather kill his country than see it surpassed by little brother.