• Num10ck@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    we? already lost what war?

    you think Russia today is top 3 global power? by what metric?

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      23 days ago

      you think Russia today is top 3 global power? by what metric?

      Yes, by individual military power, which is the only metric that actually matters when you get down to nut-cutting. Barring some massive geo-political or technological shift, it is going to stay a tri-polar world.

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        23 days ago

        Russia is pretty much a vassal state of China at this point, or at least barreling down the path towards it.

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          23 days ago

          Honestly, they needed to import weapons and ammunition from North Korea - I think they’ve since retooled their economy but shit was desperate there for a while.

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          23 days ago

          It seems that way, but I don’t think that is how the Russians see it. It will certainly be interesting to see what transpires after Mad Vlad finally kicks off.

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            23 days ago

            LOL, I don’t give a fuck how the Russians see it; I care about actual reality.