How does this work?

>>76677859
serbias was richer than russia before communism and shiet

>>76677859
We bombed some sense into the Serbs

>>76677859
>cherrypicking
I'm sure most desolate villages in serbia look just like, if not worse, than the ones in russia

>>76677859
Russians are stupid and don't pay taxes then they complain about the government not having money to fix infrastructure.
This would be the US if the IRS didn't exist.

cherrypicking at its finest

>>76677859
gdp =/= development
and obviously, cherrypicking

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Cherry picking. Also in Russia poor people live in houses while the middle class and rich live in apartments

>>76677859
it's easy, just cherry pick a poor picture of somewhere you want to degrade, and cherrypick a nice picture of somewhere you want to praise

that's it

>>76678007

Those look awful but at the same times looks like a good place to live.

>>76677952
This. Basically the same.

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>>76678042
Modern commie blocks are kinda comfy

>>76677957
>>76677952
russian pic is not isolated village, there are place like this in moscow. ive seen plaes worse than russia from op pic1km frommoscow desu
>>76678007
there is no middle class, everybody lives in commieblocks, rich people can afford good suburb houses, poor people often have dachas their parents were buildingfor 30 years wtih their own hands
>>76678032
russian pic is not cherrypicked, this is how majority of private owned housing hoods look like
>>76678266
they arent

>>76677859
Cold climate makes it much harder to maintain infrastructure and homes have to built in a much different way

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>>76679964
Then why Oligarch Russian neighborhood have streets?

>>76678838
Do most Russians believe Russia's situation will improve? How do they feel seeing other countries developing much more successfully? I wish you guys were our friends.

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>>76677859

>>76677905
>serbias was richer than russia before communism and shiet
before communism majority of serbs couldnt read

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>>76678838
>there are place like this in moscow.
At least we have roads here in Moscow

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>Writing AK-47 on a shed
What did they mean by this?

>>76682367
Vitya AK

>>76682367
Teens who play counter strike most likely, because normal Russians don't know about the ak-47.

>>76677859
cherrypicking

>>76682396
>mandatory military service in Russia
>"most people don't know about the standard service rifle and it's predecessors"

>>76682396
It's the stage name of one rap group

>>76682349
im coming

>>76683129
we are full

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>>76677859
Can you guess which city is in EU?

>>76683430
The two sides of Greece I guess

>>76683430
You should take the names out next time

>>76683430
Everytime I see the Hagia Sophia I am reminded of the non-European nature of Orthodoxy

>>76677859
Serbia is smaller

>>76683536
christianity is non european

>>76682367
Vitya AK is a big rapping star. Of course he's shit, like any mainstream rapper

>>76677859
GDP (PPP) per capita by itself means nothing, you should also take into account the inequality index.

>>76683579
>like any rapper

Ftfy

>>76683574
It's actually very Christian. It took a lot of influence from the Romans and greeks

>>76677859
fuck I live in Kać, the upper pic

>>76680071
i wouldn't say subhumans but from i could see (i had some interactions with russians because of my job) they are like pathologically gullible, easily manipulated and not that bright. and the ones i interacted with weren't some poor villagers, they were mostly businessmen who could speak english quite well.
so yes, there is something genetic that won't let russians as a whole to ever prosper

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>>76683662
weird ''town'' desu

>>76677859
>Do most Russians believe Russia's situation will improve?
Pretty much. Ordinary optimism + propaganda
>How do they feel seeing other countries developing much more successfully?
Some are jealous and start searching for downsides.
Some are going full cargo cult - they don't understand that prosperity comes from economy, not from the laws and culture.
>I wish you guys were our friends.
As long as both US and Russia have self-sufficient elites with contradicting interests - this won't happen. Sorry.

>>76677859
The upper pic is in Vojvodina
The rest of Serbia looks like pretty much every other Balkan shithole

>>76683724
>>76680761
Goddamn phone

>>76683724
>they don't understand that prosperity comes from economy, not from the laws and culture
What do you mean by this? Lasting prosperity *does* come from equitable laws. You could deep mine everything east of the Volga and live like kings for a while, but without rule of law you would just succumb to Dutch disease

>>76683728
Why are Hungarians so perfect

>>76683831
>What do you mean by this?
Our cargo cultists are worshipping laws and culture without looking deeper into the background. For example, some guy may be fascinated by the life in Belgium, but he wouldn't care that the main historical sources of wealth for Belgium were banking in weak countries and hardcore exploitation of Kongo.

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>>76677859

>>76677859
>>76684006
so GDP per capita means shit?

>>76677952
>>76677957
>>76678007
>>76678032
>>76682493
There is no need to cherrypick with Russia, dumb westerners.
>>76679964
not an excuse

>>76677859
Nice cherrypicking

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>>76683669

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Russia barely made any progress since the Soviet era. Whatever progress they made is distributed unfairly.

>>76683839
You mean Austrians

>>76677859
It's possible when you cherrypick like that.

>>76677859
Most of the GDP comes from selling natural resources and the profits go into the pockets selected "patriots".

All houses built after yugoslav wars look like that in ex yugo countries. It's generic balkanite architecture and any city with 3000+ people and suburban areas in general look like that. 70% of the population lives in houses, the rest lives in recently built apartment buildings or old commieblocks.

>>76677859

Russia is very unequal. The top 1% in Russia holds a ridiculous amount of wealth. Meanwhile, everyone in Serbia is equally poor.

>>76677859
cherrypicking

>>76685160
>70% of the population lives in houses

that's the only thing i would ever envy balkan shitholes for. most germs live in apartments.

>>76677859
Honestly, I've seen less poverty in Serbia than in Russia, and I've only visited Kazan and some towns around it in Russia, while I've traveled entire Serbia.

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>>76677859
You're cherrypicking, but in general Russia and Serbia look like shit anyway. The only difference is that Serbia doesn't have a city like Moscow.

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>>76685823
How come?
On the side note, Slovenian neighborhoods look like German ones, that does not mean we are richer than Germany.

>>76685905
Germany has a very low home ownership rate (<50%), bc of WW2 and reluctance to finance through debt

I've also noticed that Slovenian neighborhoods look very pleasant.

>>76677859
Smaller country
Easier to maintain

>>76686105
This is a shit argument.
Lot of countries that have big population and/or big area are well developed.

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>>76686105

Russia has a mud season that makes it hard to make proper roads and shit.

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>>76686367
What?

>>76686367
nigga wha

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>>76686367
>mud season

>>76686138
yes, developed countries which russia is not

even america cannot maintain its infrastructure because its so big

>>76686596
>>76686557
>>76686478
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputitsa

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>>76686367
good joke

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>>76686723
If you build proper roads this shit doesn't happen.

>>76683430
the one that's in Europe

>>76683430
Neither. Turkey isn't an EU member.

>>76683724
As a matter of fact, prosperity DOES come from laws and culture.

Laws that protect honest people from thieves.
Culture that values honest life and work over scamming and theft.

Of course if your country can get away with stealing itself that is a boon for it, but without proper laws and culture you just end up with a few absurdly rich and powerful mobsters that lord over poor and helpless common folk.

>>76677859
>beautiful built-up area in the nearby of some important city of an overall small country
VS
>ghost village in the middle of nowhere

yeah, almond successfully activated