Russia is toast no matter the outcome of the Ukraine invasion

[jas007]

2 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

That's right, once women miss the boat, they bitterly regret it.

 

Too late then..

 

Ultimately the reason is that women marry "UP" only, so they'd need a man who substantially improves their lives. And most men today will not fit that criterion, so women choose not to marry and not to have children. Women, and men, only enter into relationships if they want to get something from the other which they don't have. But most women have more than men now.

And that's the tragedy. Many women think only about money. And yet life is unpredictable and the money can be gone in an instant. In the long run, it's a stupid thing to worry about. I agree, though. Money works wonders in the dating world.  

 

Try an experiment sometime. Find a rusty Ford Pinto and drive around the west side of LA.  See what kind of girls seem interested in you, if any. The next day, try the same experiment with a new Porsche 911 Turbo. Night and day.  

[MicroB]

The Russian Federation is actually a Russian Empire, where a particularly ethnicity (the slavic Russian) lords it over colonised peoples. It's the last empire from WW1 to be dissolved.

 

There are areas of the Russian Empire where the Rus are not in the majority. Its from these areas that the fascist dictator Putin is drawing most conscripts from. These are the poorest and most oppressed regions.

 

 

 

 

 

In these areas, the population is low making it easier for Russians to oppress them, and I dare say, carry out acts of genocide. More recently, evidence of genocide, or ethnic cleansing, is through how Putin has taken advantage of his agression against Ukraine to target conscription at thise minorities. By killing off the men, he ensures entire peoples are ethnically cleansed.

 

https://cepa.org/article/russias-bonfire-of-the-nationalities-fuels-ukraine-conflagration/

 

Notably, Chechenya gets an opt out. Early on, Kadyrov's Chinese equipped troops, the so-called TikTok warriors were visible, indulging in some ISIS-like tactics, but largely ineffective. As Kadyrov's health wanes, (he might be dead), they have been withdrawn, I suspect in COIN operations.

 

Russia pays billions in tribute to Kadyrov, in the hope he doesn't kill off the remaining Russians in Chechenya.

 

Putin's visciious war against Ukraine merely weakens the control from the centre, hastening the demise of the Russian Federation. Unlike 30 years ago, Russia hasn't got much of an army left now; its used up its good kit, and is dependant on minorities, convicts, pressganged Ukrainians, Syrians, Koreans and Bangladeshi students.

 

Some of the commentators are speaking just like old fashioned imperialists.

[saintdomingo]

On 4/30/2025 at 12:46 PM, BLMFem said:

Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall.

 

Russia was in demographic decline long before the war in Ukraine. Now it’s in free fall.
Since 2022, hundreds of thousands of Russians have died or suffered critical injuries in Ukraine. The result: According to one demographer, Russians may have had fewer children from January to March 2025 than in any three-month period over the past 200 years. As of 2023, the country’s fertility rate—1.4 births per woman—lies well below replacement level and amounts to a roughly 20 percent drop compared with 2015. In some regions, births fell that much in just 12 months. Last year, deaths outpaced births by more than half a million.

And how about their economy.? China is fairly stuffed, same with USA, I forget about Japan, so if not Russia who else will save the world ?

[GroveHillWanderer]

On 5/3/2025 at 1:51 PM, beautifulthailand99 said:

But by supressing the gays Russia increases the amount of hetreosexuals so they get a straight boost in children to offset those lost in wars. It's swingers and roundabouts in Putinland.

Suppressing people who are gay does not  change their sexuality, so I'm not sure how you figure that it increases the number of heterosexuals.

[jas007]

4 minutes ago, MicroB said:

By killing off the men, he ensures entire peoples are ethnically cleansed.

 

How is it in Russia's best interest to kill off the men in one of its vassal states?  What do they have then? A bunch of dependent females?  

 

There's no doubt that the Soviet Union was an "empire."  Not unlike the US empire.  That's the way it was and that's the way it continues to this day.  Not unlike 30 year ago, when even then, they couldn't hold things together.  What has changed?

 

And yes, the war against Ukraine may weaken what remains of the Russian empire.  

 

What's your point?   

[Cameroni]

17 minutes ago, jas007 said:

And that's the tragedy. Many women think only about money. And yet life is unpredictable and the money can be gone in an instant. In the long run, it's a stupid thing to worry about. I agree, though. Money works wonders in the dating world.  

 

Try an experiment sometime. Find a rusty Ford Pinto and drive around the west side of LA.  See what kind of girls seem interested in you, if any. The next day, try the same experiment with a new Porsche 911 Turbo. Night and day.  

 

It is absolutely the case that women prioritise money. They actually select men based on whether their lifestyle is "exciting", in other words, can he go to fancy resorts, restaurants, can he buy me LV bags, etc etc, they prioritise this over loyalty, kindness and intelligence, research has found. Those last three are "nice to haves", but women want the man with the successful and exciting lifestyle, ie the money. That's why billionaire novels sell so well for women and why 50 Shades of Grey" has a billionaire protagonist, like so many chicklit novels. Women select based on money, they want the resources. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Thailand, where women abandon their own kind, their own people, and seek out foreigners from another land, whose language they don't speak, just for the money.

 

People say women go for jerks, but they don't, they go for what they deem attractive, ie guys with a great lifestyle, ie who have a lot of money, and it just so happens that those guys often are jerks. Women don't select for it, it's an incidental quality of guys who have obtained a lot of money usually.

 

Not always do women seek resources of course, if a surfer dude is dead attractive, he'll do for the night. But for long term, the dude better have a good lifestyle. ie money.

[GroveHillWanderer]

7 minutes ago, saintdomingo said:

And how about their economy.? China is fairly stuffed, same with USA, I forget about Japan, so if not Russia who else will save the world ?

Their economy is also in dire straits. If it were not for military expenditures, it would be even worse off.

 

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The Russian ruble has lost over half of its value in a decade and inflation is rampant - with electricity up 250 per cent and interest rates at 21 per cent. As its citizens become increasingly impoverished, the key to peace will be Putin’s finances.

 

The Russian economy is on the brink of collapse and Putin knows it

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-economy-putin-ukraine-war-deal-talks-trump-b2714371.html

[Mike_Hunt]

5 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Their economy is also in dire straits. If it were not for military expenditures, it would be even worse off.

 

 

The Russian economy is on the brink of collapse and Putin knows it

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-economy-putin-ukraine-war-deal-talks-trump-b2714371.html

I'm rooting for the Russian economy to crater.  But,  I've been hearing the economy is on the ropes for years. 

[johng]

2 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

The Russian economy is on the brink of collapse and Putin knows it

 

Yeah they don't have any washing machines  or ball bearings for their trains

but they seem able to stand toe to toe with what the US and NATO has thrown at them through their proxy for the past couple of years ,doomed indeed..they have no trade deals with BRICS countries and are a total world wide pariah..their oil and gas is also running out  they have no natural resources  etc etc etc    

[jas007]

16 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

Not always do women seek resources of course, if a surfer dude is dead attractive, he'll do for the night. But for long term, the dude better have a good lifestyle. ie money.

One of my friends lived down the street from some guy who was a Chippendale's dancer (a stripper for women).  Anyway, the guy's day job was in construction.  Women would hang around his house, waiting for him to come home. One day, my friend ended up talking to one of the girls hanging around. As it turned out, she was an anesthesiologist with a likely income of over $500K.  

[Cameroni]

6 minutes ago, jas007 said:

One of my friends lived down the street from some guy who was a Chippendale's dancer (a stripper for women).  Anyway, the guy's day job was in construction.  Women would hang around his house, waiting for him to come home. One day, my friend ended up talking to one of the girls hanging around. As it turned out, she was an anesthesiologist with a likely income of over $500K.  

 

Attraction is everything. Women select based on attraction. Whilst money and lifestyle are one major attraction for women, physical good looks can also hit the spot if the guy is truly blessed genetically and has the body and the face.