russian predicts US collapse..
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- JazX0
- JazX0
What if the USA broke into... blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
- BattleAxe0
i heard America was deemed "to Big to Fail"
- hektor9110
I believe that everything falls apart eventually. It is a rule of life... everything goes through a cycle. I hope the best to all.
- ninjasavant0
Thats like saying that sports team a predicts that sports team b will lose
- drgss0
Some reasons which can contribute to Russia's growth, some points taken from this norwegian article, based on analysis by ECON Pöyry, I made a translation last year
http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2…1. Global warming. While many countries are already facing difficulties with water shortage, desert spread, extreme weather etc., Russia can only look forward to milder climate. More than 65% of the territory of Russia is covered with a permanent ice. As larger areas become productive in terms of agriculture and forrest planting, there will be some minor problems with infrastructure in the beginning, but it will turn out a big advantage in the end. If all land is taken into use, Russia can feed 32 billion people. While half of Europe can be under water.
Oceans being depleted for fish has little to say in Russia's case, as the fish will wander north with increasing temperature.2. The obvious: non-renewable resources which Russia has plenty of. The periodic table -- from top to bottom.
3. Renewable resources like fresh water, fertile soil, world's largest forest reserves ('the lungs of Europe'), harvestable fish and animals. Pollution and congestion of ecosystems are becoming more common over the whole world. Russia is certainly known for it's pollution in the big cities and decades of catastrophic environmental administration, but thanks to it's waste area and low population density, vast stretches of land are virtually untouched. Here Russia is in fact in an unique position, and in a way can only be compared to Canada.
4. Clash of civilizations. While war on terror is tying up large resources in the USA, Russia has taken the role of participant observer and even nourishes it's relations with Iran.
While multicultural societies in Europe are struggling with integration, and immigration pressure from poor remote countries continues to increase, all new Russian work force immigration comes from neighboring former Soviet republics. For many of these peoples this is not a new deal. In contrast to the well-fare spongers in the West, immigrants in Russia are actually working
Birthrates are highest in 16 years (but still very low)5. Scientific and technological strength is coming back. The country is still one of the top suppliers of mathematicians, physicians and programmers, and has a rapidly growing software industry.
6. Russia's military industrial complex is slowly rising up and over time will approach it's past greatness.
7. 70 years of isolation from the West. Like coming out of a time capsule, the least Americanized European country where everything is like 20 years back in time
- 3point141590
"Greed is Good" - Gordon Gekko
- JazX0
- TheBlueOne0
Just 'cause I don't think that commuism is even a relevant ideology and express that this Russian professor has been hitting the vodka so much that he's delusional, don't think I don't have serious problems with this whole "free market capitalism FTW" rah rah party you guys got going on...
- KwesiJ0
i don't think this guy is delusional he's just saying contentious bs intentionally. as someone pointed out he writes books on information warfare and is clearly playing into some sort of propaganda thing, drudge loves this stuff
- If he writes books about Information Warfare, they're all wrong.TheBlueOne
- Here's a guy who writes books about Informtion Warfare who doesn't believe in the "Amero":
http://blog.wired.co…TheBlueOne - That's guys I read...TheBlueOne
- JazX0
- sikma0
Does any one seriously believe any thing from this article other than the U.S. Banks are in trouble?
The U.S. will break up?!? Come one. Give your head a shake their Rusky.
- Arvizu0
it's interesting that his background includes books on information warfare. Among other things, information warfare may involve spreading of propaganda or disinformation to demoralize the enemy and the public... is that what this is?
- hans_glib0
"Russia, which could play the role of a regulator in Eurasia."
Russia. Has. No. Money, Igor... wakey wakey time for your pills...
- kezza_20
I was looking at the worlds 100 largest brands today, and you realise just how much of the world is US based. Yes they live beyond their means and yes a few things are fucking up but seriously, not like the US is going to go anywhere in the next 50 years.
1. Coca-Cola 66,667 2% US
2. IBM 59,031 3% US
3. Microsoft 59,007 1% US
4. GE 53,086 3% US
5. Nokia 35,942 7% Finland
6. Toyota 34,050 6% Japan
7. Intel 31,261 1% US
8. McDonald's 31,049 6% US
9. Disney 29,251 0% US
10. Google 25,590 43% US
11. Mercedes 25,577 9% Germany
12. Hewlett-Packard 23,509 6% US
13. BMW 23,298 8% Germany
14. Gillette 22,069 8% US
15. American Express 21,940 5% US
16. Louis Vuitton 21,602 6% France
17. Cisco 21,306 12% US
18. Marlboro 21,300 0% US
19. Citi 20,174 -14% US
20. Honda 19,079 6% Japan
21. Samsung 17,689 5% S. Korea
22. H&M 13,840 N/A Sweden
23. Oracle 13,831 11% US
24. Apple 13,724 24% US
25. Sony 13,583 5% Japan
26. Pepsi 13,249 3% US
27. HSBC 13,143 -3% UK
28. Nescafe 13,055 1% Switzerland
29. Nike 12,672 6% US
30. UPS 12,621 5% US
31. SAP 12,228 13% Germany
32. Dell 11,695 1% US
33. Budweiser 11,438 -2% US
34. Merrill Lynch 11,399 -21% US
35. Ikea 10,913 8% Sweden
36. Canon 10,876 3% Japan
37. J.P. Morgan 10,773 -6% US
38. Goldman Sachs 10,331 -3% US
39. Kellogg's 9,710 4% US
40. Nintendo 8,772 13% Japan
41. UBS 8,740 -11% Switzerland
42. Morgan Stanley 8,696 -16% US
43. Philips 8,325 8% Netherlands
44. Thomson Reuters 8,313 N/A Canada
45. Gucci 8,254 7% Italy
46. eBay 7,991 7% US
47. Accenture 7,948 9% US
48. Siemens 7,943 3% Germany
49. Ford 7,896 -12% US
50. Harley-Davidson 7,609 -1% US
51. L'Oreal 7,508 7% France
52. MTV 7,193 4% US
53. Volkswagen 7,047 8% Germany
54. AIG 7,022 -6% US
55. AXA 7,001 -4% France
56. Heinz 6,646 2% US
57. Colgate 6,437 7% US
58. Amazon.com 6,434 19% US
59. Xerox 6,393 6% US
60. Chanel 6,355 9% France
61. Wrigley's 6,105 6% US
62. Zara 5,955 15% Spain
63. Nestle 5,592 5% Switzerland
64. KFC 5,582 -2% US
65. Yahoo! 5,496 -9% US
66. Danone 5,408 8% France
67. Audi 5,407 11% Germany
68. Caterpillar 5,288 5% US
69. Avon 5,264 3% US
70. Adidas 5,072 6% Germany
71. Rolex 4,956 8% Switzerland
72. Hyundai 4,846 9% S. Korea
73. BlackBerry 4,802 N/A Canada
74. Kleenex 4,636 1% US
75. Porsche 4,603 9% Germany
76. Hermes 4,575 8% France
77. Gap 4,357 -20% US
78. Panasonic 4,281 4% Japan
79. Cartier 4,236 10% Switzerland
80. Tiffany & Co 4,208 5% US
81. Pizza Hut 4,097 -4% US
82. Allianz 4,033 2% Germany
83. Moet & Chandon 3,951 6% France
84. BP 3,911 3% UK
85. Starbucks 3,879 7% US
86. ING 3,768 -3% Netherlands
87. Motorola 3,721 -10% US
88. Duracell 3,682 2% US
89. Smirnoff 3,590 6% UK
90. Lexus 3,588 7% Japan
91. Prada 3,585 9% Italy
92. Johnson&Johnson 3,582 4% US
93. Ferrari 3,527 N/A Italy
94. Armani 3,526 N/A Italy
95. Hennessy 3,513 -3% France
96. Marriott 3,502 N/A US
97. Shell 3,471 4% Netherlands
98. Nivea 3,401 9% Germany
99. FedEx 3,359 N/A US
100. Visa 3,338 N/A US- these companies don't have to hold on to the usa if its going down thoughKwesiJ
- Is this a list of power, not sales volume? Because Budweiser is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev and Gillette is owned by P&Gethanfink
- Damn look at Nokia! FI!JazX
- you missed QBN - tied at #12 with HPOSFA
- 50% of that list will be India by 20125timuli
- Iggyboo0
This guy is just shooting shit in the fan so that he gets attention from all those he just shat on. Fuck his clueless assessment of america.
- sikma0
But if the U.S. does break up Canada calls dibs on the West Coast! :D
- actually, funny you should say that, IF, which is crazy, the Russians first had it, not the Spanish.JazX
- WTF? I think Spain was in California before the Russians///TheBlueOne
- california would go loco ...mad max styleKwesiJ
- mad miguel? or mad Ivan?..don't think thats been established yet...exador1