Russia has a lot of work to do. based on Putin's plans. Fortunately the country is large enough and has the natural resources to support such an ambitious program. As Martyanov constantly points out, geography and population are the basis of real geopolitical power.
Russia is developing into a juggernaut. I'm 62 this year, so I reckon it's beyond my capacity to move there: but if I were younger, as a traditionalist and Christian, I'd be seriously thinking about it.
I have family duties here in the states, otherwise I'd go as at 68 I can still teach and Russia needs teachers. If I were younger, I'd do something related to logistics in the Caspian Sea region to capitalize on the new North-South Corridor. Emigrating is a big decision based on current realities and what skills you can offer Russia.
80 will be my next birthday. I have some fluency in Western European languages. Russian did not make the list.
I respect and admire the phenomenal progress Russia has made under Putin's leadership. The BRICS might see it but it seems beyond the view of anything and anybody in the West.
If Russia can move ahead on just a portion of the ideas Putin put forward they should position themselves positively for the future. I was in the private security business for many years. Some time ago I ran into Steven Seagal at a party in Hollywood. He was in the process of moving to Russia. He joked that I should go too. He was probably correct.
Cool! I have a very good idea of what the joint long term plans/goals are for the Russia/China duo. The main feature is the lack of room for any hegemonic power. I mused on that in 2022 in several of my VK articles. I wrote a couple of Big Picture articles during the Gym's initial existence but haven't done many since. Time for another.
Now we know why all those journeys and all those meetings were really for - President Putin was not so much informing or instructing but learning how and what people want and how he can organise a balanced system between the people the government and business
His Heroes of the Nation program is an astonishing achievement in this day and age
And of course, Putin's travels are nothing new; that's his style of governance. Sure, many still come to Moscow and give their reports. That doesn't mean Putin doesn't rely on some long time friends like Moscow Mayor Sobyanin who he met with again today to review the city's development, the finer details of which weren't provided in the transcript unfortunately.
Thanks for this - he has a circle he has built up and on whom he relies - I think this was one of the mysteries, for most people, previously I mentioned among the all the others which could usefully be described when recording President Putin's system of governance
Just wonderful. A nation in charge of itself making progress.
This stood out for me, reflecting the present. Looks like an exceptional nation to me:
At the production facilities, they work in three shifts – as much as the front needs. The entire economy, which is the industrial and technological basis of our victory, has shown flexibility and sustainability. I would like to thank entrepreneurs, engineers, workers, and rural workers for their responsible and hard work in the interests of Russia.
This was part of one of my MoA comments that is the real difference maker:
The key is what's being done for the people and their workplaces. All three forces of production are working together: Capital, Management, and Workers--all orchestrated by a government that gets its ideas from that same trio.
IMO. Marx would look at what's happening and say, Yes, just like that. Look at what the state is doing for the workers to ensure they can perform their jobs with optimal efficiency: all educational facilities are being amped-up and expanded and internships are being vastly expanded so students can experience work in various industries. IMO, Russia's becoming what the USSR was once advertised as: A Worker's Paradise.
In the Netherlands that would have been called the handiwork of Father State. Same model, same benevolent hand, smart, competent with the leaders of industry working hand-in-glove.
The Royal Dutch family put its money to work after WW II, so did the big cities and all the huge international companies, think Philips, Shell, Unilever, Akzo/DSM, KLM knocking themselves out. Marx was not in the vocabulary, social-democracy mediated by the heavy hand of Father State was. I am sorry that they lost it all and do not have any memory of it, either.
I am not fond of Geert Wilders, although I do agree with some of the things he says.
There's a Bismarkian aspect but for the most part it's unique. Diesen wrote a good book about Russia's Geoeconomic strengths that the EU should've read prior to the SMO, although I doubt many would've learned anything. Readers here have seen how it works from the inside. Time to write a book.
Russia has a lot of work to do. based on Putin's plans. Fortunately the country is large enough and has the natural resources to support such an ambitious program. As Martyanov constantly points out, geography and population are the basis of real geopolitical power.
Russia is developing into a juggernaut. I'm 62 this year, so I reckon it's beyond my capacity to move there: but if I were younger, as a traditionalist and Christian, I'd be seriously thinking about it.
I have family duties here in the states, otherwise I'd go as at 68 I can still teach and Russia needs teachers. If I were younger, I'd do something related to logistics in the Caspian Sea region to capitalize on the new North-South Corridor. Emigrating is a big decision based on current realities and what skills you can offer Russia.
80 will be my next birthday. I have some fluency in Western European languages. Russian did not make the list.
I respect and admire the phenomenal progress Russia has made under Putin's leadership. The BRICS might see it but it seems beyond the view of anything and anybody in the West.
If Russia can move ahead on just a portion of the ideas Putin put forward they should position themselves positively for the future. I was in the private security business for many years. Some time ago I ran into Steven Seagal at a party in Hollywood. He was in the process of moving to Russia. He joked that I should go too. He was probably correct.
Cool! I have a very good idea of what the joint long term plans/goals are for the Russia/China duo. The main feature is the lack of room for any hegemonic power. I mused on that in 2022 in several of my VK articles. I wrote a couple of Big Picture articles during the Gym's initial existence but haven't done many since. Time for another.
This a great speech to publish, thank you
Now we know why all those journeys and all those meetings were really for - President Putin was not so much informing or instructing but learning how and what people want and how he can organise a balanced system between the people the government and business
His Heroes of the Nation program is an astonishing achievement in this day and age
And of course, Putin's travels are nothing new; that's his style of governance. Sure, many still come to Moscow and give their reports. That doesn't mean Putin doesn't rely on some long time friends like Moscow Mayor Sobyanin who he met with again today to review the city's development, the finer details of which weren't provided in the transcript unfortunately.
Thanks for this - he has a circle he has built up and on whom he relies - I think this was one of the mysteries, for most people, previously I mentioned among the all the others which could usefully be described when recording President Putin's system of governance
Just wonderful. A nation in charge of itself making progress.
This stood out for me, reflecting the present. Looks like an exceptional nation to me:
At the production facilities, they work in three shifts – as much as the front needs. The entire economy, which is the industrial and technological basis of our victory, has shown flexibility and sustainability. I would like to thank entrepreneurs, engineers, workers, and rural workers for their responsible and hard work in the interests of Russia.
This was part of one of my MoA comments that is the real difference maker:
The key is what's being done for the people and their workplaces. All three forces of production are working together: Capital, Management, and Workers--all orchestrated by a government that gets its ideas from that same trio.
IMO. Marx would look at what's happening and say, Yes, just like that. Look at what the state is doing for the workers to ensure they can perform their jobs with optimal efficiency: all educational facilities are being amped-up and expanded and internships are being vastly expanded so students can experience work in various industries. IMO, Russia's becoming what the USSR was once advertised as: A Worker's Paradise.
In the Netherlands that would have been called the handiwork of Father State. Same model, same benevolent hand, smart, competent with the leaders of industry working hand-in-glove.
The Royal Dutch family put its money to work after WW II, so did the big cities and all the huge international companies, think Philips, Shell, Unilever, Akzo/DSM, KLM knocking themselves out. Marx was not in the vocabulary, social-democracy mediated by the heavy hand of Father State was. I am sorry that they lost it all and do not have any memory of it, either.
I am not fond of Geert Wilders, although I do agree with some of the things he says.
There's a Bismarkian aspect but for the most part it's unique. Diesen wrote a good book about Russia's Geoeconomic strengths that the EU should've read prior to the SMO, although I doubt many would've learned anything. Readers here have seen how it works from the inside. Time to write a book.