Besides geo-political stuff, what actually happens here?
It's a rather large country surface-wise, similar to ours, but you rarely hear anything about it .
Besides geo-political stuff, what actually happens here?
Lincoln King
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Hudson Walker
im guessing alcoholism, corruption, potatoe,onion,pork, low birth rates and low education
Grayson Green
They’re coming to Georgia as well. And it’s all these weird IT peepo
Ian Gomez
And wyte petite prostitutes
Dominic Torres
Are they any different from other East Slavs?
Samuel Cooper
Nothing exciting
Lucas Martin
That happens in most of Eastern Europe, but I guess it's colder in Belarus too.
Jordan Rodriguez
Soul. It's like a smaller nicer Russia. Since they didn't get to experience the full ravages of radical transition to capitalism also a fair bit more naive and idealistic.
Cameron Diaz
>they didn't get to experience the full ravages of radical transition to capitalism a
How did that happen? Was it becasue Belarus received economic aid from Russia?
Parker Allen
They arr rook same
Chase Sullivan
No just their president stopped privatisation and now most of industry in the country is stare owned
Lincoln Cruz
this is true
>Belarus receives economic aid from Russia
this is also true
Leo Cox
Because their government took a conservative protectionist stance during the dissolution of the USSR, preserving most of it's industry in proper order, no shock therapy and de-industrialisation. It's legitimacy rests squarely on not having the country ravaged by the same problems that Ukraine and Russia got hit by.
Daniel Harris
I don't know about this.
The common idea I heard is that Poland succeeded precisely becasue it had a shock therapy early after communism, we, and other like Ukraine, had it worse becasue we postponed ours.
Parker Campbell
Because it is. I hope you don't think of Belarus with $300 avg wage as a success story lmao
Isaac Harris
Belarus basically has the same GDP as Lithuania, which is three times smaller in population
Ethan Clark
Radiation
Charles Kelly
no idea. its like the world ends 35km away from Vilnius. They just come for shopping here during weekends
Sebastian Miller
Tbh I don't understand what Belarusian identity is based on. It seems like they mostly identify with the Soviet nationalism, basically 'we won against the Fascists, have collective farms, build tractors'. Does an average Belarusian even now about Kosciuszko or Kalinouski?
Brody Campbell
are we doing better?
John Perez
keep in mind that their economy lives on cheap energy from r*ssia
Easton Torres
Their capital looks fairily decent:
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Imagine if they were in full capitalist mode?
William Martin
>Does an average Belarusian even now about Kosciuszko or Kalinouski?
Umm they were Poles just like Mickiewicz, Jagiełło and Pilsudski
Camden Richardson
Your current ruling party got going by standing against excesses of privatisation lmao.
Why would you wish such a terrible thing on anyone? Look at Ukraine if you want to see what unrestrained capitalism does to countries. Pure degradation.
Leo Morgan
Yes, and? Pis sucks
Tyler Ramirez
Also pis won mainly because they were anti-immigrant