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Open original source ↗@Indian_Bronson Because it can always get worse. Putin’s Russia isn’t worst case. Even Venezuela isn’t. Imperial collapse can get ugly.
Every empire must end, just like every person must eventually pass, but that doesn’t mean one needs to artificially hasten it. At least one should know risk.
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@saifedean I disagree, because the accompanying crash will tear the social fabric. It may nevertheless be inevitable, or good in some abstract sense, like the fall of the USSR was good for the world and (arguably) for Russians in the long run. But it'll be messy. https://t.co/b3E8OR3Bha
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