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No, I'll bet that free societies will eventually outlive authoritarian regimes in one form or other. It is simply difficult to keep the mind control going through generations. Eventually the system will relax its restrictions at some time and that will result in a breakdown. Soviet Union is a good example.

Technical supremacy or wealth is not specifically tied to system of government. Germans had good tech. under Hitler and they have it now as a free society as well. :cheers:
Depends on how you define free or authoritarian. Many Chinese view India as an autocratic tyranny and Russia as a free country.

In India there's no freedom to do what you want in everyday life. You are constrained by religion, caste, poverty, tradition and crime. You have to watch where you go, who you talk to and what you say.

Meanwhile in Russia what restrictions are there in everyday life? You can eat what you want, do what you want, mostly say what you want within reason. And the things you can't say, you can't really say in India either.
 
Yes ive realised that. Especially regarding casualties.

Best to wait 2-3 years from when the war is over, to finally get some truth
noone will ever disclose. but we can make educated guesses. Russia is 10-15k. Ukraine maybe 25k.

in the long run it doesn't matter. No side will run out of soldiers. They will run out of money first.
 
In India there's no freedom to do what you want in everyday life. You are constrained by religion, caste, poverty, tradition and crime. You have to watch where you go, who you talk to and what you say.
The key question here is not whether you are constrained by something. Everyone is constrained by something. The key is whether that something constrains you with violence or threat of violence.
 
Depends on how you define free or authoritarian. Many Chinese view India as an autocratic tyranny and Russia as a free country.

In India there's no freedom to do what you want in everyday life. You are constrained by religion, caste, poverty, tradition and crime. You have to watch where you go, who you talk to and what you say.

Meanwhile in Russia what restrictions are there in everyday life? You can eat what you want, do what you want, mostly say what you want within reason. And the things you can't say, you can't really say in India either.
Thats a great point. Russia is a more free country than India. In russia you can have a beef burger and go out with a hindu woman without being set on fire.

Thats a sad indictment on India.
 
The key question here is not whether you are constrained by something. Everyone is constrained by something. The key is whether that something constrains you with violence or threat of violence.
You mean this?


This?


How about this?


Or this?


Maybe this?

 
You mean this?


This?


How about this?


Or this?


Maybe this?

That is right. Violence unchecked by the law is equal to the violence in the name of the law.

I am curious to see if you can find such examples about the poverty you listed before.
 
That is right. Violence unchecked by the law is equal to the violence in the name of the law.

I am curious to see if you can find such examples about the poverty you listed before.
You mean freedom constrained by poverty? Sure. I covered violence, caste and religion so let's do poverty.





 
Italian Prime Minister Draghi: "We have decided to make the group between Turkey, France and Italy functional again. We will start tripartite talks soon"

While Russia is increasing its pressure on Europe, it is also creating a geopolitics that accelerates Turkey's breaking the ice with the EU.

If Turkey can be included in the Pesco programs as well as re-operating the bilateral and tripartite mechanisms with France and Italy; The 'anti-Turkey bloc' design that some regional factors are trying to shape against Turkey will have completely collapsed. One of the most important outputs of the Russia-Ukraine war is that Turkey has created the opportunity to reshape some issues in its region.
 
You mean freedom constrained by poverty? Sure. I covered violence, caste and religion so let's do poverty.





That is the consequence of being poor. But does poverty employ violence to force people act that way?
 
Italian Prime Minister Draghi: "We have decided to make the group between Turkey, France and Italy functional again. We will start tripartite talks soon"

While Russia is increasing its pressure on Europe, it is also creating a geopolitics that accelerates Turkey's breaking the ice with the EU.

If Turkey can be included in the Pesco programs as well as re-operating the bilateral and tripartite mechanisms with France and Italy; The 'anti-Turkey bloc' design that some regional factors are trying to shape against Turkey will have completely collapsed.

Does that mean that they’re going to finally accept Turkey in EU?
 
Does that mean that they’re going to finally accept Turkey in EU?
No, what I am talking about is not full membership to the EU. After this point, Turkey never wants to limit itself to the EU.
 
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