Why Is Russia Not Rich?
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- Russia has always been a rather poor country. From it's start under Ivan the Terrible in 1547 to Serfdom. Russian elites kept the common people economically impoverished. On top of that Russia's geography is large and difficult to transport stuff with. meaning trade was limited.
During the industrial revolution Russia did not develop under capitalism. Laissez-faire capitalism has limited results and could not compete with foreign competitors. They then attempted the Emancipation Reform of 1861 to free the serfs and lift Russian peasants out of poverty. But they forced peasants to pay for the land, making any extra income often worthless.
The Communist Revolution caused another great crisis but Russia did develop during its early socialist period. The Command Economy worked to reduce friction in the economy. During the Great Depression they caught up with the west in political and military power.
However, after Stalin corruption began to set in and in the 1960s-1980s Cold War Russia slowly declined in economic growth. Eventually by 1989 the Breakup of the Soviet Union began. Communism was replaced with an oligarchy and feudalism. Which was the old communist system with a hint of capitalism and feudalism. When Putin came to power their economy became more and more corrupt and russia is now in a downward spiral economically as its economy begins to age and is unable to import replacement parts due to sanction.
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V.V. Moiseev - The Main Reasons for the Backward Economy of Russia. 2019 International Conference on Politics, Economics and Management (ICPEM 2019)
R. E. Ericson - Does Russia Have a "Market Economy"?, East European Politics and Societies. Vol. 15, No. 0 (2001), pp. 291-319.
T. F. Remington - Russian Economic Inequality in Comparative Perspective. Comparative Politics. Vol. 50, No. 3, Special Issue: Wither Russia? Twenty-Five Years After the Collapse of Communism (April 2018), pp. 395-416
A. Cheremukhin, M. Golosov, S. Guriev, A. Tsyvinski - The Industrialization and Economic Development of Russia through the Lens of a Neoclassical Growth Model. Review of Economic Studies (2016) 0, 1-37
F. Novokmet, T. Piketty, G. Zucman - From Soviets to oligarchs: inequality and property in Russia 1905-2016. J Econ Inequal (2018) 16:189-223
37:33 his smile stayed on the screen 😂
I saw that at the end of production too but decided it wasn't width the effort. I didn't think subverting would notice so quickly
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@@HistoryScope keep it in, I loved noticing it 🤣
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@@HistoryScope may i ask where you getting all this info from? Used to be a massive fan of the channel but im starting to realise that you do videos based on your opinion not facts. This video makes me wonder how true your other videos are🤦♂️
Before i watch the video, i'll guess the reasons from what i learned from our history books (i live in russia): serfdom, mongols, division of russian states, stalin's killstreak of 1.2 million and germany's killstreak of 28 million.
After i watched the video: yeah, of course they didn't tell anything about that in school, why did i think the opposite? i learned more aboht russian economy from here than from russian goverment.
bro where do you get the number of 38mio killed by germans?
@@BlubberBuddhaHe said he went to school in Russia.
I'm pretty sure Hitler killed about 30 million people, and Stalin around 3-9 million people, depending on how you categorize it.
There is a key factor this video ignores, the Cold war killed any chances of the Soviet's recovering from WW2. The USSR spent between 10-20% of it's GDP on military spending, in peace time 5% is the recommended maximimum. Most of the rest going towards heavy industry, and while this is good for certain parts of the economy, such as steel and chemical production, aeronautics, and nuclear power. It crippled the living standards of the average citizen, with agriculture and light industries being neglected. By '50, steel production was double what it was in '40, light industry and agriculture, however, were only the same as it was in the '30s.
@@tntsummers926what you're saying is, get rid of Russia and you're good.
@@lombardo141their overall GDP was competitive with the US during the Cold War. Not their per capita GDP or their living standards.
A continuous history of not harnessing universal self interest to improve your country .
I once was told a story: there was a really rich (by the scale of epoch) jewish grandpa somewhere in Moscow in 1990-00s, he was driving an old Moskvich, wore shabby clothes, but walls of his apartment were covered in 3 layers of different paintings and golden orthodox icons. When a young guy asked him: you are 65, you are rich, why dont you buy a Mercedes, finally that the ussr is no more, and you can afford it? He answered: you know what? our country is like a barrell filled with shit and an axe reconing just over the edge of the barrell, you either lose your head to your disgust or pride, or suffocate in it, and its our duty in that goddam barrell to just let the lips out, just enough to sip air.
Envy is even more powerful force then self interest. But it works towards bringing down everyone.
Russia universal self-interest is to secure its geography by expand westward. Every. Single. Government. Has. And. Will. Try. It.
The only ones to succeed were those under tsar alexander and stalin.
The soviet union was capable of conducting world-leading engineering research with the right motivation - their military tech was as capable as anything the US had, they won every milestone in the space race, and always had the lead in nuclear power technology. But they never adapted their new advances into benefits for civilians. It was all limited to military applications or major government projects, with no interest in commercialising it or generating products that would be useful to ordinary citizens.
"And then russia did something really really really stupid..." 🤣
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@@LeftWingNationalistOk National-Socialist.
@@LeftWingNationalisttechnically speaking the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. Before, the EU was divided, NATO was getting weaker without a goal and EU countries weren't investing in the military, now, it's the opposite. Also, Russian sanctions, less reliance on Russian gas and oil, no parts for Russian planes. Not exactly ideal.
@@nichanson is the EU united or is it just Washington DC telling their leaders what to do? Are the people really united abt Ukraine? Can't u see that the people are actually telling their pro Ukrainian leaders to go to hell with their votes? United in what sense actually? To keep churning billions into the abyss called Ukraine, while their citizens get deprived of the dividends of governance? What unity are u talking abt?
@@LeftWingNationalist BRICS... ah yes the group of sitting and looking cool without anything useful come out of (as nobody can agree as they are enemy to each others) and literally carry any weigh on global stage just by China LOL.
it's because of me
U crazy 😂❤🎉
Why bro
you do a good job of keeping Russians poor.
How could you do this 😢😢😢
Based.
If I see another "first" comment, serfdom will not be a thing of the past anymore
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@@HistoryScope😂😂😂
@@HistoryScope He said "not".
@@HistoryScopeBro actually said it
@lucarosu931 It's the dumbest possible thing to comment, but I just hope that it's only preteens or something doing that. If adults do... that's just sad.
Too little chocolate
Soviet Russia hates chocolate, only potatoes and wheat can be eaten there
Ministry of plenty announces that the chocolate ration has been increased to 20 grams per week.
@@vcombatx7165 Thank you Big Brother for giving us more chocolate.
not enoug bananas
@@certaindeath7776 You have committed a thought crime reporting you to thought police
how about a video of why brazil isn’t rich or a superpower?
Maybe
@@ryangoslingofficialfr Vast majority of Brazilians don't live in Jungle lol. The country as a whole actually has pretty stellar geography for large-scale human settlement, all things considered. The interrelated problems of a corrupt oligarchy, the long-term repercussion of Brazil's economy being initially built around massive chattel-slave plantations, and "latifundio" agriculture which trapped most of the population in quasi-serfdom until the early-to-mid-20th century, crippled Brazil's natural potential.
@@p00bixI'd argue against that bit about the plantation system. The US was the same, especially the south, and as mentioned in the video so was Japan. South Korea was basically the same too with the south being used to farm and fish as glorified slaves to feed the factories in Japan and they were treated pretty similarly to chattel slaves being viewed as racially inferior and prevented from gaining useful skills and being treated as second class citizens in their own country until after WW2. Taiwan wasn't much better off prior to the effective end of the Chinese Civil War.
I'd argue that their oligarchy and over reliance to agriculture were both bigger issues since even today they rely heavily on a few cash crops for their exports and unlike 100 years ago its hard for people to enter the market of modern agriculture since you need expensive equipment like GPS guided combines and specially designed smart sprayers to be competitive, making it harder for small farms to compete and mainly benefits the giant mega-farms.
full of Brazilians
@@theEtchAs a Brazilian, I agree
Didn't watch the video yet, betting on oligarchs and corruption
I was kinda right
Don't forget incompetentce, you can't speak of Russia without that
It takes me aback that Russian society worked practically the same way as the Antebellum American South and the shortlived Confederacy - poorer than what's nearby, agriculture takes up the entire economy, and it works all under the exploitation under slavery.
Interesting how it's just those kinds of elements that make an authoritarian, regimented, and hierarchal society. Even after rights are granted to former slaves.
Slavery was common in all of Europe it just ended much sooner in the west part of it. It just a shame that Russia while trying to chase modern economic and political trends always either arrives too late or pick the wrong one throughout the history.
Well the main difference is the Russians enslaved their own race rather than some other.
@@soulkeeper7796slavery wasn't actually all that common in Europe after the fall of Rome. The colonies were the location of a lot more slavery but Europe was pretty slave free for centuries.
Serfs are technically not slaves because they are not property, the land they live on is the property and they are conditionally tied to it.
A small difference but that distinction is very important after the black plague.
I was literally thinking the same thing, that’s why the American south especially those states like Mississippi who have dragged their feet through history, are some of the poorest third world like states in America.
@@geocrude1300 New York has a Third World like government with a kangaroo court system and holds political prisoners of the Biden Administration such as people who have worked in the Trump Administration. Seems like if you lose to your political opponent you go to jail, that is definitely a Third World feature! Russia is even more part of the Third World as it has a dictator. Dictatorships and undemocratic governments are definitely defining features of the Third World.
Russia is rich ,the average russian is not .
the GDP is literally lower then some US states.not really sure if that's rich especially for a country of its size
@@under6075 To be fair; if Russia were a US state it would be 4th in gdp. 24/29 EU states have lower gdps than Russia. Only Germany, France and Italy have higher GDPs.
By global standards, the average Russian is definitely "rich" (far above the high-income threshold).
@@HigherMorality depends though are you referring to moscow russia ot siberia russia. the difference in standard of living between areas in russia is massive. Bald and dangerous did a video of his trip through russia and you can see the massive difference in standard of living during his trip
@@under6075 Russia is 10th in the world and 5th in GDP ppp. Yes, Russia is rich in comparison to rest of the world. None of those us states faced anything near what Russia faced in it's history.
You’ve had pretty solid and consistent quality since you’ve started! Keep up the good work man!
Russia is the king of self sabotage 😂
I don't think it's self sabotaging as much as it's natural product of unfortunate geography.
Imperial China was not far behind… maybe even worse.
Unfortunate geography? They have more natural resources than any country on the planet, and a GDP slightly larger than the state of Florida! That's called incompetence
@@KolyaUrtz Cannot put the blame for all shit that is going on in that country on geography.
@@Sunthaz You can for most. Most events in history are directly caused by geography. Also, if it isnt geography...what would it be? Lets see how racist are you.
But there was a problem 😂
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I was listening but not watching when I heard the Office Space reference. Was pleased to see the graphic.
The root problems seems to be that despite the different government's differences, the few at the top consistently had all the money and power.
Before watching I’ll posit some reasons. 1. Firstly, Russia was based on a system of serfdom for much longer than other European powers like Germany, France, or Great Britain. That largely prevented industrialization, advancements in farming or transportation, and the development of an modern industrial economy in the early 1900’s. 2. Russias transition into industrialization was both mismanaged and brutal under the Soviet Union. While Western Europe was developing a middle class with an economic boom in the 1920’s, Russia was going through a painful and often ineffective program for industrialization and collectivization. Russias middle class (if you can truly call them that) were called kulaks and they owned and managed farms throughout Ukraine and Central Asia. In the first of stalins purges he completely eliminated the kulaks along with any expertise they had in their professions. This was done for the purpose of collectvistong farms and eliminating hated land owners, but the result was a brain drain that led to famines coupled by central planning needing grain exports to fuel Russians mass industrialization. This led to a massive famine throughout Ukraine and Central Asia where millions of potential workers and farmers died over time. Combine that with Stalin’s purges and the routine failure of soviet leadership to establish a prosperous economy and you get a stagnate population that leaves Russias vast and fertile plains in Central Asia and lower Siberia unplowed, unsettled, and thus unproductive (that’s why Russias population is still clustered around Moscow and the west of the country). 3. Lastly, corruption has hampered Russia for hundreds of years, especially in its current state and under the Soviet Union. Under the Soviets this problem got so bad that a class of top bureaucrats called nomenklatura would develop and would become infamous throughout the union for their luxurious and corrupt life styles that drained public funds and prevented the economy from fully advancing. Privilege and hypocrisy were plagues in central leadership during the soviet unions lifetime, and it didn’t get better when Putin came to power. Putin was a bureaucrat who used his time and connections with the KGB to effectively blackmail his way to power while surrounding himself with other top former bureaucrats who, in the chaotic transition into a capitalist economy, would secure for themselves monopolies on certain industries becoming the oligarchs we know today. This and the still rampant corruption in the Russian government hampers economic and intellectual growth as the economy has been relatively stagnant since the 2000’s and Putin expansionism has only curtailed it further due to western sanctions. As a result, same old cynicism towards the government and society that was present under the Soviets is still present in Russia today. Unsurprisingly, people don’t have kids, drink a lot, and generally move to freer countries if they’re skilled or educated workers. The rest of Russian society is comprised of elderly people riding on an expansive welfare state that drain’s governmental resources and younger workers who’re likely to die from alcoholism, violence, or war while never pursuing the skilled careers that Russia needs if it wants to create economic growth without oil in the future.
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@@motivationallizard6644 loooooooong boring crap!
@@kelvinosas6518it was well thought out, and historically relevent. If you don’t like history may I suggest a different video and comment section?
@@kelvinosas6518 lol wakanda
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They thought investing in vodka would give them a strategic edge over its competitors. (It technically worked)
Given it’s the one of the only 2 thing America can’t sanction it’s no wonder they turned to it as an export. The other is gas that it supplies to Europe giving them the ability to kill millions of Europeans if they ever started a war with Russia. I’m from Australia and China did the same to our energy system buying up more then 60% of our producers so we can’t go to war with them or have our power turned off so they can invade.
and of course with the draft being imposed, many skilled russians fled to other countries. Really did shoot themselves in the foot
They experienced decades of brain drain in a matter of months. Putin drove out nearly as many skilled workers out of Russia as the collapse of the USSR.
not to mention the hundreds of thousands of working age men going to the war to never return or do so in a condition in which they'll never be able to participate in the economy again... that is sure gonna make both the economic and demographic issues far worse on its own
@@Andrew-ob5ij draft is not being imposed in Russia pls, stop inhaling CNN shit!
Being imposed? There was ONE draft, in autumm 2022. And no other followed.
@@Prushinthespirit Because first one never ended lol. Without any explicit cancelation it's still legally in action. And with no concrete goals they only limited by how much they can actually logistically support to mobilize, which is roughly about 30k-40k people a month according to Ukrainian intelligence. Which is just slightly above their casualties and explains perfectly well why size of their military neither drastically decrease due to insane casualties nor increased despite constant mobilization, as they simply balance each other out.
Putin take all the money 😂
Like all other Russian leaders before him
He is just following the tradition
There was never a moment in history where the Russians were not poor. They're a warring people only
Who needs industrialization and development of infrastructure? Give me all the money -Putin
Russia has always been poor
@@BOZ_11 Not poor, not rich either
Thank you for this video. It was very interesting!
Russia is why Russia is not rich
No, geography and unfortunate history is
There's a reason Europe considers Russia part of Asia and not Europe, and who's to blame them
@@BBSr-q2w ...and who's in your claim "Europe"? What Europe? What individuals? What regions of Europe? What classes? It's obvious that your comment is false considering there are many differing opinions and vast majority of regular people believe Russia is European...SINCE THAT IS WHAT MAKES SENSE, RUSSIA BEING ASIAN MAKES 0 SENSE.
@@BBSr-q2w Russia has 5th GDP ppp, is 10th in the world by total economy and has pure GDP(which isn't valid measurement of wealth) higher than like 20% of Europe...so is 20% of that Europe also not European? Who are you to define "having lower number in bank account" = not European. Lmao.
More than almost any other channel, these videos do a great job connecting how the motives and perspectives of individuals is interrelated with larger social structures and history.
Thx for this
Another great vid can't wait till the next one 💪🏿👍🏿
OMG I have learned so much watching this video. Now I finally understand! Thank you this video is so informational, I highly recommended for everybody to watch!
The elites, the elites, the elites.. I’m starting to see a pattern here.. might want to do something about that
Play hyper-authoritarian games, win hyper-authoritarian prizes...? Really great video, thanks!
You forcefully stop colleges from criticizing eizreeli g333no1de of palěșț1nias and have the audacity to use the those buzzwords as if your any better lmao
It has nothing to do with authoritarianism singapore for example is an authoritarian country yet they have a very high standards of living
@@u2beuser714 LOL, my mistake, to me, authority precludes a high standard of living, regardless of financial circumstances... I guess Singapore is indeed rich, unlike Russia.
But I would choose "vat of acid" for my home over such cruel places...
It doesn't have anything to do with hyper authoritarianism. It has everything to do with geography and foreign hostility.
@@KolyaUrtz hostility towards foreigner *
I appreciate the content you provide
Im not sure if youre correct on some points. First the people of Russia did definetly got richer like 10 x since 2000. So Russia did get much richer comparedly. Second while the oligarch system was a huge part at the beginning of the millenia. Over the years more and more oligarchs belongings got transfered to the goverment. Especially the crucial once like IT and Oil (somwhat similar to the chinese economic system). Third now after the whole West basicly blocked or pushed out the money of the remaining oligarchs this money will and can only flow into Russia itself. The military because of the war got basicly decorrupted and all bad actors removed. I can imagine this occured in basicly every single industry branch that is somewhat connected to the war or the sanctions like steel producers and banks. Something that alot of people oversee is that no matter what you think about Putin, since his reign the oligarchs are getting more and more obsolete. If he would have gotten rid of them to fast he would have been killed for sure and the whole Russian system would have collapsed once again. Now that he did this gradually and with the fire acceleratior named western sanctions and russophobia this will be easier than ever for the russian goverment fix and put its country on the path of prosperity. I honestly see a bright future. Especially because of all the countries worldwide they will even benefit from global warming. Especially because Russia did never ever used its whole potential while Switzerland from where im from did, the potential advances and possiblities are enormous. The last thing is that this war and the effects on the Russian economy are very very very similar to how the USA jumpstarted its economy out of the Great Depression because of the WW1. The difference is that Russia was basicly in a smoother 100 year Depression and might just now jumpstart its engine.
Mate, Russophobia is not a thing.
Especially not in Western Europe. It’s just a thing for Russian propoganda to complain about when people call them out for their lies and crimes.
Like if a kid is beating up another and you tell the kid to stop, and then the kid starts complaining that an adult is bullying him.
No, Russia is the bully and doesn’t get to complain about being called out for it
@@JABN97
Respect your opinion but i need to say the US is the Bully and finally will calm down after it loses its second major Project since afghanistan
"First the people of Russia did definetly got richer like 10 x since 2000."
No serious person disputes this. And to this day, anyone who criticizes Putin in Russia generally gets this response: "Do you want to go back to the 90s?" Of course, this is a false dichotomy. But Putin has been in power so long that Russians can no longer imagine an alternative... other than severe inflation and the associated suffering. This is a bad thing, because the dichotomy _is_ false, and there were and are better alternatives for Putin. Putin squashed these alternatives rather completely in the events around the 2012 elections.
"The military because of the war got basicly decorrupted and all bad actors removed."
Some of them? Yes. But the fact that Shoigu is still at the top is by itself very good evidence that not all bad actors have been removed, and that corruption remains an intentional part of the system.
"Something that alot of people oversee is that no matter what you think about Putin, since his reign the oligarchs are getting more and more obsolete."
That's an oversimplification. It's true that Putin is no longer at the top of a true "oligarchy", as he was in the early 2000s. But the oligarchs still play a key role in Putin's system, and importantly, there is no path forward to getting rid of them altogether.
"Especially because Russia did never ever used its whole potential"
The problem is that the potential is wasted due to the inefficiency and high levels of corruption in the current system. This is Putin's system, and neither he nor anyone he styles as his successor is interested (or has an interest) in changing it fundamentally.
"The difference is that Russia was basicly in a smoother 100 year Depression and might just now jumpstart its engine."
This is wildly unlikely if only for one reason: Russia has been in severe demographic decline (unlike the US in the Great Depression) and we have every reason to believe that this will continue.
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I really dont understand what Depression has to do with the Demographie? At 1920s the US had such huge Migration that it is obvious that they couldnt have that Problem even with 0 birthrates.
"There are Way better alternatives for Putin". I hear that often but never who exactly those people were or are? In whole Europe there are better people like 1000x just Look at Germany. But politics doesnt work like that unfortunately
So much text for stating complete garbage
oligarch are still ruling everything Putin himself ahs stolen hudnreds of billions
and no THE PEOPLE of russia has not gotten richer, pretty much all the wealth ahs gone to the top1! basically Putin and his cronys
Well-reasoned explanation. Thanks.
This is a great video!
To be a rich country, you need a high population density, favorable geography, climate, access to markets, Russia does not have any of this, 145 million people are scattered over an area 5 times larger than Europe, where 600 million people live.
It also used socialism, the greatest reducer
We've tried transferring all the money from the serfs to the nobility, then from the poor to the landlords, then from the serfs to the commissars, then from the poor to the oligarchs. Why don't the people we take everything from work harder so they have more stuff we can take from them!?!
Corruption can kill progress and growth better than any other strain. It can turn prosperity into a desert and happiness into rebellion. Russia is a centuries-long case-study in this, and they've never really fixed the problems. The US has struggled for a couple centuries, but we've at least had periods of cracking down on it and pushing against corruption.
Damn Avery’s been on that grind lately
Very nice and interesting video!
Please talk about why Brazil isn't rich, and compare it with Mexico and Chile too! The other two rich countries in Latin America (unless you count Puerto Rico a country)
I've seen several people ask for this. I'll put it on the list
Ty for this video.
Was bizzare to hear essentially what is happening with my country in 21 had already happened in Russia for over centuries
Same reason the USA isn't Rich it's only a certain strata of wealthy that have the mean the majority of the people are living in poverty I believe but I'm not omniscient I could be wrong.
compared to the rest of the world, no, americans dont live in poverty when compared to anywhere else.
most people would kill to have our 3 bedroom/2bath single family homes with a yard in the suburbs, where you have every electronic gadget and appliance on the market, each person in the household over the age of 16 has their own vehicle, and yet are in debt up to your eyeballs from the student loans, mortgage, and car loans. but you still get by. and are better off than 90% of the rest of the world.
Technically we are richer than most of the world since the average American is able to afford a new car meanwhile the rest of the world is unable to due either high taxation, poverty or corruption.
But the standard of living now is getting lower and lower to the point many people resort to living with their parents, living in an apartment or living in their cars. Eventually, owning a small house means you're part of the higher classes.
Usa has inequality but its citizens still are very rich. I know its easy to dunk on America. But see any per capita index which counts inequality and real income -the Americans are still rich
@@mattbowdenuhI can't afford that
@@ShubhamMishrabro I don't think that applies when cost of living is taken into account but the US has it better than some and worse than some but the wealthy in the USA are well off but the majority are considered the working poor, living in poverty. The American dream died in the 70s in my not so humble opinion but I understand what you mean. I have beeno the doctor in decades so there's first hand account f what I'm trying to say. Only be jealous of American upper class, not the working poor at least.
I don't want a country to be rich.
I want a country to be happy.
Russia can't achieve either no matter their ideology.
Then Russia should have whatever type of government they want or need. Some people think that democracy would solve those problems, while it doesn't solve problems in those democratic countries. @@arthas640
LMAO you think russians are happy?
@@arthas640 and they are far happier and better than the shit hole called the west today, at least they can define what a woman is, and don't subscribe to WEF bullshit
Well being rich means you can affrod things to be happy.
I haven’t done much research on this topic but your vdo is excellent in explaining why such a vast country with enormous resources remains mediocre in income
Good job
Greetings from Australia ✌🏼
Great job.
The problem of Russian Oligarchs and their Monopolies seems eerily familiar to the current problem of Monopolies in the United States. Companies in the United States keep buying companies and merging, competition declines further and further, the Government cannot reform the Monopolies, because government officials need their Money to win their elections, ordinary people pay more and more for less and less. The similarities between the two economic systems are strikingly similar.
History always repeats itself.
LETS GOO THE GOAT AVERY IS BACK BRO ❤❤❤❤
Wonderful breakdown of a complicated topic, as always
Again really great video, thank you very much ❤️
Jeez you went full Putin 🤣 "when the Mongols left"
In all fairness, this is a great video. Keep up the good work!
Suprised your EU map showing where oligarchs invest money excludes the UK. I know Brexit happened but London is one of the biggest stashes of oligarch money in the world
You are so good at explaining things❤
A very good video!👍
I can't believe the imperial system was so unbelievably fucked that the USSR was an obvious improvement
Will there be a video about the Gladio operation?
I have intense appreciation for the picket sign near 29:50 just saying " convincing message"
A little something called Absolutist Monarchy followed by a Socialist Revolution
(I know it's more complicated than that)
Any form of control is still just control. Pretty simple
@@brianmartindale2221 Thats overly simplistic. Its like saying liberal democracy and illiberal democracies are the same when they are not lol
Nice gonna be a good hike tomorrow!
Absolutely brilliant. Thanks.
Very interesting. Thanks for citing your sources. Please do one on China.
the only way to fix it is to decentralize
That mindset only ensures that Russia is 100% against the West.
You mean dismember it and put it under West's control. That happened in 1990s and Russia was on its knees
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Hello - I do enjoy your videos and find them pretty informative. I am a professor of Russian at a U.S. university. Let me please make one small correction. Naturally, the level of fluency and competence in the Russian language among both the Jewish, as well as the German speaking communities would depend on a number of factors, the most important of which would be which time period we are talking about, how long the individual and or family had been in Russia, and to what extent they lived isolated or not from the wider Russian speaking society. I would say the earlier, both in terms of year, as well as length of time the individual and or family had been in Russia, the more likely it was that those in these groups would have had somewhat limited fluency in Russian. As time went by, however, these groups became less isolated and more exposed to Russian society, especially under the Soviets, with forced collectivizations, and the mass-deportations to Kazakhstan and Siberia of the German speaking Russians (most of whom came to Russia in the 17th century, at Catherine the Great's (herself a German) express invitation. Over time, these peoples were further and further integrated, and today you would hard pressed to find a singe Russian Jew or German-speaking Russian who did not speak absolutely flawless Russian. Just to finish, both of these communities still boast numbers in the millions, although sizeable percentages, if not the majority, no longer live in Russia, but have long since emigrated abroad, most notably to Israel, Germany and to the United States.
Please do a video about "why Romania is not rich".
Your videos are incredibly informative and I bet romanians who watch it will even learn new things about their nation.
No eastern European nations as of the present are “rich” as in the Western European sense, maybe except Czechia or Slovenia. But for the sake of comparison, Romania for example is much richer than Russia so you can’t say it isn’t. I’d say it definitely isn’t “wealthy” but it’s developed nonetheless
@@sikerslalatm3147 do you live in Romania?
I do and Romania is not a developed country at all, much less rich.
@@Anton43218 numbers big means country rich, mkay?
AluminIum, you know how it is pronounced damn it!
Alumulumu
Could you do this video about Brazil too?
Yes
@@HistoryScopeThank you for the response. Keep up the amazing work!
Brazil is completely other situation and history
@@redblacktichy7713 Which is why i asked for a video.
Excellent analysis
Always a good day when a History Scope vid drops
Russia has always been either poor or middle income. Never rich.
They could have been like Switzerland, but they chose tolerate absurd dictatorships instead of improving their lives with the vast resources they have.
The World Bank actually bumped them up to high income country this week.
@@univeropa3363 the average russian is poor
@@BOZ_11 The average American is poor. Doesn't make the US a poor country, now does it?
@@univeropa3363 yes but the average American lives better, materially, than the average Russian. That's the point
Можно следующее видео "Почему Губка Боб - Квадратные Штаны?"
That’s what you want to moreover desire in the west…but Russia rich and already overtaking Germany in a N1 economy in Europe…and 4 In the world by consuming power…looked roads tubes public spices wellfear medicine education pension taxes utilities for ordinary Russian…any Western European would switch the places with…and gap would widened in a future 😮
Do a video on South Africa next. It has a similar dysfunctional economy controlled by Oligarchs thanks to the legacies of colonialism and apartheid.
400 years of being unmotivated, it's like a tradition, the people of Russia is a people of no motivation. Explains a lot, like the need for strongmen leaders. SAD
As with many countries in Asia South America and especially Africa Russia suffers from epic levels of chronic, systemic inter generational corruption .. the oligarchy- former Communist Party members and their friends and families- own the entire country and the vast majority of the population have essentially zero power.
Virtually impossible to ever change.
You are right, but there has to be a way.
@@enriquehidalgo630Lenin and Trotsky tried it the last time and it didn't really work out how they anticipated.
The oligarchy are just the latest aristocracy.
I like your video. Besides China and India, can you add another one? Why is Mexico poor?
Mexico,south Africa,brazil
You know the world bank classified russia just a few days ago as a high income country, so what do you mean russia is not rich
Clickbait videos and negative content brings more money from youtube.
So is Paraguay and Guyana. Do not read news if you do not understand them
Exactly, we are done with the western propaganda. UK with the same amount of Russia sanctions won't have fared better. Just post Brexit and their economy is grinding it's teeth
Yes, income in russia has been rising thanks to a shortage of workers. Almost like they went to lay on a field somewhere.
But i think this video is more about how russia has great natural resources yet its still a third world craphole aside from a few major cities to keep up the image.
I hope you make a video on Historical Materialism one day.
Just wanted to take a quick peek at the random video in my feed, and suddenly found my first history video that starts russian history from mongols instead of Rus. Well, fine I guess, I'll stay.
I hope that they keep always doing it in the this way forever.
From the US, I'd love to see a historical analysis of the US from the channel's point of view. Also sad how Russia never gives itself a chance to become rich.
“High tech weapons industry” lmao 😂 they burned that shit up
Its hilarious how they used to at least claim to be rugged, easy to maintain, easy to use, and reliable but instead it's proven to be unreliable, finicky, and hard to maintain. It's also been sold as easy to build and cheap but since Russia can't manufacture shit that makes their stuff hard to replace and not particularly cheap.
@@arthas640statistically they are manufacturing 10x the ammunition you produce in the west,their industries prices aren’t inflated like in the us and their jets actually work lol….aren’t you plainly projecting based on ignorance? I am surprised by the delusion and tunnel vision you are displaying
@arthas640. When it was still the USSR, many of their good engineers were from Ukraine.
@@slimjimnyc270you're acting as if the vast majority of ukrainians didn't have russian relatives or didn't have russian origin in the family.
@@Prushinthespiritthe vast majority of Ukrainians also seem to act that way, on account of those relatives not opposing Putin’s genocide
by making the incomes of most people go to the few rich people... man, history really does rhyme huh
Russiaboos: "Nooo, unfair comparison!!! Russia was destroyed by war so many times in history!!!"
Meanwhile France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Austria and others: (-_-)
0:30 correction: it was first unified by swedish vikings, eventually creating kievian rus. rus being a nordic derived name. later, the mongols came, and eventually the muskovites adopted to the mongolian political system and implemented it throughout the eastern slavic lands as well as the old mongol yoke.
You’re right but it’s irrelevant in explaining the Russian class system and economic growth
@@notjackolio i do agree that it might be less relevant from an economic perspective, but it is technically wrong :^) and that's the worst kind of wrong! 🤣
Though in one way, the eastern slavs being ruled by forigners or a different class is somewhat relevant
@@julkkis666 I mean the whole reason he brought any of it up was to tell when the russians started to rule themselves, who ruled before doesn't matter. Only naming the mongols make it a clearer explanation
@@notjackolio classic pragmatism argument for education. I might have put an asterisk on that ether way... or not said that it was the first time, rather something more relevant such as "before being ruled by russians" or something like that
Stop watching at 15:30 this video is comically badly researched. almost got every number wrong.
lmao
6:54 Not sure where you get those numbers. According to the historical world atlas by Cornelsen from 2004 in 1800 62 percent of Germans worked in agriculture.
What is rich actually? countrys like America rich but everything so expensive, or everything is cheap and free...
Unpopular opinion: Russia is too big for its own good!
Just like your mom.
Pretty much. All the money staying in or near a few cities in Europe while all the worst jobs and all the resources are in the Asian part pretty much guarantees resentment, especially when you boot the Natives off their land wherever those resources are concentrated and you hand the few good jobs to Russians from Europe while enslaving those Asians or force them onto the worst land. If not for their brutal treatment and the divide and rule tactics of colonialism then the Siberian parts of Russia would have long ago rebelled
@@crokette8908Hey man, i don't see an issue. 😏
You are right, and the Chinese are the first in line to help the Russians reduce their territorial load. Can you say 海參崴?
Yeah spliting it into 3 or more democratic states, would probably do wonders for the economy and people, if they are then left to their own devices.
So, the answer is simple, it seems: in two-way road choose joining EU and fully opening your markets and reap the profits. Since international corporations are the good and competent guys whose first priority is the wealth of Russians?
The answer is anything but simple and even taking into account every nuance and miraculously managing to completely change the economic status quo, it would still take decades upon decades of hard work and staving off those nostalgic of the old system. Not even mentioning that to even get to the point where that work can start, it would take a miracle. So unless something completely extraordinary happens, it seems pretty bleak for the foreseeable future
The Russian people want nothing to do with that filthy white slave plantation EU. Forget about joining, the EU would be lucky if Russia ever trades with it again.
Why did you decide on the chess graphic on the left at 9:57? What is it supposed to represent, and who is which color? It is very confusing to me.
“Anyone could be sent to the gulags, from the most brilliant rocket scientists to war heroes to the polish”
What did the poles ever do??
We wanted independence after WW2
They plundered Russia together with the Mongols of the 3rd century. Therefore, if you see a Pole who talks about the cruelty of the USSR, then remind him that the Poles of the 3rd century raided Russia and plundered it
@@user-qk9ip7dt8g 3rd century? Polish history starts around 10th century, and Russian history starts after the Mongols (or in 9th century if you count Kievan Rus, but that's more Ukrainian than Russian)
@@lobster-music of course, that's why you hate Ukrainians more than Russians, and Ukrainians slaughtered Poles during World War II and Ukrainians hate Poles more than Russians. You can tell these tales in the West. Russians know their history and the history of Poles. You can pretend to be innocent in front of the West, the Russians remember everything and will never forgive the Poles until the Poles repent of the atrocities of the 13th-15th century.
@@user-qk9ip7dt8g Pole Will most likely remind about Molotov - Ribbentrop pact and what USSR did in Poland. Anyone pro Russia nowdays forgets how USSR was on germanys bandwagon for half of World War II, choosing only parts of history which makes Russia or USSR 'good guy'. Delusional people
"The country of Russia started with Mongols." Vikings from Roslagen turns in their graves.
yeaahhhhhhh..Thats where I stopped watching as well.
The Kyivan Rus started with the vikings. Modern Russia traces its origins to the Grand of Moscow, which only becomes a significant player AFTER the mongol conquests.
he probably left it out as it's pretty much irrelevant to the topic, it would be like mentioning the first people who crossed the bering strait in a video talking about the economic history of say, brazil
There were never either vikings or mongols in Russia. Roslagen didn't exist until the late 15th century. Long after Russia was already an established empire. Not a single mention of any mongolians in any medieval Russian sources.
I remember the break up of the Soviet Union being reported in the US. There was such joy and optimism. Russia was finally joining the normal countries and economies of the world. It worked for a few years, but then they got Putin who shut the whole thing down. Gone were Gorbachev and even Yeltsin. Thankfully most of the former republics were able to move on from that dysfunctional system and use their resources and human capital for the good of their people. My deeply felt love and sympathy for the average folks of Russia.
That’s crazy, if Putin wasn’t involved Russia most likely would’ve had a wayyy higher gdp and great relationship with EU and US
What do you mean by that?! Russia is not a colony of the West, so that's why it's "bad"?
@@visigoth3696No, if Putin didnt come to power, Russia would be even poorer.
Eltsin was the worst person for brand-new russia. He seized power through brutality (93' black October) and wrote a constitution so that the president is more like a monarch. He was backed by American leaders, economy advisers and secret services.
bro, like do you even know how terrible the russian economy was during yeltsin's rule?It was putin who managed to make russia's economy somewhat stable.There is a reason why most russians despised the early 2000s and 90s
Very well said: innovation cannot be planned
The Russian economy is only 20 years old.
During this time, it has already become the 4th largest economy in the world (GDP by PPP)
The Soviet economy was the second in the world (after the USA)
Why is Russia's GDP not 30 trillion like the USA?
Because the United States was almost unaffected by the First World War and the Second World War. They haven't had three revolutions and two civil wars in the last.... 100 years.
For the last 100 years, the US economy has been stable (relatively)
And when the world needed him the most......
>title named "why russia is not rich"
>mostly talks about goulag ussr and jingoist mccarthyst redscare stuff related but still not actual
>forgets to mention the purchasing power nowadays is better than a smicard in france and that their GDP is growing despite the shit ton of sanction
gr8 american analysis
ok neo nazi
You not grokking that this video has nothing to do with the US says a lot about your intellect
Long story short - by their own actions and design.
Even if they would become rich they wouldn’t stop to be imperial so what saves the peace is their poverty.
very nice
Russia is rich. It's just that the riches are focused on a very few people who extract the money from the country.
the vid from another europoor
russia puts the poor in euro