Yea, not going by online comments -- I've worked with a good few Russians though, and while they're definitely interested in the economic prospects over here (where they're not under decades of seige from the London/NYC dominated banking system), I've generally heard only good things about Russia politically.

That said, economics do factor into overall happiness. And Europe, being a major beneficiary of the Marshall Plan, and then over half a century of the Eurodollar system does have that going for it. It'll be curious to see how that goes now that they're moving from being a primary ally to being pushed out at arm's length or further by the America system.

Still seeing some bright spots down in South America. I am a bit curious about labeling on this map, given how much of China's populated areas are lit up...

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China is heavily underrepresented, once you control for population size.

As I pointed out, you will generally only hear bad things about the EU and good things about Russia. This means nothing. We all know that this means nothing. Talk is cheap.

EU has Europeans going for it. Including a _lot_ of people of Russian descent.

"good things" about russia I heard (from genuine ppl, not some propaganda machinery) are in 99% just wishful thoughts and 1% a stupid nostalgia from those who benefited when we were occupied.

The thing that defines ethnic Russians in Germany is that they're one of the most-successful and upwardly-mobile demographics. They are the largest ethnic minority.

Their voting patterns hardly differ from ethnic Germans. I think that's an important statistic, for this conversation.