tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post7041676553497907012..comments2023-06-18T05:01:03.708-05:00Comments on Popin' Ain't Easy: Re: RussiaThrowbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-76519656525867169442013-01-28T21:30:04.970-06:002013-01-28T21:30:04.970-06:00Yep, and this universe is all we have. Imperial Ru...Yep, and this universe is all we have. Imperial Russia under a benign regime wouldn't be so bad.<br /><br />Now, it would be a government run by what might be the worst folks possible.Throwbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-88165270927782256922013-01-28T16:21:48.805-06:002013-01-28T16:21:48.805-06:00You know, a return to Imperial Russia wouldn't...You know, a return to Imperial Russia wouldn't really be the worst thing in the world. I think English frenzy over the czars in the 19th century was rather overblown. So what if they get influence in Afghanistan, or even talk the Port into letting them use the straits? It clearly wouldn't have been the end of the world.<br /><br />Of course, that's a genie and the bottle thing. The Russian Orthodox Church, never a fiercely independent thing, is exactly what is described here, sadly. And the current strongman government isn't exactly made up of a bunch of pious hemophiliacs. So in <i>this</i> universe, the resurgence of Russia is probably a bad thing. I mean, how stupid do you have to be as a country to maintain, simultaneously, a demographic bomb so big you have prizes for having babies and a wide-open abortion law?Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905201479928703850noreply@blogger.com