I came across
this article today. It was really an eye-opener:
There’s more than just jingoistic hysteria behind the many accusations that Trump is “Putin’s agent.” In a poetic way, this is true. The international interests that financially wrecked Russia in the ’90s are doing the same to the United States now. Putin stopped them in Russia and Trump is promising to stop them in America. They recognize Trump as the enemy and slander in the only style they know—the paranoid style.
Trump was once blamed for praising Putin’s performance. But he was right. Pensions, salaries, GDP, and the value of gold reserves in Russia have risen greatly since 1999—in some cases tenfold or more. This was while both inflation and the debt-to-GDP ratio declined by orders of magnitude. The rise in living standard under Putin is reflected in longer life expectancy: It had dropped to a third-world level during the 1990s, to around 55–57, and has now risen back up to 70 by most measures. Birthrates have normalized and recently overtaken the United States. Visit Moscow and you will see infrastructure, buildings, and development that are more impressive than those found in any American city—though the same could be said, of course, for many other countries now.
By contrast, Russians remember the liberal and globalist experiment of the ’90s as a time of great suffering. The early death of literally millions of people from economic deprivation, the utter ruin of many of Russia’s formerly world-class industries: This is the legacy of economic liberalization in Russia. How did it happen?
Putin has somehow become known as the incarnation of evil in the world today. This is because globalists run the media and they want to discredit nationalism. In reality, Putin's nationalist regime has done a remarkable job in turning Russia around - at least economically. I did some personal research to verify this article. Here's what I found. (Note that Putin took over in 1999):
(Lower is more corrupt. Higher is less corrupt.)Life Expectancy at Year of Birth
Sometimes you need to research these issues before believing everything the media has spoon-fed you. The media is dishonest and they have an agenda. Don't ever forget it.
The actual data pretty clearly shows that Putin's nationalist regime has been very good for Russia. Certainly, the situation in Russia in 1999 is different than the situation in America in 2016; but clearly, this idea that nationalism is universally a failed economic strategy is hogwash. It might not be good for international bankers, but it has proven to be quite effective for at least one nation in recent history. There is reason to believe that it could be good for the U.S.
