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by danlugo92 835 days ago
> Unless Russia becomes a market liberal, well functioning democracy, it will not happen -- and what are the odds of that?

I think the odds are actually pretty good 50 years out in the future.

At the same time, some democratic or benevolent dictator country (e.g. Phillipines or El Salvador) could be totally fucked up (again) in 50 years.