Talk:Western civilization

Christianity was imported into Western civilization from the East, i.e. Asia or the Orient. If this is to be included as a "pilar", we must give credit to where credit is due. it is not a Western invention. it was imported or merged, or adopted, by "the West". RobS^{Free Kyle!} 17:10, July 27, 2021 (EDT)

Update: THE WEST HAS FALLEN DOWN A SINKHOLE TO BANANA REPUBLIC STATUS, DEC 23, 2023. RobS^{Zelensky didn't kill himself} 21:50, December 23, 2023 (EST)

Russian sanctions

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I'm sure the Russians are happy to be excluded from this event: Disgusting opening ceremony of Olympics in France features drag queens mocking Christianity and the Last Supper. RobS^{The Truth. Just Putin It Out There} 19:42, July 26, 2024 (EDT)

• The Olympics in the gloomy totalitarian "Mordor" and in the cheerful bright "Garden of Eden" named after Bodel.
• Russian channel predicts how Olympics will look in the year 2060

Any questions about what the Russian soldier is fighting to defend his country from?

Any question about what the West considers freedom and democracy? RobS^{The Truth. Just Putin It Out There} 02:59, July 28, 2024 (EDT)

Don't forget that the Russians are also excluded from running viable election campaigns against Vladmir Putin, engage in anti-war protests or have a free press (For example, "Almost 15,000 anti-war protesters have been detained since the invasion began, according to the Ovd-info website."[1]). And if the war in Ukraine drags on sooner or later it will require drafting recruits from Moscow and Saint Petersberg which will be very unpopular among Russian elites. In the former Soviet Union, due to its low fertility rate (which Russia currently has), mothers whose only sons died in the Soviet-Afghanistan War protested against the war which contributed to the war ending sooner.

As far as Russia, the war in Ukraine is going to be very expensive as far as long-term economic costs due to it causing lower labor productivity and the medical costs of caring for wounded veterans (See: Wounded Veterans, Wounded Economy: The Personnel Costs of Russia’s War). Russia's labor productivity, which is half of the United States, will be adversely affected. Vladimir Putin said the low labor productivity is one of the most serious problems affecting Russia (See: [[Essay: Low labor productivity is one of the most acute and important problems facing Russia]]).

We can already see the adverse psychological and other adverse impacts the war in Ukraine is having on Russians. "The increased demand for alcoholic drinks is partly due to “psychological tension” caused by the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. In 2023, the number of litres of alcohol consumed per person per year in Russia reached a nine-year high to eight litres, and may even be higher than that volume. Currently the per capita sales of absolute alcohol are growing in Russia. This clearly indicates an increase in consumption. This is how the population responds to difficulties,” said Evgeny Andreev, a leading researcher at the Centre for Demographic Research of the Russian Economic School (NES)."[2]. In 2021, Russia already had the highest alcohol usage among males and the third alcohol usage among females.[3] Russia's big alcoholism problem has clearly been made worse by the war in Ukraine.

Sooner or later the war in Ukraine will end and high war production will cease contributing to Russia's GNP. And when this occurs, the long-term economic damage to Russia's economy will likely be brought to the surface and Russia's GNP will fall as a result (War is making Russia's demographic crisis worse and also diverting money away from civilian research and development, education, medical system, etc. (See: [[Essay: Russia's economy is that of a shrinking, aging, and poorly qualified population]]). The war is also making it harder for Russia to diversify its economy so the expected lower oil production in Russia will have a greater adverse affect (See: [[Essay: Russian oil: Lower future production/profits due to future higher extraction costs and other inefficiencies]]). Conservative (talk) 07:48, July 28, 2024 (EDT)

Also, authoritarian Russia is a close ally of the godless, Chinese communist regime. Due to communist China suppressing capitalism, dissent against its one-child policy and a big persecution of Christians, it is currently experiencing very big economic problems and one of the biggest demographic crisis in the world (Religious people have more children) (See: [[Essay: It's time to be very bearish about China's long-term economy]] and [[Essay: Why the corrupt, authoritarian regimes of China and Russia are losing their long term competitive edge relative to the USA]]).

And the fact remains that authoritarianism is very corrosive to creativity/innovation/labor productivity. See: [[Essay: High income countries are rarely authoritarian countries in our technological age driven by innovation]]. Conservative (talk) 08:19, July 28, 2024 (EDT)

My challenge to a hyper Russophile Conservapedia admin

My challenge to RobSmith:

I am giving RobSmith a challenge: I predict that sometime within 3 to 12 years that Russia will go from a high-income country to a middle income country. Do you predict that it will remain a high-income country the next dozen years? If so, why? Russia has only been a high income country these years: 2012–14, 2022, 2024 to present). War production has temporarily boosted its GNP, but at the price of the long-term potential of the civilian economy (See: Essay: Russia's economy is that of a shrinking, aging, and poorly qualified population ).

If you take the position that Russia will remain a high-income country during the above time period and are right, I will stop contributing geopolitics and international affairs material at Conservapedia forever. However, if you take up my challenge and are wrong, then you have to stop contributing geopolitics and international affairs material at Conservapedia forever.

RobSmith, if you truly believe that Vladimir Putin administration (which consists of Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin and Russian bureaucrats) is full of wise leaders, then you will take me up on my challenge! It's time to put up or shut up.

We know that you were utterly wrong on your China predictions. Let see how you do on Russia. Conservative (talk) 17:02, July 28, 2024 (EDT)

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• Rockefeller CIA Connections to Deagel Depopulation Forecast. RobS^{The Truth. Just Putin It Out There} 02:32, July 28, 2024 (EDT)