In the early 1900s the Russian economy was among the fastest growing in the world. There was emerging a robust middle class. They had a Duma after 1905 which would have grown in influence. Except for the war, Russian would have been just fine except for their huge non-Russian empire. That would have melted away at some point regardless. But the Left was growing in power all over Europe. If WWI could have been avoided, it would be interesting to know if the Leftist pathology would have been stamped out. I'm inclined to agree with William S. Lind that It would have been preferable if Germany had actually won a clear victory in WWI. Not perfect, but preferable.

I obviously don't support communism, but monarchy honestly seems pretty bad to me

But whatever, Communists have NO redeeming qualities at all.

@Jacob as a orthodox person I have to disagree

@Jacob without getting into a debate over which political system is best, Russia isn’t very culturally suited for non-authoritarian government

Monarchy supported by Christian population is at worst benign. With the fall of Christianity, monarchy isn't possible. But there's been nothing to take its place.

one counterexample: Lichtenstein

has a monarchy with real powers

is also the closest thing to a true libertarian state out there

@Alex Kolchak - NY Yeah but Lichtenstein is not much more than a large landed estate. The bigger the state, the more unwieldy.

that’s absolutely true

The problem with monarchy, is that you have to bet on the monarch's son turning out well. Smart, successful people will occasionally have dumb kids. Maybe more than occasionally. That's a huge gamble to take with your country's future.

And God save us from Libertarianism. Another utopian fever dream.

I don’t mean dudeweed libertarianism

more like "so to speak" libertarianism? @Alex Kolchak - NY

there ya go

eh I see where you are coming from

but it's funny how a national syndicalist and a libertarian can agree on monarchy :/

basically the bottom line for both libertarianism and socialism, and a lot of other relatively radical systems, is that you need a high-trust society

Ha ha. Dudeweed. Perfect. But really a patriotic, nationalist, racialist oligarchy is not a bad way to go. They problem is when the nonWhite parasites take over. Like now.

I think we can all agree on the high-trust society aspect. Bringing that back is enough of a struggle

yep

btw Myth20c had another good episode on Lithuania, guest starring a Lithuanian nationalist

very cool little country

heh I've heard some bad stuff about Lithuania

and how they are butthurt a la Ukraine about russia

but idk maybe they have reasons

that’s understandable, though

the Russian Empire wasn’t kind to Poland and the Baltics

njet molotoff! njet molotoff!

I saw anime girls

you saw nothing

nothing to see here

it's just a coincidence

and historically, that region is its own thing. The P-L Commonwealth went from the Baltics to the Balkans at one point

ya sure there Jose? you better not be fooly coolying around or anything

the term is “intermarium” - “between the seas.” It wasn’t meant to be a Russian territory

is this an episode of democracy ruins a country? this is an episode of how the sjem ruined Poland

@Salo Saloson i'm pretty sure no anime girls were posted in this channel *instinctive friction between insides of upper appendages intensifies*

democracy, when not restrained by voter qualifications, can absolutely ruin a country

@Alex Kolchak - NY ok tbqh Ukraine is historically Russian clay, and there are many reasons for this