The data used in the graphic is cherry picked to spin a narrative (as always).
I suggest looking at table A4 on page 142 to make your own call on how Russia is doing compared to others.
It’s also worth noting that Russia’s per capita GDP isn’t particularly high, and countries with lower per capita GDP traditionaly have an easier time growing economies vs well developed countries (like most of the countries Russia is being compared against in this graphic)
I know right. It so easy for someone to post a table and suggest one thing, but it then took me like 45 minutes to read into where the data came from and learn that the conclusion suggested in this post isn’t the same conclusion the authors of the data are suggesting.
I wish people would do due diligence before posting things like this rather than forcing everyone else to.
Screenshots of random numbers suck ass. I am right there with you when it comes to digging into that stuff and it takes a ton of time.
Lies propagate faster than truth because the real data can be complex and nuanced. It’s simply easier to look at a chart of made up numbers that “supports” a pre-existing bias. It makes people feel good. Learning things actually hurts some people. (I am preaching to the choir probably so sorry bout that.)
It gets even worse on our various lemmygrad instances. Some of the major offenders post walls of copy-pasta text and urls to support a belief. The logic is usually extremely flawed and source links are usually crap as well. It doesn’t matter because many people don’t read into the wall-o-text and it can take hours to validate random news sites.
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