The article admits that on PPP terms, Russia is larger than Germany, and China is larger than the US.

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    The more I think about it, the more I wonder if “normal” even existed? Or if we’ve just been young and uneducated, taking the monstrosity of the global capitalism as a given.

    Guess Engels Was right saying pre-communist times are just “prehistory”.

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      People might look at our current era the same way we look at feudal Europe and scoff at how seriously they took the divine right of kings.

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      You’re right, normalcy was never a thing. At least, not within my lifetime.

      But at least I’d like to live without the fear of being kidnapped and press-ganged into the military, you know?