Triplethought wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:29 am
SOL wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:17 pm
North America and Western Europe are screwed in terms of freedom. The trend is towards gestapoism. SO if you are a pioneer the best place to move to is South East Asia. Second best-limited parts of Eurasia.
You can't fight the trend. Russia is playing possum. Putin has a ton of cards up his sleeve. Watch how he will render NATO useless in less than 18 months. Odds of this coming to pass are over 75%
Wanna place a small side bet on this NATO prediction? I guess the hard part of that bet is how we could measure tangibly (yes or no) and agree whether NATO has become "useless"?
The only significant card Putin has that I can think of is nukes and perseverance. Let's hope he doesn't play that nuke card.
Are you talking Thailand or Singapore?
Actually, Putin has almost rendered NATO Useless. All talk and no action regarding Ukraine. However, there is a good chance that Putin could strike Poland if they keep training mercs there. Additionally, all of NATO is sold on the idea that Russia and their army is weak. Very few understand that Putin sent in the least lethal weapons to take on Ukraine. I think it was Peskov (can't remember now), when a reporter asked Peskov why they had not sent in the bigger guns, the reply was we are saving it for a bigger event.
As for bet, the question is how to determine the winner. I don't mind losing in fact I would be glad to lose this one.
In terms of South East Asia, Singapore is not bad but it's a tad bit small; great selection of food, good medical facilities, English is widely spoken and they also have a very educated population.
Thailand is overrated. At this stage of the game, I would focus on Vietnam and to some extent Malaysia.