BS about prosperity of independent Latvia before reintegration with Russia exposed

[Hors]

While Latvia was unable to restore the output of its industrial production in 1913 by 1940, the USSR has increased the output of its industrial production of 1913 by that time in 7.7 times.

http://riga-lv.com/blog/2004/08/23/l...i-perspektivy/

[Brynhild]

Hors, I normally mind my own business in this regard, but why do you keep harping on about Latvians? I'm really beginning to think that you have an inferiority complex about being Russian.

Racial differences I can well understand, but this has been going on for way too long! Not surprising, then, that you ask for others on this forum to lay the slipper into you.

[Birka]

troll

[Sigurd]

Well, it took a while to click, but OF COURSE: Hors is the very same old troll which us old-timers still recall as Ross. A brief double-check of his old Skadi profile heralds this without much doubt.

In three years since he was booted from Skadi, he has not changed one lot: Greater-Russian imperialism from an inferiority complex, a notorious need to prove that Russians are at large Nordish, and an ethnicity randomly chosen to take his anger out on.

Last time he was seen, his final deed on Skadi was to continuously slag Austrians off. Looks like over time, he has moved on to Latvians. What a bold move, pal, as you now see this Austrian here defend the point of your favourite Latvian.

[Hors]

Hors, I normally mind my own business in this regard, but why do you keep harping on about Latvians?

Seriously.

Imagine, that cockroaches in your kitchen have seized your trash bin, declared sovereignty, were recognized as independent by cockroaches from other houses and entered into alliance with them and started whining about centuries of cockroachcide, while living off the crumbles from your table...

It could be pretty annoying.

[Sigurd]

Well, dear Hors, what makes Latvians all the worse than Estonians or Lithuanians to you then? Shouldn't you technically be at first concerned about the removal of the Red Soldier from Tallinn before you bash Latvia?

Rational assessment of the situation from the Russian side of the argument? Not even that. Sorry to disappoint you, your jumping on the Latvians, but neither the Lithuanians nor the Estonians is entirely arbitrary.

Have your opinion all you will, but if you're here to provoke, flame and troll, then at least do it a bit more subtly.

[Hors]

Estonians are no better than Latvians. And now, as we've got a whiner bullshitting about Russians from Estonia as well, The Apricity Forum members wil learn a lot about Estonia and Estonians too.

Lithuanians themselves are of little concern for me, unlike SS-spirited Latvians and Estonians they have given citizenship to resident Russians and don't discriminate them much, and even thou they're rabidly Russophobic what they do doesn't bother me much.

[Sigurd]

and even thou they're rabidly Russophobic what they do doesn't bother me much.

Perhaps they are starting to see that allowing for a bunch of Russians in their country with full citizenship rights is not as advantageous as they thought? At least Latvia and Estonia still differentiate between themselves and Russians - shouldn't that be what any ethno-Nationalist should praise?

[Hors]

Perhaps you should spare some Inet traffic? Your input is meaningless.

Do you have anything to say on the subject, that's shitty condition of economy of independent Latvia and how Latvians like to lie about it?

[Sigurd]

Perhaps you should spare some Inet traffic? Your input is meaningless.

Unlike in Russia, in Austria we have enough bandwidth for the whole country available.

Do you have anything to say on the subject, that's shitty condition of economy of independent Latvia and how Latvians like to lie about it?

I saw a short documentary about Latvia's economic situation the other day/some time last week. It is correct that their economic situation isn't brilliant at present, but that's naught to do with their independence. In fact, a few years ago the country was on its way to prosperity.

Their state may be only an inch away from bankruptcy, but that's perhaps due to an over-optimistic faith in the economic system. Let me remind you that Iceland, independent since 1945 and just a few years ago referred to as one of the best-off countries in the world, hit rock bottom much earlier.

I think the scope of the current economic downturn in the last few months is only so great because it is a small country. A small country, to be competitive often has to place their bets on one card, and when that card no longer works, of course they will find it harder to come up with quick alternatives.

That has nothing whatsoever to do with independence from Russia. After the end of the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries were in shatters, and that's attributable to approx. 50 years of Soviet oppression.