Dick Storm provides an important lesson on why nations fall from greatness. It is largely due to internal politics and policies on food and energy — bread and heat.
The point is to show how internal politics ruined Russia for many years. Internal political attacks on the sources of energy that all of western civilization depends on, if continued, would weaken America and the rest of western countries so that adversarial countries could in fact, bully the U.S. to do whatever they (our adversaries) wish. The "Visual Capitalist" illustration was put in to show the Rise, Fall and Rise again of nations from economic history. The Russian Revolution is just one example. China, India, Venezuela, Argentina, Germany, Cuba and others are examples of once top tier economies that then declined. Energy is vital in modern times, removing (Self-Sabotaging) conventional forms of energy is economic suicide. Thank God we have Donald Trump taking office next week.
Great overview!! History data is exact and not made up.Looks like a trend and not a good one.I would think the Governments would have learned from History.Oh yeah, they are not smart enough to understand such trends.Too busy taking taxpayer money for their own benefit.They can thus,easily and profitably , look the other way. Like DJT says, Fight, fight,fight, before we lose our nation.!!
What is this post? How is any of this related to the Russian Revolution?
The point is to show how internal politics ruined Russia for many years. Internal political attacks on the sources of energy that all of western civilization depends on, if continued, would weaken America and the rest of western countries so that adversarial countries could in fact, bully the U.S. to do whatever they (our adversaries) wish. The "Visual Capitalist" illustration was put in to show the Rise, Fall and Rise again of nations from economic history. The Russian Revolution is just one example. China, India, Venezuela, Argentina, Germany, Cuba and others are examples of once top tier economies that then declined. Energy is vital in modern times, removing (Self-Sabotaging) conventional forms of energy is economic suicide. Thank God we have Donald Trump taking office next week.
Great overview!! History data is exact and not made up.Looks like a trend and not a good one.I would think the Governments would have learned from History.Oh yeah, they are not smart enough to understand such trends.Too busy taking taxpayer money for their own benefit.They can thus,easily and profitably , look the other way. Like DJT says, Fight, fight,fight, before we lose our nation.!!
Insightful