Chart showing the populations of the US and the former Soviet republics. They both climb about equally until 1991, at which point the Soviet numbers decline while the US continues its same trajectory.

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   Sean Kleefeld (skleefeld@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 08:15:43 JST Sean Kleefeld

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   Look at this chart again. It took a full quarter century just to get Russia's population back to where it was at the start of 1991. Not from some major plague. Not from war. From a lack of functioning government.

   And that's not even considering quality of life. That's just looking at it from a binary life + death position only!
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