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The newly released information revealed that Russia is now the largest economy in Europe and also the world's fifth for the very first time since Soviet times (infobrics.org)
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[–] kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is a "Europe" anyway? On what basis do we decide that Europe is its own continent separate from Asia while India is just a subcontinent?

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

It's a line people drew and said, do the pillaging outside these lines. The one or two times they did it inside the lines, everyone got really mad.

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On what basis do we decide that Europe is its own continent

It's not a continent, or even a subcontinent, it's just a place

And Russia is not part of that place

[–] kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Bro really thinks he lives in a garden 💀