• Decoysharktopus [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I'm not familiar with Mongolia's political economy, anyone know why it's the only free country in Asia besides the more well known US clients? Seems odd to me at first blush

    • Diogenes_Barrel [love/loves]
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      2 years ago

      :shrug-outta-hecks: they've had more than one/two presidents since the 90s and haven't made an enemy of the yankees?

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I know I was like "The fuck is going on in Mongolia? Do they have a kakistarchic Oligarchy like the US?"

    • blobjim [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Because they're on good terms with the US and probably make cheap products for the US or something.

    • Mindfury [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      because their wrestlers are free to be shipped off to japan to become the best sumo wrestlers of all time

    • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      :galaxy-brain: me summoning everything i remember from my special interest when i was 13

      In GENERAL, Mongolia views China as a threat to its sovereignty due to their massively disparate GDPs and populations and has generally warmer relations with the United States as a form of protecting its sovereignty from China