Interesting map. It is so obvious, yet more starked when rendered cartographically.
So we are looking at 20% of the people, but about 70% of world GDP.
If the strategy is to make Russia a pariah by declaring economic war on them using sanctions, it will not work. Those 80% of the world’s population need Russian energy, food, and fertilizer. It is a matter of survival.
The realization that we are going to see widespread famine this summer and fall has finally dawned on the Masters of the Universe. The impact of rising energy and food costs will affect everyone including the richest 20%.
Sending $56 billion to Ukraine to prolong the war will just increase the damage globally for the poor and middle class. We are being led down a primrose path to economic ruin by the Illegitimate, criminal Biden Administration.