The Most Insane Dictatorship on Earth

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Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: https://playwt.link/casualscholar2024 War Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2000 playable tanks, aircrafts and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability. How Turkmenistan Became the Most Evil Country on Earth – Contents of this video ---------------------------- 00:00 - The World’s Strangest Dictatorship 07:07 - The Cotton Colossus 17:01 - Great Leader of the Turkmen 25:00 - A Dictators Marble Paradise 32:31 - Echoes of the Throne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THIS CHANNEL IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF PATREON! Support the channel by becoming a Patron today! https://www.patreon.com/CasualScholar Thank you to the channel's generous Patrons! Hayden Haun, Emmanuel Fredenrich, Wyatt Gosling, A Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ – Sources used --------------------------------------- - Inside Central Asia by Dilip Hiro - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexandre-Repkine/publication/228155007_Turkmenistan_Economic_Autocracy_and_the_Recent_Growth_Performance/links/0c960527adbd2e92f6000000/Turkmenistan-Economic-Autocracy-and-the-Recent-Growth-Performance.pdf - https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/07/05/turkmenistan-finds-a-novel-solution-to-mass-emigration - https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/02/17/turkmenistans-despot-finds-a-worthy-successor-his-son - https://www.economist.com/news/2003/11/20/the-worlds-worst-turkmenistan - https://www.economist.com/special-report/2003/07/26/cottoning-on - https://www.economist.com/asia/2008/06/26/still-a-prison - https://www.economist.com/asia/2006/05/25/inside-the-mad-despots-realm - https://www.economist.com/asia/2016/12/15/shrinking-exports-spell-trouble-for-turkmenistan - https://web.archive.org/web/20210124052919/http://www.cottoncampaign.org/turkmenistans-forced-labor-problem.html - https://www.hoover.org/research/central-asia-and-war-ukraine - https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/887311468111849090/pdf/ACS12651-WP-P148086-OUO-9-Box391453B.pdf - https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-cotton-forced-labor-state-workers/32566055.html - Pirani, Simon. “Turkmenistan.” Central Asian Gas: Prospects for the 2020s, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2019, pp. 2–14. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep30971.10. - Lídl, Václav. “Turkmenistan’s Energy Policy in Central Asia.” The Natural Gas Conundrum: Transformation of the Central Asian Energy Security Complex after 1991, Karolinum Press, 2022, pp. 96–159. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.949055.8. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8ZXGLb1faU #Economics #History #Turkmenistan #NorthKorea #CasualScholar #EconomicHistory #TurkmenistanHistory