Oh please don't remind me. About 10 years ago a visited a s…

Oh please don't remind me. About 10 years ago a visited a small village where was living a Russian on gigantic piece of land in a gigantic villa.
I told her "I am not jealous but want to learn how you gathered all this?". She told me if you're smart you going to banks and take out the biggest loans you can possibly get and pay off as slowly as possible.
The EU is build on the same principles as the former Soviet Union and will fall just like the Soviet Union did. She literally said "EU is the Soviet Union 2.0", it's inevitable, just a matter of time.
Was she right?