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I too have a problem with donating to any army. Especially if you look at money and a tool for motivation or a tool for voting. Like it's often said vote with y
by LoveMortuus 5y ago
I too have a problem with donating to any army. Especially if you look at money and a tool for motivation or a tool for voting. Like it's often said vote with your wallet. From those aspects giving money to any army means you want more of what they're doing and while armies do help in natural disasters their primary purpose generally results in deaths of people. Thus in a way you're motivating and voting for more deaths...
I know that many it not most don't look at money like that, but I do, which is why this frightens me.
- simonh 5y agoIf anyone ever comes to overthrow your government, bomb your home and kill your family I hope somebody, somewhere is willing to take up arms and fight to protect you.
- LoveMortuus 5y agoSorry, I didn't express myself correctly, what I was trying to say was if you want to support people in need then support organisations that are trying to help people with food, shelter and medical aid.
- janto 5y agoFor the existing humanitarian crisis aspect, that is great, but prevention requires the support of their army.
- earthbee 5y agoRussia invaded Ukraine because Putin thought he'd have a cheap and easy victory. If Ukraine was obviously well armed enough to make a cheap and easy victory obviously impossible, he wouldn't have invaded.
- LoveMortuus 5y agoNot sure if satire/sarcasm (I don't really know what it's called in English), but to anyone reading the comment above, that's not the actual reason for Putin's actions, this isn't Putin's pet project. There are actual reasons behind, which paint the real picture. Don't get me wrong, it's a FACT that Russian forces are in Ukraine, there's no way about it. But people often forget that Putin has been at the helm of Russia for more then 20 years, he's not as dumb as western media show him as. EDIT: To people downvoting, Russia is attacking Ukraine because of USA and because of the agreement between Ukraine and Russia.
- janto 5y agoPutin's actions make more sense if you consider the invasion as serving his interests and not Russia's. None of this is going to play out in the favor of Russians, regardless of how the battle goes. Putin has been characterized, by some in the US, as genius in his timing. I'm not familiar with any propaganda portraying Putin as dumb.
- zarzavat 5y agoYounger versions of Putin certainly used to match his chess master reputation. However in the light of this war, people will update their evaluations of him. It’s likely that he has simply gone senile.
- peppermint_tea 5y agoAlthough I understand the rationale for people that do not want to give to an army, I would say in this specific case (no_army == no_country)
- _3u10 5y agoYup. The nation state is premised on the idea that the state has a monopoly on violence. When the state no longer has a monopoly on violence it’s not a country anyMore.
- klausjensen 5y ago>> Thus in a way you're motivating and voting for more deaths... I see your point. But the Ukranians do not want to live under a Putin-puppet government, and they are willing to pay with their lives - but could use more equipment against a (on paper) superior military force. The least I can do, is to help buy them some bullets.
- _3u10 5y agoYeah if we had admitted Ukraine to NATO this war would never have started.