Two thoughts: - You couldn't get a better argument for totalitarian "We should have our own internet" than "Hey, look, if we don't, the whole world will just c

Two thoughts: - You couldn't get a better argument for totalitarian "We should have our own internet" than "Hey, look, if we don't, the whole world will just cut us off from the Internet like they did Russia". Expect more banking, business, communication silos from nationalist/dictatorial governments. - Russia's propaganda is eerily similar to the propaganda the USA pushed out during its wars on Iraq and Afghanistan. They call it a "special military operation". We called the Iraq War "Operation Iraqi Freedom", and the Afghanistan War "Operation Enduring Freedom". We never officially declare as war (haven't since WWII), even when we kill over a million people[1]. (we killed hundreds of thousands in both Iraq[2] and Afghanistan[3] respectively) We also falsified evidence to go to war, despite in-country and worldwide protests. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_in_the_war...