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I had a somewhat utopian thought today to prevent the next Ukraine invasion. Here are the components: 1. I have heard many stories online, and even in-person,
by consumer451 5y ago
I had a somewhat utopian thought today to prevent the next Ukraine invasion. Here are the components:
1. I have heard many stories online, and even in-person, of people calling home to Russia and their families not believing the facts of the war in Ukraine.
2. One of the bigger sub-stories from the war in Ukraine is the availability of commercial satellite imagery.
Problem: Information asymmetry can lead to state sponsored mass murder.
Solution: Require universal access to 24hr-old global imaging to all citizens, if your country wants to be part of the global economic system.
I skipped over many problems to avoid a wall of text. I look forward to hearing why this idea could never work.
- yks 5y agoUntil very recently Russians were not blocked from the global information. It was gradually shut down on TV, but people can still read what the rest of the world thinks on the internet, including in Russian language. Yet most people resist exposure to anything conflicting the state's point of view. I personally thought that Russia proved that the total mind control is possible without cutting off alternative points of view and 1984 is exaggeration, but apparently it's not enough in the time of crisis like invasion of Ukraine. Now they have to introduce 15-year prison sentences for telling that the "sky is blue" metaphorically speaking.