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It does not have to be about "them" you have a path available to you to make a person that you supposedly feel bad about better off.

by qaq 4y ago

michaelt 4y ago
While spaceman_2020 certainly has the money to pay their maid a lot more if they earn 50x what their maid does, that doesn't address the issue of all the other maids in the economy. I mean, I give a sandwich to the one homeless guy I see on my daily commute, which might have a big impact on that one guy - but let's not pretend I'm solving homelessness by doing so.
- qaq 4y ago
  But it does in a small way and it adds up when a lot of people do it. Being from Ukraine I see first hand how a lot of people volunteering/donating are making very sizeable impact on the problem even though each individuals contribution might be small.
  - miguelazo 4y ago
    And yet the systemic problem— the US using Ukraine as a pawn to weaken Russia, means that all those donations will ultimately mean nothing as the country’s infrastructure is reduced to rubble.
    - danaris 4y ago
      You are spreading Putin's propaganda. Russia invaded Ukraine because Putin wants to reconstitute the USSR, with him on top. All the bullshit about NATO is just noise to get people who would otherwise side with the obvious victims to suddenly hem and haw and say, "Well, was Putin provoked? Is this really about the US?" No; you've been suckered. It's about Ukraine, and the people dying there, who won't be in any better shape if the rest of the Western world just hands them over to a megalomaniac dictator who genuinely believes that any Ukrainian who doesn't identify as Russian is mentally ill or a traitor.
      - miguelazo 4y ago
        “Wants to reconstitute the USSR”. LMAO. Ok, thanks. Here’s Putin’s propaganda: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/...
        qaq 4y ago
        He literally said he wants to reclaim all lands of Russian empire not just USSR.
        miguelazo 4y ago
        Laughable propaganda. Find me the video. And not the MSNBC interpretation on it. Putin didn’t even want to annex the eastern oblasts of Ukraine until very recently, after his hand was basically forced. It’s well-documented that he even told the representatives not to hold referendums on joining Russia prior to the most recent ones, when it became clear there was no other way to protect the Russian-speaking citizens there from their own country’s aggression, which killled over 10k of their civilians before February 2022.
        qaq 4y ago
        Here's from June 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5XdwlyWgSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5XdwlyWgSs recent enough for you? He compares himself to Peter the Great and says it's our destiny to reclaim Russian lands
    - qaq 4y ago
      Keep watching Russian TV.
      - miguelazo 4y ago
        Unfortunately, RT was banned in the freedom-loving USA. But there’s plenty of independent sources if you know where to find them. https://peoplesworld.org/article/pipeline-ploy-how-u-s-natural-gas-interests-are-fueling-the-ukraine-crisis/ https://peoplesworld.org/article/pipeline-ploy-how-u-s-natur...

It does not have to be about "them" you have a path available to you to make a person that you supposedly feel bad about better off.

by qaq 4y ago

It does not have to be about "them" you have a path available to you to make a person that you supposedly feel bad about better off.

michaelt 4y ago

While spaceman_2020 certainly has the money to pay their maid a lot more if they earn 50x what their maid does, that doesn't address the issue of all the other maids in the economy. I mean, I give a sandwich to the one homeless guy I see on my daily commute, which might have a big impact on that one guy - but let's not pretend I'm solving homelessness by doing so.

qaq 4y ago
But it does in a small way and it adds up when a lot of people do it. Being from Ukraine I see first hand how a lot of people volunteering/donating are making very sizeable impact on the problem even though each individuals contribution might be small.
- miguelazo 4y ago
  And yet the systemic problem— the US using Ukraine as a pawn to weaken Russia, means that all those donations will ultimately mean nothing as the country’s infrastructure is reduced to rubble.
  - danaris 4y ago
    You are spreading Putin's propaganda. Russia invaded Ukraine because Putin wants to reconstitute the USSR, with him on top. All the bullshit about NATO is just noise to get people who would otherwise side with the obvious victims to suddenly hem and haw and say, "Well, was Putin provoked? Is this really about the US?" No; you've been suckered. It's about Ukraine, and the people dying there, who won't be in any better shape if the rest of the Western world just hands them over to a megalomaniac dictator who genuinely believes that any Ukrainian who doesn't identify as Russian is mentally ill or a traitor.
    - miguelazo 4y ago
      “Wants to reconstitute the USSR”. LMAO. Ok, thanks. Here’s Putin’s propaganda: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/...
      - qaq 4y ago
        He literally said he wants to reclaim all lands of Russian empire not just USSR.
        miguelazo 4y ago
        Laughable propaganda. Find me the video. And not the MSNBC interpretation on it. Putin didn’t even want to annex the eastern oblasts of Ukraine until very recently, after his hand was basically forced. It’s well-documented that he even told the representatives not to hold referendums on joining Russia prior to the most recent ones, when it became clear there was no other way to protect the Russian-speaking citizens there from their own country’s aggression, which killled over 10k of their civilians before February 2022.
        qaq 4y ago
        Here's from June 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5XdwlyWgSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5XdwlyWgSs recent enough for you? He compares himself to Peter the Great and says it's our destiny to reclaim Russian lands
  - qaq 4y ago
    Keep watching Russian TV.
    - miguelazo 4y ago
      Unfortunately, RT was banned in the freedom-loving USA. But there’s plenty of independent sources if you know where to find them. https://peoplesworld.org/article/pipeline-ploy-how-u-s-natural-gas-interests-are-fueling-the-ukraine-crisis/ https://peoplesworld.org/article/pipeline-ploy-how-u-s-natur...