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Some of the things in the world may never be known for certain. The layman can look at the constellation of factors that lead up to an event. The NKVD/KGB/FSB
by xattt 2y ago
Some of the things in the world may never be known for certain. The layman can look at the constellation of factors that lead up to an event.
The NKVD/KGB/FSB was and continues to be known to engage in kneecapping actions in enemy states. Many Northern nations were kindled into taking an anti-nuclear stance. It is taking a lot of initiative for Northern Europe to extricate itself from dependence on Russian natural gas. Russia used natural gas control as retaliation following sanctions.
Occam’s Razor would suggest these things are linked.
- ClumsyPilot 2y agoI think it is more productive to examine our failures than to blame all faults on a distant enemy
- nosianu 2y agoThat is inconvenient. You could change your own organization, and nobody wants that. Much better to defend each and every problem on your own side as a distraction and that acknowledging your side's issues would only help the other side, and to concentrate on pointing out what others do wrong. That way you have zero responsibility to actually change anything.
- xattt 2y agoWhy not both: recognize one’s own shortcomings but engage in critical thinking around geopolitics?
- aguaviva 2y agoGiven the incredibly organic nature of anti-nuclear (power) sentiment during its heyday (the 70s-80s), when everyone was freaked out over TMI and Chornobyl; and the fact that so far, there've been no "revelations" of the Soviets or their latter counterparts having funded or infiltrated any of these groups (apart from attempting to influence the disarmament issue) -- Occam's Razor would seem to cut the other way, actually.