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Between private Russians? I believe you'll find a lot of Ukrainians found their entire towns suddenly "donated" to the war effort, not just a downpayment on a

Between private Russians? I believe you'll find a lot of Ukrainians found their entire towns suddenly "donated" to the war effort, not just a downpayment on a house. War's hell, they can get bent.

redeeman 2y ago
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- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  Russians are stealing butter and rationing electricity, Russia won’t level anything to rubble far beyond their borders this century. They are almost out of steam. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42701491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42701491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42701640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42701640
  - iamfromk 2y ago
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- KHRZ 2y ago
  Those Russians have their own government to blame, which in addition to stealing Ukrainian land has stolen assets of Western companies, including billions in planes. They are legitimized in overthrowing their poor leadership.
robertlagrant 2y ago
The people holding the money are not at war.
- hnaccount_rng 2y ago
  That is complicated. And historically simply not true. Being subject/citizen of one country means that in case of war, your property is legitimate to be anything from damaged to seized by opposing parties in the war. The fact that we hadn't had any kind of real war in since WW2 means that no-one has that experience in recent history. I'm aware that there have been significant amounts of armed conflict in the mean time, but the last conflict between states that ran similar to historic wars was the Korean war (which technically hasn't ended). Most wars the US was involved in where more similar to colonial expeditions (seizing local resources, defending local bases)
  - robertlagrant 2y ago
    > That is complicated. And historically simply not true. Being subject/citizen of one country means that in case of war, your property is legitimate to be anything from damaged to seized by opposing parties in the war. There are two sides in this war: Russia and Ukraine. Neither is holding the money.

Between private Russians? I believe you'll find a lot of Ukrainians found their entire towns suddenly "donated" to the war effort, not just a downpayment on a house. War's hell, they can get bent.

redeeman 2y ago

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toomuchtodo 2y ago
Russians are stealing butter and rationing electricity, Russia won’t level anything to rubble far beyond their borders this century. They are almost out of steam. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42701491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42701491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42701640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42701640
- iamfromk 2y ago
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KHRZ 2y ago
Those Russians have their own government to blame, which in addition to stealing Ukrainian land has stolen assets of Western companies, including billions in planes. They are legitimized in overthrowing their poor leadership.

robertlagrant 2y ago

The people holding the money are not at war.

hnaccount_rng 2y ago
That is complicated. And historically simply not true. Being subject/citizen of one country means that in case of war, your property is legitimate to be anything from damaged to seized by opposing parties in the war. The fact that we hadn't had any kind of real war in since WW2 means that no-one has that experience in recent history. I'm aware that there have been significant amounts of armed conflict in the mean time, but the last conflict between states that ran similar to historic wars was the Korean war (which technically hasn't ended). Most wars the US was involved in where more similar to colonial expeditions (seizing local resources, defending local bases)
- robertlagrant 2y ago
  > That is complicated. And historically simply not true. Being subject/citizen of one country means that in case of war, your property is legitimate to be anything from damaged to seized by opposing parties in the war. There are two sides in this war: Russia and Ukraine. Neither is holding the money.