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Britain's biggest companies are preparing for a third world war

42 points by andrewfromx 1y ago

gopheryourshelf 1y ago
How much of this is related to the fact that a lot of the countries now have right wing government?
- spwa4 1y ago
  Not much. It's related to a steady deterioration of economic conditions for poor people due to (mostly) east asian ... well, cheating, really. Extreme government support of companies (and one might point out that they signed international treaties stating they wouldn't do it, including but not limited to at the WHO, and didn't respect the agreements they made, they just directly and immediately violated them to make a few people very wealthy, with deplorable conditions for 99% of their population) You do bad economically for too many people and you end up with a right wing government. You do well ... well, you get it.
andrewfromx 1y ago
https://archive.ph/3bvHg https://archive.ph/3bvHg
PeterHolzwarth 1y ago
Practical.
sleepyguy 1y ago
It's something watching Americans and many others, oblivious to the fact that we are on the precipice of another World War. Not much we can do, it's coming and it's all there for anyone to see if they are looking. The West is going to wish it had done more to help Ukraine, there was a window of opportunity that may have prevented what we're going to be in for.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  > Not much we can do, it's coming and it's all there for anyone to see if they are looking Whether it’s a direct confrontation of superpowers is absolutely still in the air. This can be constrained to proxies. (And from there, avoiding a proxy contest going nuclear. Non-proxy conflicts like Israel-Iran and India-Pakistan are out of our control on the nuclear front.) > West is going to wish it had done more to help Ukraine, there was a window of opportunity that may have prevented what we're going to be in for Yes. Unfortunately it seems that the temptation of appeasement isn’t a lesson learned long.
- disambiguation 1y ago
  Its always the new accounts pushing the weirdest narratives.
- throw310822 1y ago
  The meaning I get from your comment is: "We're unwillingly and blindly stepping into a war, we should have done more war!" Maybe we should have done less war and less talking about war, don't you think? Talked more with Russia (let alone not provoke it into a confrontation for an entire decade- ask Victoria "fuck the EU" Nuland), built up clear and safe and agreed boundaries, etc.
  - kergonath 1y ago
    > Maybe we should have done less war and less talking about war, don't you think? Who is “we”? > Talked more with Russia (let alone not provoke it into a confrontation for an entire decade- ask Victoria "fuck the EU" Nuland), built up clear and safe and agreed boundaries, etc. You realise that there were talks with Russia, including on “clear and safe and agreed boundaries”, right? Russia was a guarantor in the Minsk and Budapest memoranda. As for your point in the middle, it really is strange that smaller countries want to escape Russia’s sphere of influence, considering what they do to their neighbours in Moldova and Georgia, to name but two examples. Never mind Chechnya and now, of course, Ukraine. Russia’s behaviour is the main driving force towards NATO and the EU in Eastern Europe. You are repeating bullshit propaganda.
aaron695 1y ago
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suraci 1y ago
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selivanovp 1y ago
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- spwa4 1y ago
  In EVERY war I've ever gone over the cause was always, every time, that one side (and occasionally, e.g. WW1, four or five sides) thinks they can win the war and not make any concessions or generally just get what they want. Mostly they were initially right (say, the first 6 months or so)
  - selivanovp 1y ago
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    - brazzy 1y ago
      Excuse me, who invaded whom again?
      - selivanovp 1y ago
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      - ponector 1y ago
        Nato invaded Ukraine, installed Nazi regime. Russia is a liberator - every russian agent here will tell you.
        selivanovp 1y ago
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        brazzy 1y ago
        And you have the gall to call other people brainwashed. Scared of getting drafted to the front if you don't fulfill your propaganda quotas?
matthewfelgate 1y ago
This response suggests knowledge that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is imminent.

42 points by andrewfromx 1y ago

gopheryourshelf 1y ago

How much of this is related to the fact that a lot of the countries now have right wing government?

spwa4 1y ago
Not much. It's related to a steady deterioration of economic conditions for poor people due to (mostly) east asian ... well, cheating, really. Extreme government support of companies (and one might point out that they signed international treaties stating they wouldn't do it, including but not limited to at the WHO, and didn't respect the agreements they made, they just directly and immediately violated them to make a few people very wealthy, with deplorable conditions for 99% of their population) You do bad economically for too many people and you end up with a right wing government. You do well ... well, you get it.

andrewfromx 1y ago

https://archive.ph/3bvHg https://archive.ph/3bvHg

PeterHolzwarth 1y ago

Practical.

sleepyguy 1y ago

It's something watching Americans and many others, oblivious to the fact that we are on the precipice of another World War. Not much we can do, it's coming and it's all there for anyone to see if they are looking. The West is going to wish it had done more to help Ukraine, there was a window of opportunity that may have prevented what we're going to be in for.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> Not much we can do, it's coming and it's all there for anyone to see if they are looking Whether it’s a direct confrontation of superpowers is absolutely still in the air. This can be constrained to proxies. (And from there, avoiding a proxy contest going nuclear. Non-proxy conflicts like Israel-Iran and India-Pakistan are out of our control on the nuclear front.) > West is going to wish it had done more to help Ukraine, there was a window of opportunity that may have prevented what we're going to be in for Yes. Unfortunately it seems that the temptation of appeasement isn’t a lesson learned long.
disambiguation 1y ago
Its always the new accounts pushing the weirdest narratives.
throw310822 1y ago
The meaning I get from your comment is: "We're unwillingly and blindly stepping into a war, we should have done more war!" Maybe we should have done less war and less talking about war, don't you think? Talked more with Russia (let alone not provoke it into a confrontation for an entire decade- ask Victoria "fuck the EU" Nuland), built up clear and safe and agreed boundaries, etc.
- kergonath 1y ago
  > Maybe we should have done less war and less talking about war, don't you think? Who is “we”? > Talked more with Russia (let alone not provoke it into a confrontation for an entire decade- ask Victoria "fuck the EU" Nuland), built up clear and safe and agreed boundaries, etc. You realise that there were talks with Russia, including on “clear and safe and agreed boundaries”, right? Russia was a guarantor in the Minsk and Budapest memoranda. As for your point in the middle, it really is strange that smaller countries want to escape Russia’s sphere of influence, considering what they do to their neighbours in Moldova and Georgia, to name but two examples. Never mind Chechnya and now, of course, Ukraine. Russia’s behaviour is the main driving force towards NATO and the EU in Eastern Europe. You are repeating bullshit propaganda.

aaron695 1y ago

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suraci 1y ago

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selivanovp 1y ago

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spwa4 1y ago
In EVERY war I've ever gone over the cause was always, every time, that one side (and occasionally, e.g. WW1, four or five sides) thinks they can win the war and not make any concessions or generally just get what they want. Mostly they were initially right (say, the first 6 months or so)
- selivanovp 1y ago
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  - brazzy 1y ago
    Excuse me, who invaded whom again?
    - selivanovp 1y ago
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    - ponector 1y ago
      Nato invaded Ukraine, installed Nazi regime. Russia is a liberator - every russian agent here will tell you.
      - selivanovp 1y ago
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        brazzy 1y ago
        And you have the gall to call other people brainwashed. Scared of getting drafted to the front if you don't fulfill your propaganda quotas?

matthewfelgate 1y ago

This response suggests knowledge that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is imminent.