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We cut all ties with USA and consider them what they de facto are - a rogue state, resembling putinist russia more and more. I've never seen a country disasemb
by lycopodiopsida 1y ago
We cut all ties with USA and consider them what they de facto are - a rogue state, resembling putinist russia more and more.
I've never seen a country disasembling itself with such speed. It took Putin 20 years to get the country and society to where it is now, I am not sure USA will be in a better state after 4 years full with nepotism, oligarchy, anti-scientific freaks in administration, corruption and ignoring laws on a daily basis.
- casenmgreen 1y agoI've read it took Putin something like four years. He came into power 1st Jan 2000, and by 2004 people were no longer speaking openly, from fear.
- lycopodiopsida 1y agoWe can say there were autocratic tendencies from the beginning, as well as "tightening the screws", but he went full batshit insane only somewhere after the Maidan revolution.
- 0dayz 1y agoNo it started on the day of a particular nato meeting (Munich) where putin gave a bizarre speech. Which 1 year after he invaded Georgia.
- ablation 1y agoI take it you mean the 2007 Munich speech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Munich_speech_of_Vladimir_Putin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Munich_speech_of_Vladimir...
- Swenrekcah 1y agoThat is what the despots want. The way for democracy to survive is by keeping in contact and business with the regular population where possible, but with enough independent strength to not have to bow to the despotic governments.
- pjmlp 1y agoEven though I tend to criticise the state of Linux on the desktop, because I care to be able to buy a 100% fully functionable GNU/Linux laptop at the local shopping mall and not some strange shop online, if we want to cut ties, we also must do the same with all technology "Made in US", and to an extreme also includes FOSS contributions.