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On this point - folks may forget that certain nation states with scrupulous ties to other major world powers cough Russia cough plan to benefit tremendously fro
by conception 8mo ago
On this point - folks may forget that certain nation states with scrupulous ties to other major world powers cough Russia cough plan to benefit tremendously from climate change by opening northern trade routes. It’d be troubling if such a country had an impressively widespread propaganda and asset network across the globe.
- wolvoleo 8mo agoTrue, in fact the Soviets even had a plan to force this to happen: https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-soviet-scientist-who-dreamed-of-melting-the-arctic-with-a-55-mile-dam/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-soviet-scientist-who-dre...
- conception 8mo agoWeird how control of Ukraine and Greenland play into this as well. Big coincidence there, right?
- wolvoleo 8mo agoI don't see the benefit of Ukraine there, it has no access to the northern seas. And with Greenland the only threat is Trump. But that Soviet plan revolved around damming off the Bering Strait which would never have worked.