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John Mearsheimer fully discredited himself around the start of Ukrainian war.
by watwut 5mo ago
John Mearsheimer fully discredited himself around the start of Ukrainian war.
- throwaway27448 5mo agoHow do you figure?
- hackandthink 5mo agoMearsheimer was right: Putin wrecks Ukraine. https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Why-the-Ukraine-Crisis-Is.pdf https://www.mearsheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Why-t...
- sehansen 5mo agoWhy would an article from 2019 be a counterargument to criticisms from 2022? Especially when the first sentence of that article is a prime example of Mearsheimers blind spot: that the Russians aren't actually realists, but instead are a kind of idealist focused on Russias dignity as a (percieved) great power. Almost like virtue ethics as opposed to the consequentionalist ethics of realism.