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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Really how so? Is that not what you were implying? Or what was your point exactly? Besides the claim that Sadam being not guilty of some small subset accusations targeting him somehow changes anything?
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
In 1961. You can also use some examples from the Boer war or even the Opium wars... Nobody is equating Putin with Stalin either (he's more of a miserable version of Mussolini if we're being fair...)
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
It did have a significant effect on on the reputation and trust in the US government. Possibly significantly affected the careers of some individuals. Any equivalent would be more or less entirely downplayed or ignored by Russian media. Did
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Well if it quacks like duck? Then what is it.. Obviously I'm talking more about Fascist Italy than Germany. Both because of general ideology and military performance. Of course unlike in Italy's case there is no Nazi Germany to ba
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
It's rather confusing and hard to understand which side are you targeting here... Because only one is semi-fanatically defending their country while disregarding pretty much any argument or fact that doesn't align with that.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
It has more to do with shifting the cost/incentives for the other side which would reduce the likelihood of you ending up in such a position.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Even (pseudo)opposition polls generally show that most people support Putin? Yes I understand that polls in such a society might not be particularly meaningful. But I'm not even saying that most Russians actively support the government
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> don't want another country bossing over what you can do So we agree that invading other countries is wrong. However you believe that a country has the inherent right to do anything (including imprisoning, murdering them etc. etc.)
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Nazi might be too strong? Don't think they used that word though? Russia is an objectively fascist (not technically "nazi" of course) state, though. It literally ticks almost all the boxes.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Not everyone... Some might also be useful idiot or uncompensated trolls doing it as a hobby?
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
That certainly absolves Sadam of the tens of thousands of murders committed by his government. That's a perfectly reasonable and sane take. Hitler himself faced quite a few false accusations (e.g. even for crimes actually committed by
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Because appeasement generally always works out long-term?
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
The cost/risk to the Russian government of coercing someone to do anything is approximately zero. Not so much in the US/etc., the risk of negative consequences is not insignificant? > were shown who's the boss in the room
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
It is self evident, though? Russia, NK and Iran at least.. I wouldn't necessarily say that China is technically on Russia's side. Not to such a degree that most Western countries are on Ukraine's side. They even comply with s
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Yes but the cost of doing business in China can outweigh most potential gains (e.g. Google).
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> Linux is a technology controlled by Western state actors? Not directly, but sort of? Isn't this specific case an actual example of that? > Would you support a backdoor contributed by a friendly nation state The theoretical risk
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
South Africa? Rhodesia? But sure.. usually it doesn't really work out. Of course weakening the target country economically, politically and militarily is still better than nothing,
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> innocent citizens Do you not think that at least 50% of all people in Russia would vote for Putin or his affiliates (even if the elections weren't falsified)? Therefore most people in Russia are certainly not innocent.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
The Russian government could compel pretty much anyone in Russia to do anything with minimal actual cost to it. Governments in US and other democratic states would be risking a lot more if if other government agencies, courts, media etc. fi
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
It would only work if the specific government agency/actor could successfully conceal such actions from the rest of the government agencies, courts, media etc. etc. No such safety checks exist in Russia or other pseudo-fascist states.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
I'd guess that has more to do with the incompetence of Boeing's management than with some inherent properties of union workers. Presumably they could fix that.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> without workers there is no company. Is they gradually move production to non-union factories in other states then there would be a company but no [union] workers...
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> Or the fact that to run Linux Most people don't care about that (if you look at it the other way around running macOS on PCs these days isn't that easy either and it will only get worse). Just don't get a Mac if you want
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> to instead just focus on preventing incursions into Israel. So after Hamas invaded Israel, massacred over a thousand civilians (and they don't have the "collateral damage" excuse they just gruesomely raped and murdered p
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
Why would you ever want to instead of an actual book/Kindle? (just curious)
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> Every time an Apple zealot bust an (imaginary) Apple zealot? > of Apple zealots telling you’re wrong for choosing something else and bragging that their choice is somehow superior Except that hardly ever happens. Unlike the opposite
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
I'm not sure money would be the real issue. Nvidia wasn't even allowed to buy ARM even though they weren't competitors and had almost no real overlap. This would be considerably harder to pull off. Also you have that whole AM
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
That but I also think they are also at the same time much too big for this to be potentially possible since no government would approve it unless Intel was on the brink of bankruptcy.
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> These are reputable sources Yes? And? Did I imply that there is something wrong with that or that they shouldn't be reporting it? I assume our definitions of what is a "credible rumour" differ... > You live in a diffe
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by Wytwwww 2y ago
> This is not a rumour, it was at least somewhat real How can you tell? I'm not denying that and obviously can't claim to know but I just don't see any public information that would allow us to make this conclusion. WSJ, R

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