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by aguaviva 2y ago
That's not what the Mythos was about. The whole big point of the Holocaust that everyone was supposed to have learned is that not only did one not have to be a "Nazi" (or even particularly sympathize with the regime or its
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by aguaviva 2y ago
You're getting downvoted because what you're saying is just historically wrong. You can call them all "bad" if you want. But (regardless of whether they committed war crimes) the Nazis and the armed forces were differen
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Because they weren't all in the category you're referring to, of course. To misunderstand this (and apply the N-word to all of the regime's footsoldiers and helpers) is to fundamentally midunderstand how the dictatorship work
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by aguaviva 2y ago
This is a complete reversal of facts. In fact the Bucharest Summit effectively quashed Bush's efforts and sustained Merkel's objection. Precisely to avoid pulling on Putin's braids. Indeed, she's so proud of her role i
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by aguaviva 2y ago
As for the extent of holding Nazi money — we held Allies money just as well. Unfortunately the Confederacy did far more to help the Nazis than simply serving as a laundromat for its plundered assets: It is well known that the Swiss vi
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Not the sabotage under discussion. Which can have only one actor behind it.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
For now all the talk about Russia attacking Nato is just talk Its regime is already attacking NATO -- at least from what more or less officially amounts to NATO's perspective: Russian acts of sabotage may lead to NATO invoking Art
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Russian acts of sabotage may lead to NATO invoking Article 5, says BND chief(reuters.com)
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by aguaviva 2y ago
A "perspective" that was always equally fake and delusional, of course.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
From a Russian perspective From what its current regime says for internal and external propaganda purposes.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Russia is an oligarchic republic. Even 10 years ago this was no longer true. Putin completely quashed the oligarchy -- and what he succeeded in building in its place has been by far the strongest one-man system the country has seen since
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by aguaviva 2y ago
There are no signs Russia is about to collapse. Imminently, no. And it doesn't need to collapse outright. It just needs to become sufficiently clear to whomever is currently gearing up to take over after Putin croaks/fades in a
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Also: Yellow Powder Quickly Pulls Carbon Dioxide from the Air - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42225265 Discussion 36 days ago, 45 comments - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41927684
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Also: Syrian rebels enter Aleppo three days into surprise offensive - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/syrian-rebels-... Syrian rebels claim to have entered city of Aleppo - https:&#x
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Thanks!
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New powder that captures carbon could be 'quantum leap' for industry(theguardian.com)
4 points by aguaviva 2y ago|2 comments
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Thanks for the valuable linguistic advice Anytime.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
As if they care what you think is best for them.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
The popular cultural myths are really just propaganda, the Lend Lease wasn't as large or as meaningful as is claimed. Don't know which claims you're referring to, but if you like you can take the matter up with Khrushchev,
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by aguaviva 2y ago
The USSR was invaded by seventeen nations including the US shortly afterwards and further suffered a trade blockade. Which had precisely nothing to do with the mass repressions in the years following.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Walter Duranty of the New York Times went to the Ukraine at the time and said stories of crop failures there were exaggerated. Which was exposed as denialist propaganda, even in its own time.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
To summarize, sanctions did not work. They did not and could not stop the war. Well it's pretty clear the sanctions were never intended, by themselves, to stop the war. But it's not like the Western nations really had any other
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'The science of fluoride is starting to evolve': behind its risks and benefits(theguardian.com)
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Yeah, I was being charitable to Stalin, and considering the population those Republics as "his" people (which of course they never were). But I do see the distinction you are making here.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Appreciate the detailed response, and it seems we are very broadly on the same page. Assuming no further military push from the West -- do you think the Russian side would acquiesce to some form of "Cease fire along current lines, but
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by aguaviva 2y ago
The exact protocol was kept secret. But the alliance itself was no secret at all -- the whole world knew about it, and there were open "victory parades" in major cities like Brest, Lwów, and Grodno. They even built elaborate &qu
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by aguaviva 2y ago
They brought civilization to those places. That's the same nonsense justification used in support of all colonial projects. Simply put - it's a lie.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Then perhaps you should try communicating more clearly. When someone says "Kazakhstan is comprised of ...", and you say "This is wrong" -- you're obviously referring to the present tense.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
They're all just fiefdoms nowadays Those countries are not "fiefdoms", by any stretch or interpretation. Nor are they occupied, in any meaningful sense. That's just delusional.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
By the time China entered the war, the invasion was already over. I don't see any substance the point you're trying to make here. One could try to say, "China was only trying to preserve North Korea's borders prior to

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