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by aguaviva 2y ago
"Україна понад усе" ("Ukraine above all" in English or "Ukraine über alles" in German) Except it doesn't have the connotation of the latter among Ukrainians at all. It's more like their version of
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by aguaviva 2y ago
The "but" is a denial of what preceded it. I think you misread me there. It wasn't a denial at all. It was simply saying: whatever the state of the mess -- weird, distorted narratives about the mess don't help us out
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by aguaviva 2y ago
The concern is the distorted and manipulative rhetoric. Which in turn further drives and exploits the anger.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
It seems you're misreading that quote. It doesn't say member countries aren't free to impose unilateral sanctions. Only that they have no power to compell other member countries to go along with them, unless they go through
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by aguaviva 2y ago
all the authorized immigrants That should have read " un authorized", and without the negating particle the rest makes very little sense.
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A student friend of mine was even rejected by landlord who wanted Syrians because the government would pay their rent. And are they there ... illegally? Or legally? Are there, in fact, per what you said, "millions" of illegal i
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Yes, you are. I'm not, and it's difficult to see what you think you might gain from this conversation style.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Previously you said authorized (legal). Now you’re changing your argument to illegal. I meant " un authorized". It was just a typo, honest. How about you look up how many refugees European nations are paying to house It was t
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Ok, let's try the UK then. Actual estimates for the total number if illegal migrants (including children) in the UK top out at around 800,000. Yet the commenter above said that your government was paying to house and feed "mill
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by aguaviva 2y ago
No, it's just an inspid rant. Let's pick a spot at random: But at the same time the state somehow has money to house feed and medically care of millions of illegal immigrants Do you honestly think the government is literally si
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Except the piece in question isn't propaganda just because you say it is. You need to provide substantiation for this claim.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Launching a major attack against Assad (a Russian ally) and an upcoming revolution against an (allegedly) pro-Russian government in Georgia all seem to fit into a pattern. The only "pattern" between these two at least -- is that
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by aguaviva 2y ago
For starters -- the commenter wasn't actually suggesting that this kind of content needs to be suppressed. In order to have a slippery slope, you need something to extrapolate from. But the commenter wasn't providing that.
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Also for comparison, the US share amounts to 3.5 percent of its GDP.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
You're right, I misread. Probably the result of hearing people make excuses for Trump's convictions on pretty much exactly the same lines, but in all seriousness.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
For a nation of its size and power, the US was decidedly un-imperialist up until then. Its empire was never on the scale of the major European Powers. But by that point in time, it still maintained explicit colonial control over the Phil
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by aguaviva 2y ago
In this case it plainly is though, if we just think about what they're saying.
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Its okay to threaten that someone will never work in the valley again if they don’t accede to their demands. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest, but care to cite some examples of them literally doing that?
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by aguaviva 2y ago
When one disinformation play fails, try another.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Biden threatened his father that he would SING like a Canary about Ukraine The scent of just making up specific factual details because hey, why not? If it feels true, it is true.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Afaik Russia isn't losing its own army, all those soldiers lost are foreign mercenaries As far as you know? This isn't even remotely true. Let alone something you "know" to be true.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
but then getting Jewish pogroms in the middle of freaking Amsterdam in 2024 An utterly ludicrous description of the actual events.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
"Teetering [on] the brink" is overdrawn. I'm not aware of any analysis that suggests that the Ukrainian side is on the verge of collapse. My own sense is tha the conflict is long past the point where it can be meaningfully w
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by aguaviva 2y ago
34 felony convictions for filling out a form incorrectly Like filing for public benefits in someone else's name just a matter of "filling out a form incorrectly".
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by aguaviva 2y ago
This is like January 6 with the West cheerleading for the insurgents. Do you know anyone from Georgia -- and if so, what do they say about this take?
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by aguaviva 2y ago
I just don't get these weird, obviously untenable characterizations that people like to toss around, as if they were pure and simple facts.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
If NATO forces joined directly, or Ukraine was marching to Moscow with Western aid, I think you'd have a different story Right, but "marching to Moscow" (at least) was never going to happen. It was never even a remotely pla
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Not just in hindsight -- but by 2011 it was clear to anyone paying attention where Russia was heading (if not to war, then certainly to a long-term dictatorship). Anyone who failed to see the signs, or chose to intellectualize past them -
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by aguaviva 2y ago
The money laundering operation that is the Ukraine war Whatever shenanigans may have taken place -- this is just caricature. And a silly way of broadly describing the conflict. Even if it does make for a neat, emotionally invigorating sou

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