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by atlantas 5y ago
That makes sense and would explain why it's become more common.
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by atlantas 5y ago
Confession: I only just realized over the past few years. I had always thought that authoritarians were a right phenomenon.
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by atlantas 5y ago
What's the deal with using guilt by association as a way to disparage or dismiss ideas? Seeing that a lot lately.
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by atlantas 5y ago
There was a viral video last week of the "Ghost of Kiev" that looked like real war footage. It ended up being from a 2013 video game! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Kyiv#Morale
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by atlantas 5y ago
Easy to say from the comfort of your keyboard and within a democracy that responds to polling data and protest. In Russia you'll get thrown in jail for 15 years. Also realize that statistically speaking you likely didn't dissent w
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by atlantas 5y ago
Yes, the polling changed and they follow the polls: The message is backed by advice from Biden’s polling firm, Impact Research, which studied voter attitudes to Covid and found that most Americans are "worn out" by the restriction
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by atlantas 5y ago
This is precisely why it's opposed by system thinkers. They understand that it doesn't make sense in this particular system.
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by atlantas 5y ago
Have you found what causes the bad days? I suffer from this too and haven't been able to figure out why it's worse some days than others. It seems random, but I wonder if there's a causal factor I'm just not noticing.
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by atlantas 5y ago
What do others currently do to measure the results?
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by atlantas 5y ago
Uh, no. I'm making a pro civilian point. Also realize that there are many Russians who don't support the war and some are even bravely protesting publicly under the very real threat of imprisonment. Putin is an evil authoritarian
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by atlantas 5y ago
How is backing a permissive free speech focused video hosting site authoritarianism? Authoritarians lock down and control speech. You have it completely backwards. Putin, for example, does not support anything remotely like Rumble. It&#x2
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by atlantas 5y ago
Didn't the majority support the war in Iraq initially? Propaganda works. Consent was successfully manufactured. That's not the fault of civilians. That goes even more so for those under authoritarian regimes. That's Russia. T
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by atlantas 5y ago
Plus think about the precedent being set here. Punishing civilians for the actions of its government is absolutely insane and will backfire badly. Should the global community have targeted all Americans for the actions of the Bush Presidenc
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by atlantas 5y ago
No, the assumption is that they are outgunned.
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by atlantas 5y ago
Right, I'd love to hear a good explanation for why they're not attacking a 40-mile long convoy on a road. At least bomb the front of the convoy, wtf. That Russia sent in such a rich sitting duck target and it's not being atta
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by atlantas 5y ago
It's mostly old school moderate liberals who call themselves classical liberals. Because today's loudest self described liberals have abandoned core principles like free speech. So the moderate among us have to make this distincti
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by atlantas 5y ago
Seconded. That is excellent piece of work; some of the best journalism I've seen in years.
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by atlantas 5y ago
> Once air superiority is established, Russian ground forces would move forward >> they didn't wait for air superiority Are we sure they didn't? Otherwise how do you explain the 40 mile long convoy not being attacked by a
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by atlantas 5y ago
> The report also references for the first time “historical and ongoing patterns of inequity such as colonialism” Unfortunately these are not scientists. This just one example, but they are ideologues and activists first who wear science
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by atlantas 5y ago
It's scary how many organizations are just straight up outsourcing their decision making to Twitter.
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by atlantas 5y ago
It's time to decentralize. https://ens.domains https://ipfs.io/
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by atlantas 5y ago
Should Chinese residents be concerned?
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by atlantas 5y ago
Germany is Russia’s biggest gas customer. CNN has previously reported that Europe relies on Russia for around 35% of its natural gas, Germany over 50%. But with the threat of supply disruption following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Germany a
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by atlantas 5y ago
Or able to pick up a PS5 for MSRP? It's been sold out since it was released in November 2020.
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by atlantas 5y ago
You mean by unprecedented money printing? That's how they weakened the currency in real terms. “In Colorado, we’ve been laying the groundwork to be a center of crypto and blockchain innovation for a number of years. We see it as a crit
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by atlantas 5y ago
“In Colorado, we’ve been laying the groundwork to be a center of crypto and blockchain innovation for a number of years. We see it as a critical part of Colorado’s overall innovation ecosystem,” shared Polis. If the governor is serious abou
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by atlantas 5y ago
I wouldn't say it's baseless. This is from the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service: We got strong beliefs that all Ukrainian defenders of Zmiiniy Island may be alive... The SBGSU and the Armed Forces, like the whole of Ukraine, h
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by atlantas 5y ago
It's not confirmed yet, but this is from the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service: We got strong beliefs that all Ukrainian defenders of Zmiiniy Island may be alive... The SBGSU and the Armed Forces, like the whole of Ukraine, have rec
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by atlantas 5y ago
Why do you say that? He managed to get Elon Musk and other heavy hitters on before hardly anyone was aware of who Lex was. Whose to say what the limits are.
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by atlantas 5y ago
You can see the donations pouring in. Already over $3M to the ETH address: https://etherscan.io/address/0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F93...

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