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by enaaem 5y ago
You can read the book: Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World It proposes many interesting strategies and ideas
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Saddam had a lot of enemies internally and externally. We are talking about shia groups and Kurds inside his country and prominent Arab countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Remember that Saddam invaded a small country before. Ukraine and
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Note that the Russian economy was still organised around a Sovjet planned economy. Just because you change the legal system doesn’t mean you have fixed the economy instantly. For example there were still monotowns, where the whole town was
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The thing with authoritarian regimes is that they all look stable, but there is a lot of hidden fragility. Eventually all authoritarian leaders will make catastrophic mistakes. Mainly due to the high amount of corruption, the lack of push b
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Ukrainian nationalism is at legendary high levels now. Even in the best case scenario, I don’t see the Ukrainians working for a new puppet government.
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Im not afraid of that at all. Looking at the Russian performance, they stand no chance against NATO, even without the US. The Russians barely have the logistics to invade Ukraine, let alone Europe.
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Note that NATO encirclement wasn't a motivation at all or a minor one at best. The Kremlins true motivation is to create a Greater Russia. Russia will not allow for an independent Ukraine. This is consistent with Putins speech before t
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Russian state news declared victory too soon and quickly deletes article(web.archive.org)
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Use google translate. They thought the war would last 2 days and prepared and article beforehand. The article reveals Putins ambition of creating a Greater Russia.
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I’m from Europe and I’m willing.
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If it’s part of some master plan it’s not exactly brilliant. We are talking about primitive WW2 style doctrine here, which is completely unsuitable for this type of aggressive war and current Russian demographics. The simplest explanation (
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Do you have sources that this is an actual (modern army) doctrine anywhere? Russia has a demographic crisis. Their population of young men (20-34) will go from 14M to 11M in 5 years. Around a 20% reduction. They won’t have enough men to man
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Analysts expect occupation to be the hardest part for Russia. Ukrainian resolve is at legendary high levels at this moment.
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It’s interesting how US intelligence has countered Russian misinformation campaign by exactly predicting what was going to happen. For months Russia has denied they intended to invade. After finishing military preparations and the encirclem
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The best time to invest in nuclear was 15 years ago. The second best time is now.
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They would probably make something like FitnessKit similar to HomeKit, so that your iPhone can adjust settings on your fitness device. Fitness device makers can then make apps to give you exercise programs and track your progress. It might
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You still need a fish catching machine. In the literal sense. Despite all the innovations, we still need fisherman and sailors. Even if we have a fish catching machine who/what will make the fish catching machine? And there are still t
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Saudi Arabia have the closest thing to an UBI and Saudi nationals notorious for having bad work ethics and low skills. The economy is pretty much run by foreign workers. The country will be completely doomed if it continues this path and th
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BLM and "Defund the Police" are interesting examples of really ineffective activism. First of all, the demands are too vague. You want to be as concrete as possible with your demands. Get small victories and take baby steps toward
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I am reading the book Blueprint for Revolution that advocates non-violent activism. In fact, non-violence has to be a core value of your group and you have to actively enforce it among your members. It's often said that violent protest
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For out of the house, I would never go back to wired in-ears anymore. Untangling cables and the occasional yank out of your ear is not user friendly. For outside, I actually find wireless headphones to sound better for three main reasons: -
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One way to cut calories is to go fasting. Either you eat or you don’t eat all. It’s easier to control your urges compared to eating smaller meals.
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It’s important to see patterns in equations and verbose variables makes it harder to see.
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You are one public forum. People can disagree with your messages just as you can disagree with others. If you don't want pushback write a blog and disable comments.
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Oh yeah, they have great food. The more northern parts not so.
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I find that many western households don’t know how to cook vegetables. Often mushy and overcooked. I as an adult don’t enjoy eating that either.
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I believe it’s because Tokyo does not have public parking space. Parking lots are private and when you buy a car you have to proof you have access to a parking lot. Makes sense if you think about it. Land in cities is valuable, and the cost
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Video games nowadays are also really good at hacking people’s dopamine system. Trying to entice people to spend as much time and money as possible. The most important thing is self awareness. Know what a game is doing to you and decide if t
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The issue of fact checking is the centralisation of truth. Errors of fact checking have a much higher impact on society than the influence of news sites. Secondly, we can’t assume all fact checking will be honest mistakes forever. Someday s
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In the book “A blue print for revolution” they described how you can use a regimes paranoia against them. The best way is through humor. A great example is the Winnie the Pooh meme. The meme wasn’t even that funny but the CCP’s reaction to

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