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by foverzar 4y ago
> Russia will get eaten by China anyways Wonder what is the realistic incentive for that?
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> The difference between NATO's expansion and Russia's expansion is that Finland is not under a threat of violence from NATO. But Finland isn't technically under a threat of violence from Russia. "Wasn't" at
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> death-worshipping perspective and distorted memory Elaborate? The point of distorted memories and elective outlooks on the past event had been on my mind for some time now. > bully Anthropomorphizing countries distorts reality, but
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During the second Chechen war Western countries had supported radical islamists (like Isis, Taliban, you know the type). This was taken really badly in Russia as something completely unfair. Georgia was one of the thirst countries of that w
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> I'm pretty fucking relieved the nightmare is over. Ouch. Genuinely hate to be the bearer of bad news, but everything I know about politics (especially from Russian perspective) tells me that this is only the beginning and uncorkin
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> while so many of them fight now and fought in the past to kill independent nations Let's not pretend it's surrounding is really any better, especially if we start looking at the past. Someone might think that Russia is opposi
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> I don't buy the idea that it was a mistake for NATO to allow former Soviet bloc countries to join, because it would supposedly encroach on Russia's sphere of influence or increase tensions with Russia It was a mistake for NAT
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> Eh, Moscow always ran the USSR The people that were sitting in Moscow however were from all around the Union.
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So, this is mostly a US-centric forum, but I wonder what is the take on this from the perspective of a Finnish person. Is there any controversy or concerns of becoming a foothold for future conflicts? This whole thing has been dragging on f
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> Why put up with Russia expansion Why put up with NATO expansion? Russia's expansion is also totally defensive! wink-wink > It's funny how Russia always pretend to be a victim It's ironic how Russia is always assumed
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Wow. Well, I can share that quite a lot of Russians share mutual perspective these days. Kinda makes one wonder how come the privileged part of the world that lead us after "the end of history" now seems to have strained or even t
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> The problem is Russia. Russia could be a normal country like its neighbors and make money from trading goods > No one is encroaching on Russia's borders. This is really horrifying how the perspectives on the current directly op
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> Whether Putin chooses to continue to exhaust Russian military stockpiles and crater the Russian economy in pursuit of a war that looks increasingly unwinnable is his choice. So yeah, my point to parent asking why Russia might not be th
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Yeah, let our imagination run wild and suppose this happens. How would you deal with the Crimeans who got overly cozy showered with Russian Oil/Gas money?
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> "why war when we can have commerce"? Can't help but sad chuckle over this whole clash of rams battle of perspectives and the fact that Russia, Ukraine and other western countries had somewhat great relationships at the b
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> they can always leave - the war ends literally the second they turn their tanks around and drive home I wonder if that's actually realistically true. The civil war has been going on for far longer and it will have to be dealt with
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> Also a big deal if you consider that most of them are the wealthier, smarter, more mobile parts of the population, which will exacerbate the brain-drain and impact the economy. This a post-Covid era. Everything that is "smart and
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> It's unclear what exactly this helps, other than making them seem incompetent and willing to let people die when it could have been avoided. How exactly is the massive deployment of mobile artillery supposed to result in less deat
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> Putin intended to capture Kyiv in three days and completely failed to do that. What exactly is that assertion even based on? People talk like it is some kind of a definite fact, but there is no reference to any particular source or a
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The platform is still largely the same though. Fancy Abrams tanks are of 1970s designs with modern modifications. T-72s and such are also kept updated with modern gizmos like reactive defense, etc.
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> It'll be the health, limbs and lives of future Ukrainians and other Europeans too, if invaders are appeased. What exactly are you imaging? IMO, given the current direction, the chances of a much more massive conflict in 10-20 year
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> And is it bad/wrong that a country's leadership can be persuaded by its allies? Ask Ukrainian men who are forbidden to leave the country and risk getting drafted every day. It's only their health, their limbs and their
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> It's not about them as personalities, but what they represent. So... Still personalities since they don't really represent anything but themselves. > And their flaws only prove why billionaires should not exist and why the
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Ironically, the link to the app isn't even working properly, as it just opens app store. I have the app, but it's just unusable since links simply won't open there.
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> of people like Bill Gates and his contemporaries like Elon Musk only show why people should never be allowed to own billions Does it really? Honestly, it's hard to take such sentiments seriously when you start mentioning these par
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> and by living I mean bring your backpack and no cash, and try to make a comfortable life, obtain employment or start a business without using your existing capital or home country connections. I don't really suppose the experience
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> the rich and powerful quite often are gifted loopholes for the profits to not be taxable. Those loopholes aren't free and their nature is typically temporary. One example would be tax cuts in exchange for committing to provide N j
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Meh, DuckDuckGo has lost its appeal when they started openly censoring search results, despite the fact that they aren't even using their own search engine under the hood. I expect their AI to be heavily lobotomized to the point of bei
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+1 to this. They've discontinued Steam Controller quite a long time ago, but it is perfectly supported with the new Deck/BigPicture UI.
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You are letting your imagination run a bit too wild (:

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