libertine

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by libertine 8d ago
In my opinion it's because of: - nuclear deterrence - like other commenters said, no one really wants a nuclear arms race, but I think it's bound to happen. Poland, the Baltics, Sweden/Norway will probably need to develop the
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by libertine 11d ago
I don't think that funding far right parties, neo nazi groups, threatening with nuclear holocaust, sending drones into neighbors, occupying neighbors territories, etc is aimed at the "goal of bringing apathy to Western Europeans.&
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by libertine 11d ago
Why is it sad for you for people to assume that recurring events with the same source are a base assumption to be made?
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by libertine 11d ago
You'll find the answer in who is organizing these groups.
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by libertine 13d ago
What I think you're missing on the joke is that free speech in the USA makes it look like there's no propaganda, because of the plurality of opinions, media and propaganda. And the Soviet has no conception of what that is - in his
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by libertine 29d ago
The most pressing question is will US citizens continue to be ok with this - in other words, will this be normalized and become the status quo. Recovery could be a matter of time and effort, even if things end up in a different place (bette
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by libertine 1mo ago
Oh boy... I think you will find the answer in George Orwell's Animal Farm. But to help you understand, rewriting the past to sustain power is the type of thing that degenerates into genocide for example. In the short term it might look
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by libertine 2mo ago
The strawman of someone telling to do research of the US commiting genocide in Iran? It's not a serious comment, again trying to split the topic.
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by libertine 2mo ago
> "not trying to take away from Ukraine atrocities but making an effort to try to take away from Ukraine atrocities" Right.
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by libertine 2mo ago
This is just a big whataboustim attempt.
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by libertine 2mo ago
It matters within the context of this comment thread about a company using assets from specific state commiting genocide that had caused more than 2 million casualties in 4 years. We're talking about cities razed to the ground, more th
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by libertine 2mo ago
No, it's simpler than that - there's an ongoing genocide in Ukraine, a country that was at peace and posed threat to no one. The guys that surrendered their nukes in exchange for security, right? What I'm saying is that anyth
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by libertine 2mo ago
Why are you trying to divert the topic? You don't think the genocide in Ukraine has enough scale of a tragedy, with more than 2 million casualties since 2022? Isn't this enough to flag a product? The Ukrainians posed no threat to
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by libertine 2mo ago
Why are you making an effort to split the conversation away from the matter at hand? Isn't the genocide of Ukraine enough of a subject? Because this is a typical pattern. Stay focused on the subject, the false emotional reply doesn&#x2
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by libertine 2mo ago
Well the last time the US committed genocide of a culture was way before any tech company was founded, while Russia is doing it since 2022 - by their own admission. If we count of course the illegal annexation of territory, one of the most
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by libertine 2mo ago
The difference is information manipulation, like misinformation. While there should be a complete sanction of Russian products, cod is cod, it's a consumable that has to follow public health standards. There's no such thing for in
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by libertine 2mo ago
In the end isn't this just the long tail of signaling wealth? Having what others don't. Not only they don't have, but they can't have it, and faking it won't cut it. Like a lot of luxury brands, fine dining, even tr
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by libertine 3mo ago
I'm not being unable to separate crime from policy, you're the one trying to dilute both as showing a signal to policy change. If this was just a political action to take down just another corrupt official enabled by the governmen
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by libertine 3mo ago
Well it isn't much contortionism when you look at the big picture you'll find that corruption is an institution in some countries. For example, you're making an effort to try legitimize the regime by framing a factual gross i
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by libertine 3mo ago
There's been a lot of pressure to break the EU for quite some time, and now even the US is also aiming for this. It's a lot of misinformation and funding from too many countries, for a long time. What's impressive is how much
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by libertine 3mo ago
One thing that stood out to me some years ago and I found interesting is that depending on the language I'm using my thought patterns kind of change. Putting in another term, I think differently in different languages.
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by libertine 3mo ago
For some time a lot of people though these guys were going to be the "cool" elites that can influence the government positively, and people were willing to vote for this administration because it would be "their turn at the t
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by libertine 3mo ago
Not at all, just that tech companies should take action on this matter
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by libertine 3mo ago
With the massive bot networks shoving misinformation and propaganda, it's also a new infrastructure that will destabilize a lot of countries unfortunately.
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by libertine 3mo ago
The problem was mainly the income not following inflation.
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by libertine 3mo ago
Yes my phrasing was deliberately like that because I think that's the general sentiment. I don't think Valve has high margins with this when you factor in assembly and distribution costs, and I don't think Valve has the busin
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by libertine 3mo ago
I don't think the problem is that there aren't people in the market for it, but more that increasingly products that used to be meant for the average middle class are now perks for wealthier individuals - to the point where I thin
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by libertine 3mo ago
I think just accepting that is more than enough, the US, and Western countries have been target of foreign propaganda and internal self flagellation for old and new imperialism, to the point where some former colonies are getting annoyed be
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by libertine 3mo ago
How does this comment contribute to the discussion?
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by libertine 3mo ago
Eh, at this point that means nothing, let's see: If it's Russia, the biggest colonialist country in the world, using Neo Nazi "PMC", or trying to annex neighboring countries, it's not colonialism, it's "li

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