libertine

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by libertine 8mo ago
It's the "new deep state" standard.
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by libertine 8mo ago
This is a bit confusing, isn't Iran actively trying to destabilize Western countries? Like for example supporting Russia genocide in Ukraine? As far as I know Ukraine had no qualms with Iran, why is Iran helping it's destruction?
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by libertine 8mo ago
> No, that's not the narrative. It's you assumption. No, it's a narrative propagandized and rooted, and your replies just show that. > The current regime made sure that the oligarchic caste doesn't meddle in politi
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by libertine 8mo ago
So once again, the narrative of Russia having no agency...the government, the People, the elites, are all reactive without choice? It's the narrative that Russia is a victim that invades other sovereign countries because of those count
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by libertine 8mo ago
The saddest part is that while the 90s were severe, Russia could have changed for the better.. and the worst part is neighboring countries are suffering along with it. There was a failure of institutional reform - in fact the only instituti
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by libertine 8mo ago
Another detail is that his groundbreaking code was great part of made some of the products - I'm thinking of Doom. It wasn't just for the sake of quality and best practices, it defined and had an impact on the product experience.
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by libertine 8mo ago
I don't think that was the framing, it was more of a political alternative - even with all it's flaws it was a more viable than the current collapsing regime. Now look at what Russians are facing, the end of the federation at the
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by libertine 8mo ago
A lot of hateful content is boosted by Russian bots, there were also instances of bot accounts that went silent with Iran internet blackout. Another example are conspiracy theory content, and some far right channels - like the case of Tenet
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by libertine 8mo ago
That seems quite a bold eulogy, no? Isn't he well accomplished, and prolific throughout his life?
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by libertine 9mo ago
I still find it interesting that the pump and dump still works - it's the same cycle over and over again of building the market to dump crap onto people. I bet some folks have so much crap they've been dumping it gradually just so
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by libertine 9mo ago
You're missing the point, celebrities just happen to have a huge reach and noticed the reach being cut. This probably means everyone else is also getting their reach crippled. Remember that even with clear video evidence, the administr
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by libertine 9mo ago
I was going to comment about the price, but you kind of wrapped it up. It's like the most popular form of innovation nowadays is just marginally nicer products with a massive premium on them - and I don't get how this is sustainab
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by libertine 10mo ago
Why is the founding of the UN, at the end of WW2, and the signature of the UN Charter, considered an arbitrary event in modern History for you? It's the biggest geopolitical event in modern History to prevent the death of millions, by
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by libertine 10mo ago
If you believe the US that colonized part of North America is the same as post-ww2 US, then I can understand. I don't think they're the same, so many institutions were established that over the years that I don't see them as
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by libertine 10mo ago
Right, so what's the scope of time we're talking about here? Are we talking about the world post WW2, or are we going back to the Roman Empire? Because if you want to "win" arguments by randomly swinging hundreds of year
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by libertine 10mo ago
"Historical disputes" is the most unreasonable claim to violate international law and the UN Charter lmao You're basically saying that one countries interpretation of events is enough to annex another. That's the old log
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by libertine 10mo ago
Saddam's Iraq has no History?
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by libertine 10mo ago
If you want to be blunt, yes. But if you want to go that path, some of those countries tried and were willing to do the same - or suddenly we forgot what Saddam's Iraq did? But remind me, what did Ukraine do? They surrendered their nuk
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by libertine 10mo ago
The only thing I disagree is that "is truly new". It's not new, it's been the prevalent way of being for thousands of years - we had a brief moment of piece with the creation of the UN. But apparently there are a lot of
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by libertine 10mo ago
That's just an opinion, the fact is they haven't. Russia in the last 30 years invaded and occupied Moldova, Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine, Syria - not to mention the atrocities committed in Africa. But with the exception of Syria, Ru
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by libertine 10mo ago
I believe it's well established that it is primarily about gaining access to the vast oil reserves. It's the new world order preached by Russia and supported by the BRICS. The difference is that the US has the resources to play th
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by libertine 10mo ago
Hmm, but aren't they dumping cars in the market and still not selling? They're stuck with massive amounts of unsold stock, and the market isn't taking it - something doesn't add up.
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by libertine 11mo ago
There's this new sentiment in the society of finding something rare with high value to flip it and make a bank. But the way it's being pursued... It just doesn't feel right. It almost feels like it's gambling, because it
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by libertine 11mo ago
Cars it's not about safety, they have been made worse in terms of maintenance costs, and that's where a lot of the money is made. You need OEM parts, or you can't simply buy a piece that broke, but you need a whole module. Th
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by libertine 11mo ago
Your counter argument are words? Where are the concrete actions? Is Russia going to surrender their puppet and the stolen assets? Is Russia going to pay for the reparations of their destruction? Those words mean nothing. Do I need to grab t
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by libertine 11mo ago
And what makes you think Russia didn't pay a price for that? Look at the Turkish support in Ukraine, or look at Syria - they literally removed Russia from the middle east.
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by libertine 1y ago
Norway is a wealthy country, and it can afford this adoption, so it's great to see people making these choices. But EVs would need to drop in price quite significantly for a broader adoption.
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by libertine 1y ago
That's not what multipolarity means, at least by those leading such propaganda. By their standards multipolarity means control ove different circles of influence without interference. That's what Russia wants for example, they wan
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by libertine 1y ago
It's like there's a new social contract that states: it's not corruption if it's done in the open.
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by libertine 1y ago
> The interesting and exciting thing about China and Asia in general is that it does not suffer from the diabolical and evil brainwashing and psychological abuse that the whole "west" has been subjected to for many generations

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