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by q1w2 5y ago
They absolutely ARE. If you look at Russian groups on Facebook - they are ALL talking about the war. ...very passionately. Russians with western contacts are overwhelmingly against the war. Russians physically in Russia try to be silent o
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by q1w2 5y ago
What might work is Russians living in the west with family in Russia, call their family, ask them how they are doing with all the chaos/sanctions/etc. Care about the people there. THEN you can tell them that you've been wa
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by q1w2 5y ago
You're so brave with other people's lives.
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by q1w2 5y ago
He is referring to the deal offered PRIOR to the invasion. The deal that Ukraine commit to never joining NATO and agree to recognize Crimea as Russian. In retrospect, that was better than Ukrainian cities being absolutely destroyed. The re
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by q1w2 5y ago
Outrage is entirely justified. It is also largely useless. Sanctions have material impact. Military supplies have material impact. Twitter/Reddit/HN/Facebook outrage does not have material impact.
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by q1w2 5y ago
The history is complex. The current politics are not. It's just a way of Japan reminding Russia how unhappy it is with the war in Ukraine. The islands are barely inhabited.
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by q1w2 5y ago
Nope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq#Coalitio...
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by q1w2 5y ago
Tripwire troops are also to make sure Russia knows that we will act. The biggest disaster would be if Russia thought maybe the US would stay out of it, and then we didn't. The only thing worse than WWIII, is WWIII by accident/mi
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by q1w2 5y ago
Setting it up as permanent forces subsequent administrations to keep them there so that Russia isn't just waiting for a idiotic US leader to rotate them out. It's about sending strong signals.
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by q1w2 5y ago
This comment completely lacks reality. NATO only ever fought in Serbia/Kosovo, and then in response to 9-11. Once was a European war, and the other time the US was attacked.
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by q1w2 5y ago
The only two times NATO was activated was for Kosovo, and then for 9-11. In one case it was a european war, and in the other the US was attacked.
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by q1w2 5y ago
Trade agreements usually begin with far more tangible and fundamental agreements to allow physical goods, stop tariffs, and allow for health/safety standards and inspections. IP agreements are far more complex and are usually negotiate
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by q1w2 5y ago
Russia cannot export to China so easily. That over-land route east does not have sufficient pipeline and is not nearly as profitable. Selling to China is a huge profit reduction for Russia.
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by q1w2 5y ago
...and to bring this back to Russia - what other social media platforms remain in Russia to get the word out on what's going on in Ukraine. I truly believe that if most Russians could SEE the death and destruction Putin is causing, he
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by q1w2 5y ago
They are just letting their emotions cloud their thinking.
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by q1w2 5y ago
NATO is a mutual-defense alliance. It's not a defend-everyone-else alliance. Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Switzerland, Georgia, Moldova, would not send troops to defend Russia attacking a NATO member like Latvia, for example. I want thos
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by q1w2 5y ago
This is complete nonsense. You can absolutely survive a nuclear war if you are prepared. Maybe you'd prefer not to bother preparing because you think the probability is too low of it happening, but you cannot make that choice for the
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by q1w2 5y ago
Again, you're doing a semantic dance around the question. I, personally, am not in control of global politics. However I am, personally, in control of building a shelter in my basement.
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by q1w2 5y ago
With some basic tools, a very simple shelter can be constructed with 2-3 days. Sufficient enough to keep you alive and radiation free. The real trick is not starving after.
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by q1w2 5y ago
Over the last few decades we've lulled ourselves into a false sense of security. The reality is that the number, deliverability, and distribution of nuclear weapons has continued to increase. It is only a matter of time before we see
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by q1w2 5y ago
Turkey has closed the straights, there is a direct economic embargo on Russia, and Belarus just joined the invasion to cut NATO supply lines. Russian armor is getting decimated by Turkish drones. This is as "direct" of a conflict
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by q1w2 5y ago
Unfortunately, most of us live in extremely high-risk locations. The best strategy is to gtfo of the city. Work very remotely.
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by q1w2 5y ago
This is why Russia has been quietly funding all the anti-nuclear movements in the west. ...to keep the west addicted to his oil and gas.
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by q1w2 5y ago
I don't care what they call it. I have been doing it for years and have had multiple of accounts on Reddit - and they've never been banned for "ban evasion".
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by q1w2 5y ago
I think the solution is just to not get too attached to your account, so that you can just create another new account without thinking twice.
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by q1w2 5y ago
Yep - we're still nowhere near break-even.
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by q1w2 5y ago
This is absolute nonsense. Of course nuclear can power up and down. Who told you it couldn't? The fuel costs of nuclear are a tiny tiny portion of the operating costs, so it's trivially easy to power on/off the reactor. Al
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by q1w2 5y ago
You cannot make those multiplications. When there's no wind, having 2.5x the wind turbines doesn't help at all. In very general terms, adding a 9 to the reliability stats on engineering projects, usually adds an order of magnitu
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by q1w2 5y ago
Your source does not say anything about gov't subsidies for nuclear plant construction. Nuclear plants are built, like any power plant or major project, with corporate/state/municipal bonds. These aren't really handouts
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by q1w2 5y ago
There are many large reactor construction companies globally. Many of the reactors being built in China, are being done so by French companies.

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