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by russiano 4y ago
Just before opening HN to check for your answer, I saw a headline saying "US won’t rule out military action if China establishes base in Solomon Islands". The US for sure respects their sovereignity, BUT. I guess there is going t
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by russiano 4y ago
I like how every time US has absolutely nothing to do with regime change and somehow the wiki page on that is mile-long. I guess this ok, because there are obviously "civilized" countries with proper morals and other countries tha
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by russiano 4y ago
I am not sure there is such a thing as "respect" at the very high level. The public opinion is easily swayed and important actions are dictated by pragmatism >Despite what Russian state TV is telling you I am trying to read as
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by russiano 4y ago
Not sure how HN works, my comments seem to be dead by default and then resurrected after a while (manually?) Anyway, thanks for a civil discussion. I am against this war, just wanted to share how I feel about this situation and the fact tha
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by russiano 4y ago
> Heavy censorship > Approval ratings
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by russiano 4y ago
We actually tried to do the same thing with a coalition but it didn't work out for a few reasons. Putin is extremely paranoid about regime change (for a good reason) and he is well-prepared. Rumors are he was really going to leave arou
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by russiano 4y ago
> It's ironic to me, given how clearly Putin's worldview presumes that power is all matters, how quick Russia has been to cry foul over sanctions. Unfortunately this is exactly how the world works. Decades of unipolar world ord
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by russiano 4y ago
Thanks I am not sure how it's taught currently but the events between 1918 and 1941 haven't been drawing much attention traditionally. Even more so now that laws forbidding justification of fascism are getting harsher every year I
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by russiano 4y ago
1. How do you reconcile the two thoughts that, at the same time, it's a mafia regime and that people somehow elected them and therefore are responsible? 2. Do you also hold Germans responsible for funding the war? They pay for gas a lo
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by russiano 4y ago
Oh no, quite the opposite actually - the most pissed off demographics is people like me, faint-hearted internet liberals. A coup is extremely unlikely, like less likely than an actual nuclear war Another funny fact that I wanted to tell abo
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by russiano 4y ago
> do you feel that the Russians have started to detest "West" more? It's certainly true for me and a few more people that I know. I used to be a cookie-cutter west-loving liberal, and now I'm slowly turning into a bit