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   by waihtis 5y ago

   Hmm.. could be, could be..
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   by waihtis 5y ago

   I'm not pinning anything on anyone. The parent comment claimed that "Russians like strong leaders" is a falsehood yet the history claims otherwise.
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   by waihtis 5y ago

   Khodorkovsky was at one point the richest oligarch, which is basically one of the pinnacle states of kleptocracy. I think the lecturer understands the system much better than you
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   by waihtis 5y ago

   Like I mentioned elsewhere, this offensive holds no rational grounds even if you try hard to see it through a Russian lens - this is why they keep inventing new reasons of invasion on the fly (e.g. the biolab stuff, etc.) So still clinging
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   by waihtis 5y ago

   More democratic to what? To an autocracy? Yes by definition
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   by waihtis 5y ago

   I would never make the mistake of thinking him stupid, but the power structure underneath him pervades his visibility and makes him do irrational things. Seriously, watch the lecture I linked.
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   by waihtis 5y ago

   Yes, ergo this take of ”people are either good or evil, regardless of country, religion etc.” is proven false
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   by waihtis 5y ago

   A rational plan would've been to confine the conflict into Donbas & Krim. I would make the argument that barely any sanctions would've been put in place if Russia had occupied the areas it was already fighting in, since the we
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   by waihtis 5y ago

   Asymmetry - Russia knows we won't conduct an offensive and they can stress-free empty their Finnish border for this campaign
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    Just parroting the word "shower thought" isn't making any effect here. How about presenting an opposite view instead?
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    Are you then claiming that 70% of Russians are jerks? Because that's the current approval rate of Putin according to the latest post-war poll by Levada. [1] [1] https://www.levada.ru/2022/02/04/odobrenie-
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    Reality shatters your point really quickly, it's even mentioned in the lecture (suggesting you didn't watch it): Russians have literally had 8 years of democracy in the past 600+ years, otherwise it's always been an autocracy
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    Suggesting Russians are playing a rational game here? I think the cover has been pulled on the Russian "master strategy".. it's literally a hierarchy of terror and lies, where everyone will do whatever it takes to please the
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    I just hope as many eyeballs as possible watch it - explains Russian psyche excellently and what some possible outcomes are in the near term
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    This lecture is by a former Finnish intelligence colonel. It is in Finnish but has English subs. Try to watch it despite it being in a foreign language. The subtitles give all the necessary information - and I cannot recommend this lecture
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    Russian Strategic Culture(youtube.com)

    4 points by waihtis 5y ago|4 comments
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    Could be he thought that, but you know what looks better on the CV than a clean slate? A well-handled incident. My money is on heavy peer pressure on this one.
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    depends if you want to take the risk of being prosecuted for illegitimately accessing multiple computer resources
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    What am I arguing in your opinion then?
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    And? That is entirely the point. Pharma marketing & government sold this as a preventative cure which of which people with the know were skeptical about from the beginning.
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    They most certainly did run that message for awhile, see eg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-21/pfizer-bi... I will absolutely blame the people who use ineffective or dishonest methods to const
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    This theory of "pandemic of the unvaccinated" can safely be dumped into the trashcan following that e.g. here in Finland we have a double vaccination rate of over 80% and yet the daily numbers are easily the highest of all time. I
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    What do I care about the US system as an European? I certainly haven't had a single chance to vote about any issue regarding COVID, these have all been top-down decisions.
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    This is not an antivaxx problem, this is a government/NGO ineptitude & trustworthiness problem. There's been a million fumbles and lies around the whole pandemic, making the quasistalinist approach to pandemic governance likel
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    Fine, but now we have two extra phenomena with the COVID vaccine: 1) Discussion about vaccine side effects, efficacy rates, etc. is being actively censored (e.g. Twitter's ridiculous post censorship policy) 2) Governments pushing for a
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    This is somewhat of a bottleneck moment; a lot happening demanding constant attention from the frontline yet budgets & resources are still reasonably bad all around. Saying bottleneck implies there's expectation of a better future
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    Also: a ransomware variant
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    Uber is hardly a "tech bro" company at this point
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    What do you do this with? Running?
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    by waihtis 5y ago

    Personal anecdote - depends on where you are on the technology adoption bell curve. Innovative, a bit "out-there" things seem to be better received in the US.