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by xtian 3y ago
You can’t understand the US government without recognizing it as a substrate for inter-factional conflict between different segments of the ruling class. It’s organized crime and gang warfare all the way down.
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by xtian 3y ago
Yes, such as Black Cube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cube
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by xtian 3y ago
The US has the 4th and 8th Psychological Operations Groups stationed at Ft. Bragg, and that’s just what’s acknowledged publicly.
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by xtian 3y ago
The government is not a person so your rhetorical device is as nonsensical and irrelevant as your unsubstantiated character assassination. Moreover, a criminal organization can make no claims to ‘fairness’. Criminal governments are no diffe
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by xtian 3y ago
Is that why the amounts of 155mm artillery shells transferred to Ukraine have declined over time?
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by xtian 3y ago
I have no idea who you are but evidently you say a lot of baseless or uninformed stuff if you recognize me
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by xtian 3y ago
The strings attached to IMF/World Bank loans, known as structural adjustments, do typically include ending agricultural subsidies. The US and collective West notably do not subject themselves to the same policy. Coupled with structural
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by xtian 3y ago
Read the comments in this thread and others. See how many slack-jawed jackals are slavering over the idea of overthrowing Putin, ‘decolonizing’ Russia, Russia descending into anarchy, etc. These halfwits are merely echoing the myopic fantas
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by xtian 3y ago
Russia has explicitly stated multiple times that they will use nuclear weapons in response to an existential threat, but you want to call their bluff?
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by xtian 3y ago
Yeah there’s no way anyone could succeed Putin, such as Dmitry Medvedev, who works closely with him and already served as president and prime minister.
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by xtian 3y ago
https://www.csis.org/analysis/rebuilding-us-inventories-six-...
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by xtian 4y ago
They formed and announced a defense pact with the independent Donbas republics, which Ukraine then continued to attack (shelling civilian areas, by the way). So Russia responded militarily in order to provide for the security of the republi
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by xtian 4y ago
Without a binding constitution, there is no formal legal basis for a polity and people are free to do as they wish. E.g., join the Russian Federation or constitute themselves as an independent republic.
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by xtian 4y ago
Are you disputing Russia’s position? It seems in line with the actions of the Ukrainians in the Donbas region since 2014. Edit, can’t reply: Russia’s position is that Crimea and Donbas republics had the right to secede due to the fact that
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by xtian 4y ago
US state-affiliated media https://www.iri.org/news/national-endowment-for-democracy-ne...
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by xtian 4y ago
Majority? https://www.kyivpost.com/post/7158
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by xtian 4y ago
What’s the relevance of Ukraine?
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by xtian 4y ago
It’s incredible that an illegitimate government can take over the entire country in ten days whereas the legitimate one wasn’t sustainable after twenty years of military and economic support.
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by xtian 4y ago
It’s comical to call cargo ships a boondoggle when the US can currently produce no more than ten per year (of the non-nuclear variety).
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by xtian 4y ago
I'm aware that China's economic collapse has been continuously predicted for the last 30 years, but they nevertheless continue to produce more and more real commodities and infrastructure. Of course that doesn't hold a candle
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by xtian 4y ago
And how does unproductive activity enable one to purchase that energy on the global market?
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by xtian 4y ago
How would that activity allow one to purchase ever greater quantities of energy imports?
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by xtian 4y ago
This conspiracy theory would also have to account for what China is doing with all of the energy it's consuming (and how it's paying for this energy) if it's not manifesting as GDP. https://ourworldindata.org/
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by xtian 4y ago
No deflection. Because no evidence. Chinese steel is beautiful. Because it is perfect.
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by xtian 4y ago
Are these tools all contemporaneous of each other and sold at the same price point? China will sell you anything you want. What most companies want today is planned obsolescence.
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by xtian 4y ago
Well China has produced half of the steel in the world and half of the finished steel products for many years. I can't think of a rational reason to believe that all that steel is constantly snapping "like twigs." https:&#x2
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by xtian 4y ago
It's junk based on what? Racial inferiority? Why feed stats to someone who isn't interested in reality?
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by xtian 4y ago
You don’t think it’s relevant that the source is the primary funder and arms provider of one side of this conflict?
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by xtian 4y ago
It’s not, statistically. But don’t let me stop you from clinging to ignorance.
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by xtian 4y ago
You're wrong. Anshan Iron and Steel: https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/ansteel-co... Panzhihua Iron and Steel: https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101439663/The-exclus

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