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by xtian 4y ago
8 in rhetoric about Russia and China. 7, Russiagate and Jan 6
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Sorry I thought we were discussing these 14 general points which constitute the decisive authority on fascism. Why are you bringing up history?
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Right, they’re only obsessed with “toxic masculinity”, and military budget increases endlessly sailing through Democrat-controlled Congresses in no way represent an obsession, just common sense. Biden promised a transition to climate-friend
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Yes - the USA's "entire economy" is premised upon the dollar's reserve currency status, which depends on countries needing dollars to trade in vital commodities like oil (which Russia has). The US' seizure of the do
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Who has it worse? The country with a functioning workaround for the sanctions or the country whose entire economy is premised upon the continued viability of those sanctions?
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Of course it's not possible to determine the source with absolute certainty, but most of the violations had been recorded east of the demarcation line, for instance in this report: https://www.osce.org/files/2022-0
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How do you explain the Ruble rebounding to pre-war levels? Edit: Can’t reply, but every country takes steps to manage its currency’s value. That’s the status quo.
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According to the OSCE, the majority of ceasefire violations occurred against the separatist-controlled areas, which also contain the vast majority of the civilian population.
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The Guardian video is here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jiBXmbkwiSw The paramilitary group which organized the camp was officially integrated into the Ukrainian National Guard. One of its members recently joined Zelensky
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Also urban liberals aren’t representative of the country as a whole
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Russia's Sergey Glazyev introduces the new global financial system(thecradle.co)
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Oh you really got me by plumbing my comment history for an out of context non sequitur you could use. It really shows the intellectual depth and substance of your position when you avoid and get triggered by extremely basic but inconvenient
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Why did you reply to me directly then? If you don’t know what threads are then you should find out. In what way exactly was what I asked for broad? Please, I want to hold you to this point. In my experience, people like you are incapable of
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So what you’re saying is you have no evidence for the claims of the post I responded to and so you want to pivot to some other narratives.
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What evidence do you have for that claim?
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> Also, the one time when they used their nukes offensively that was actually to save lives. That's contradicted by the historical record. US intelligence believed that Japan was ready to surrender. The goal of using the nukes was t
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True: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkUMZS-ZegM
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I 100% agree, but is there anything that can be done if you aren’t a big holder?
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You can call it “whataboutism”, but the only practical outcome of this performative caring in my lifetime has been the justification of endless wars, increased arms dealing, and brutal economic sanctions, which help no one but the US elit
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We had satellite images of WMDs in Iraq, right? What happened?
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The people responsible for those many abuses and injustices are the ones cynically pushing for aggression against Russia and China. You can’t separate the two in reality.
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Because Amtrak is still too convenient, right?
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Yes, they should, and there’s good odds they will.
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Best not to check
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It was definitely the $2000 checks and not the $4.5 trillion bank bailout in 2019.
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That would make sense since they’re still building them in China
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It's bad for English readers
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Sorry- what?? Is the implication that you made a joke issue and are upset about how it was handled?
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> The only way to change the mind of most Russians is to find people they trust (for any reason), send those to Ukraine with cameras and have them do their independent reporting. Showing the atrocious results of Putin's invasion, eg
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We can only hope that Putin doesn’t have access to a human shredder

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