My issue with that theory is if it's true, why didn't Putin invade while Trump was in power? I think Putin rightly considers Trump a loose cannon who may well have escalated in response. While Biden is predictably afraid of escalation and has been eager to pump the brakes on military aid whenever possible, against congress's wishes.
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I hate to be a Russian whataboutist but the American record of antiwar protest isn't stellar either. Imo the closer comparison is Vietnam, that was the last one where we were forced to draft people. And it did result in significant protests from multiple groups (incomparable to Iraq imo. What exactly did the Iraq protests 2 years in accomplish, again?)
The vietnam protests were actively suppressed by intelligence services and ultimately followed in the 80s by a wave of reactionary public sentiment that set the tone for republican politics even to this day (and we can all see how well that's going).
Back then we didn't live in a police state with modern surveillance tech. It's surprisingly difficult to organize a revolution when the medium of most social communication is readable by the gov without a warrant.
On the other hand I'm still amazed that those (yes I know they weren't ever a revolution) Jan 6 clowns got as far as they did, considering they the relative capabilities of US and Russian domestic surveillance. Like that sort of thing has to have been organized on Facebook and telegram right?
Being called a "great person" imo should take a history of fighting for equality and dignity for everyone, and for most of his long career Biden has been doing the opposite of that.
I think they mean the hardware volume down button, not the one to reject the call
Nationalize them π³
No seriously I think companies that provide such basic logistics services should be under public control. Amazon's statistics/planning department is basically our (better) version of the Soviet gosplan agency. Yes the investors would be sad, yes they are also the ruling class but a man can dream
The reader suggested context blurb is the best thing to ever happen to Twitter
That's what it always boils down to, which is why I am now actually a communist.
is the fucker some kind of emoji I'm missing or are you guys just being friendly
They could at least uhh idk not contract with ice or other law enforcement if they wanted to show support
Those things affect other non consenting people. If someone voluntarily joins an instance with mod policies you dislike a) it's their choice b) they are free to leave whenever and move to a different instance
Man I miss old matt taibbi so much. What happened to him π