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Rubezahl
joined 2 years ago
A short history of Maidan and the following conflict (1 hour and 43 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeScZexlQ9Q
A 20-part deep dive into 1000 years of historical context (lecture 20 is about the Maidan but I highly recommend listening to all lectures): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJczLlwp-d8&list=PLh9mgdi4rNewfxO7LhBoz_1Mx1MaO6sw_
Timothy Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University. He demonstrates understanding of Eastern Europe that I have never seen in another American.
IQ scores, in the way they are currently used, are absolutely useless and cannot tell you who is smart and who is not. They tell you who is good at taking tests.
I highly recommend the podcast series "My Year in Mensa" - it is a nice little story showing that high IQ probably does not account for much.
To your question - the answer is humility. Be humble and understanding. Everyone has something to offer.
"As the Indian economist Prabhat Patnaik has pointed out, the IMF played a key role in precipitating the 2014 crisis: Ukraine’s then-President, Viktor Yanukovych, refused to accept IMF demands that he cut wages, slash social spending and end gas subsidies in order to integrate with the EU, and turned instead to Russia for an alternative economic agreement."
This guy can lick balls.
The insinuation that the Maidan is anything but a homegrown revolution against a kleptocratic regime is just insulting to the Ukrainian people and everyone who died (and is currently dying) for freedom. Slava.
F this moronic article.
I am pretty sure that failure to help in this situation is a criminal offence in my country.
Thank you for the explanation!
What could he have done?
He seems like a straight guy in every sense of the word. I vehemently disagree with his politics but I am sure that he will testify truthfully.
What's the difference between Sync and the other apps for Lemmy?
These tech companies leaving certain places to avoid regulation, while sucking up to censorship laws in Russia and the likes... They can shove it, if you ask me.
F that bald pos
Happy to help.