Remind me again, which USA political party sent a bunch of their senators to Moscow on Independance Day? Was it the one you vote for?
Putin isn't the only threat to global stability. I didn't say 'Russia will conquer the world'. Think.
What message does it send to countries like China (vs Taiwan who are crucial for chip manufacturing) when the USA is too weak to counter Russia?
Russia attacks your country in many ways, not just with troops. Do you know what asymmetric warfare means?
Your 'source' for 1:1 figure is a leaked, unverified document?
The US has publically stated they believe the losses are about 1:1
Can I see your source for that?
The counter-offensive failed. They did not re-claim any real amount of territory
Categorically untrue. It's certainly stalled, in large part because Russia was allowed the time to dig in deeply, as Ukraine was drip-fed the arms and ammo they desperately needed. You can't use the fact that Ukraine has not been properly supplied as reasoning to stop supplying them completely.
At some point you have to say it’s not worth the money we are spending and exposing our sensitive technology to hostile nations.
Again, most of the 'aid money' stays in your country. The money you are 'spending' is enriching US businesses and creating jobs. Further, the 'sensitive technology' is almost exclusively stockpiled weaponry that, if unused, would need to be binned eventually.
Leaving weapons gathering dust until they're not usable in case someone discovers how they work is utter lunacy. They were made to be used, and even better, you don't have to lift a finger as Ukrainian soldiers are the ones risking their lives.
Putin will not stop at Ukraine. The global system of order is at stake. The US looks pretty weak right now, and it's all thanks to conservatives (that's who I mean by 'you lot', I presume you're a conservative since you're posting anti-Ukraine material to a conservative group).
If you genuinely support Ukraine, then you'd support properly arming them so they can defend their country from a nation that's hostile to both them AND you. Russia has ratfucked your election system, ratfucked your congress and senate, interfered with your democracy (such as it is), as well as mine and many other countries. You should be gunning to get at them, not bending over backwards to do their bidding. Which is what you're doing by blocking funding for Ukraine.
They haven't failed. They need advanced firepower and continued support. Putin from the start is relying on you lot sticking a spoke in the gears, and unsurprisingly conservatives are lining up to do his bidding.
You have a golden opportunity to boost US businesses (most Ukraine aid never leaves the US); hammer a rival, hostile nation; and prevent further encroachment on your allies. Further, all this comes at zero cost of US lives.
Or you could let Putin win.
This is so dumb and I love it
This has the potential to be a fun card, especially the Pimblett vs Ferguson bout
You might as well have run into an alcoholics anonymous meeting shouting about wanting help setting up a bar.
Wish you success but I doubt you'll find much help on lemmy for a reddit community, many of us here have a low opinion of reddit in general.
Thanks :)
I guess, I just don't see many people getting something for free then deciding to go buy it out of the goodness of their heart... maybe I'm too pessimistic.
I try not to pirate music production software because I make some small money from my music, and I've personally seen companies go bust and get snapped up by Apple because everyone (me included) justified pirating their small plugins as "they're making lots of money anyway". But I justify pirating shit like Adobe to myself I hate paying a subscription to use software. I dunno maybe more people have this mindset than I realise and are happy to pay after 'trying before buying'.
I'm interested to hear responses from anyone who genuinely buys the music they enjoy after pirating it. Why would they not just buy it in the first place?
Ah come on you know what I meant.
What is this AC you speak of?
Yours sincerely,
A British hobbit living in the darkness of technological failure