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  • They wouldn't. If those refugees started crossing into other countries without permission of said countries then there would be problems and since Estonia doesn't have the resources to keep them it's not viable.

  • The EU is not a federal government, it's a trade alliance, it has no power to make member countries accept refugees.

    I agree with the idea that all countries should help all people but complaining that one tiny country that doesn't have the means to do so should be the first is the equivalent of blaming some individual who has like no climate impact for climate change because they can't afford an EV.

  • There is no quarantee the next country over wants to let them through and if Estonia starts funneling people into other EU countries without permission Estonia would lose open borders to the rest of EU and any financial aid pretty much instantly which would hurt the people already here massively.

    Yes, Estonia is richer by gdp than one of the most sanctioned countries running on a war economy. Not rich enough to take in everyone in Russia escaping Putin's war.

    You can't expect a tiny poor country to help Russia's population while countries with more ability to help don't. As I said both China and US have the land and resources to take everyone, complain to them.

  • It would be absolutely great if every single country in the world would care about every person equally. Both China and the US have enough resources and space to fit like every single refugee in the world so that would be an easy fix but that's not the situation.

  • OK if you are going down the road of ignorance toward both Estonian politics and the economic situation then we can drop that.

    Are you really saying it's the norm for countries to help every person in the world equally and not prioritise it's citizens? Also by prioritising it's own citizens they also prioritise the 20 or so % Russian population living here. People's lives have equal worth but the responsibility to help someone falls on their nation first and foremost.

  • A country will always prioritise its own citizens and help others only if there are resources available. I also absolutely expect citizens to flee from a country at war and I definitely expect countries to close their borders if they can't handle the influx of refugees.

    There is definitely xenophobia towards Russians as well (700 years of slavery does that) and Estonia definitely will prioritise helping Ukrainian refugees but that doesn't change how limited the resources are currently now.

  • Ultimately their opinion doesn't matter. The government of Estonia will look out for it's citizens first and foremost, currently we can't accept more refugees and we can't deal with a ton of people just coming here so they will close the border.

  • And it has, Estonia accepted the most Ukrainian refugees per population. Currently all the refugee facilities are still full and the government is paying hotels to keep refugees. If Russian refugees come here in the winter they would likely die as there is nowhere to house them.

  • Currently there is no such funding available and a lot of hotels are already being used for Ukrainian refugees as actual refugee facilities are full so if they come here in the winter they will just die on the streets.

    Even if all that wasn't the case there is a decent chance that this is organised by the russian government to try to create a breakaway region as they tried in the past and succeeded in other countries.

  • If they are trying to cross the border here they would need to cross about 4 countries before getting anywhere where they can be accepted, Estonia does not have the resources to facilitate that.

    There are also security concerns. In the early 2000nds Russia attempted to create a breakaway region in Estonia with an influx of Russian citizens. Viru county already has a high Russian population and we don't need a repeat of that.

  • Estonia is a tiny country of a little over a million people and we already took on the most Ukrainian refugees per population and we currently have issues housing them. If Russians need refuge in another country they need to look elsewhere.

  • Hah, even I remember from history class that states rights just meant states right to do slavery in the US.

    I guess it is then closer to a state and county relationship for the US states and federal government. The EU probably is not very comparable as it mostly does trade stuff, collective bargaining and consumer protection. Joining and leaving is also free for anyone usually based on a referendum.

  • I don't play games on my TV but I have a really old 1080p one with a native Plex and YouTube apps with no nonsense. I have seen the ads and other stupid bullshit modern tvs come with, I'm going to be fixing this TV up until my dying breath.

  • Oh yea, don't mix and match PSU cables, that's pretty common knowledge, just use the cables that come with the PSU and you're fine though. The adapter on the picture used to be pretty common and came with the PSU before modular PSUs became the norm though, not really used anymore from what I have seen.