Skiluros @ Skiluros @sh.itjust.works

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They key issue is to treat oligarchs, their lackeys, their polemicists as individuals that lack empathy and thus lack humanity. Never forget what they are. Only certain types of incentives will work with such individuals.

Why was this individual not jailed for rape and battery?

Oligarchs taking over is a reflection of a given social situation. It's not a deterministic thing. It happens because of how a lot of people start to think. This is not a physical law of nature. It's all in our hands.

Your bourgeois elections word salad is joke. Get real, no one is going to take it seriously outside of internet LARP. You know it yourself, don't lie!

I say this as someone who speaks 3 languages, has lived for multiple years in countries in North America, Europe and Asia and has visited about ~30 countries so far.

I am not a "sheltered westerner".

Your world salad about bourgeois elections leading to facaism is complete bullshit and clearly not true, be it in the west or anywhere in the world.

Fascist/oligarch take over via democratic means is a lot more complex than that and has more to do with local social attitudes and certain qualities of a given political system.

You have no clue what you are talking about.

No, it's delusional bullshit. Copy-pasta for LARPers.

This reads like satire, a parody of tankies.

I am conflating anything. I am basing my statements on reality.

As per research spanning 30+ plus years, covering multiple methodologies and sources, a solid 65% of russians support genocidal imperialism with another 20% being supporters of imperialism with less genocidal tendencies. This holds true across the history of modern russia (with some variations, but minor ones).

So around 85% of the population are either genocidal imperialist or regular imperialists (with most being genocidal imperialists).

Keep in mind that most seemingly intelligent counter arguments "they are all afraid, most russians oppose putin, they are just forced to answer in this way" or "it's all due to propaganda" can actually be tested and either outright discredited or shown that their impact is irrelevant.

I will add that ignoring these facts and trying to white-wash deep rooted support for genocidal imperialism among at least a strong majority of russians benefits no one. Including the russians themselves. You're not doing them any favours by playing into their victimhood narratives.

Send his family to the frontline near Pokrovsk. I guarantee you, he'll start acting in a more sober manner.

Hilarious to see my comment removed.

Russians need a taste of their own medicine. You have to treat them like they treat others. If they bring up "human rights", you must let them know that you can see through their ruse and you know they don't care about human rights and they are lying.

This is the only way to deal with russians.

Sure, not every russian is a genocidal imperialist, but when any and all research (quantitative, qualitative, preference falsification adjusted etc.) shows that something between 65% to 85% of russians are genocidal imperialists, you have to approach them in a sober manner. The world doesn't always work as one wants it to work. White-washing russian genocidal imperialism benefits no one, including the russians themselves.

If you are not American, this is the sort of thing that shows that American society more broadly is unreliable and hypocritical.

All the polemics about "free speech!!!" are complete bullshit.

I am not getting involved in the discussion around "boycotting capitalism", but you can definitely find pretty solid options for smartphones and computers (desktops, desktop components, laptops) if you go second hand. This is true of almost any country in the world (in some places with lower salaries, 2nd hand will still be somewhat expensive, but I digress).

Your are not wrong that the US is more volatile, police often do act out even in routine situations and you will notice a lot of crazy people and degenerate behaviour, but it's not that big of an issue if you stick to routine tourists activities and areas (or if you are with a local).

While I unfortunately haven't been to China, I will speculate that you can get into serious trouble if you go outside of the tourist path and/or you're not with a local.

Don't get me wrong, I am no fan of the US.

While I've generally always defended the US while recognising their weaknesses, I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that the US is not a positive influence globally and their culture is perhaps more flawed than I initially believed.

That being said, it is ridiculous to position China as being "a better option". China is a revanchist, genocidal and authoritarian country. I have no interest in being dominated by such a country.

You know what you're getting? What does this even mean?

There is a lot to criticise about the US, there is no point in coming with some hysterical BS, if anything your approach ignores and plays down the very real issues with American society.

I am honestly surprised that you were able to get me to defend the US.

P.S. We both know that if you went to the US, you would go to the tourist parts of NYC or LA and it would be a pretty run of the mill tourist trip.

belt and road initiative

This is a neo-colonists project. USAID actually did a lot of good things. I dare you to show an example of Chinese foreign aid that did the good things that USAID did.

A single party state where you get sent to the gulag for public opposition to the government sounds like a great society!

And plastic consumerism is just as applicable to China as the US. Perhaps even more.

I was referring to the survey results.

Yet support for increased defense spending is limited. I guess there may be a change in attitudes once the Americans enact tarrifs against the EU and/or formally leave NATO.

Until Americans start subjecting these "lawmakers" to the type of incentives that reflect their lack of humanity, you're going to keep seeing this sort of degeneracy.

And not buy American products or pay for American services. This applies not only to Canada.

I've been cancelling my US tech services subscriptions and picking up alternatives.