paintbucketholder @ paintbucketholder @lemmy.world

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Let me ask you the opposite question: what do all of those nations on that list (and really, it's only a partial list because it doesn't even feature Russian aggression on the Asian continent, in the Middle East and in Africa) have in common?

Is it possible that the commonality is that not a single one of them is part of a large military alliance capable of stopping Russian aggression?

And, to take this one step further: why do you think that, in the last two decades, Russia has never messed with Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania - even though it has repeatedly claimed that they should be part of Russia?

Is it possible that NATO membership of those three, very small nations is all that has prevented Russia from treating them like Transnistria or Crimea or South Ossetia or Chechnya?

What military aggression?

Russia fighting a devastating war in Chechnya. Russia occupying and trying to annex Transnistria. Russia fighting a war in Georgia in order to annex South Ossetia. Russia fighting a second war of annihilation in Chechnya. Russia annexing Crimea. Russia fighting a war in an attempt to annex all of Ukraine.

Do you think this doesn't constitute military aggression?

This would mean that Article 5 - the mutual defense clause - would come into effect whenever Russia manufactured a conflict claiming it was being attacked. So what then? America would have to send in its military in order to fight a war in Transnistria? America would have to commit troops to wage war in South Ossetia? America would have to defend Crimea against "attacks" from Ukraine?

I think his base has shifted, though. Used to be people who were interested in technology, in space exploration, in green and sustainable technology, etc.

Now a significant part of his fan base are people that decided he's their hero after he purchased Twitter and then unblocked white supremacists, Nazis, racists, white nationalists, fascists, conspiracy theorists, xenophobes, etc. and decided to harass, block, and mock middle-of-the-road journalists, national public media, and use all the far right dog whistles and megaphones.

So yeah, he still has a lot of support - but it's not the same support he had 10 years ago.

Yup.

Facebook has been around for almost two decades.

This is not some unknown guy - we know exactly what Facebook's business strategy and ethical and moral conduct looks like.