I mean, in 1997, Ukraine and Russia were signing The Treaty of Friends. Hardly the most acrimonious period between them. The First Chechen War had wrapped up a year ago and the Second Chechen War wouldn't break out until '99. Even that was small potatoes compared to the bloody mess of Afghanistan and the uprising in Romania during the 80s.
Yugoslavia definitely sucked, but it was the notable exception. Even Greece and Turkey managed to tone it down during the 90s.
German Military Commander: "Wow, looks like the Russians are dug in and the line isn't moving anywhere. How are we going to overcome this road block in our plan to retake Eastern Ukraine."
American Military Commander: Lifts up pen, crosses out Plan to retake East Ukraine, and pencils in Plan to hold the line. "Mission accomplished, buddy."
It was such an enjoyable piece of cinema. So nice I saw it twice. Breaks my heart that Zack Snyder will be allowed to continue to make over-hyped flops while these folks are stuck in limbo.
That's why 25 year olds in software are making 250k in the US
I know a few folks in software in the US, and the lion's share aren't making $250k/year. The ones that are all have Masters/PhDs and are leads/specialists in the Top 20 industry leaders. I don't know who you're working for that pays a quarter million per code-monkey flailing at python, but if there's a job opening that pays this well please let me know. I've got over 15 years experience doing big boy shit for a Fortune 500, and I'd love an extra $100k/year.
There's a shred of truth to it. Mahmoud Abbas and his cronies just kinda exists as a figurehead of a defunct state apparatus, getting state money to serve as the vestige of Palestinian self-governance. The PA plays Vichy France to Israel's full military occupation, while armed opposition is a French Resistance that's been operating without any hope of a Dunkirk on the horizon.
And there's a shred of truth to the Israel proletariat being swept by the tide of national politics right along with the Palestinians (abet, far removed from the worst of it). The Israeli police were happy enough to assault some orthodox jews in Jerusalem for voicing dissent just two weeks ago. And this was after the effort at sweeping out an Independent Judiciary in Israel lead to riot cops and Israeli protesters clashing in the streets a few months back.
Israel is a police state in every sense of the word. And while they lure Europeans in with the promise of free land, what they're truly hungry for is more young men and women to fill out the ranks of their armed forces. It is worth noting that you can be an Israeli dissident in the same way you can be a Palestinian collaborator.
But OP's take pretends at parity, when it is abundantly clear where the lion's share of sentiment falls in either community.
Hey fuck it, in all seriousness. If you see someone outside in the cold freezing, bring them in. If you're cold, they're cold.
At the same time, its infuriating to see some smugface on Twitter tell randos that they've somehow made a personal decision to shuttle billions to the Bezos Klan and murder a few thousand lumpen proletariat on the back end. We might be indoors, but we are as much under the gun of capitalism as everyone else.
The TrueAnon Crew did a great interview with a couple of homelessness activists in the Sacramento Area. And they'll give you an earful about how city leadership and police goons make villainizing and harassing anyone bold enough help too many people at once. In my hometown of Houston, I've seen first hand the amazing folks at Food Not Bombs eat tens of thousands of dollars in citations for daring to feed hungry people on my city streets.
We aren't participants in this holocaust. We are simply prisoners in marginally better cells. The existential horror of homelessness is that it is a weapon directed at each and every one of us. Our commitment to our unhoused neighbors should come as much out of a sense of self-preservation as charity or guilt. It cannot be seen as a consumer choice, but a revolutionary act. In the end, we stay warm together or we all freeze separately.
Defending ourselves has incurred enormous legal costs, and, far worse, made it increasingly difficult for us to attract investors, advertisers, and sponsors.
Another
success story.
Maybe if they'd limited themselves to YouTube headline gore and grandiose predictions about impending collapse/invasion/whatever they might still be getting by.
But the poor bastards tried to be a real news agency. Big mistake.
Conservatives tend to acknowledge cracks in the system earlier than liberals, as their movement is more openly and aggressively allowed to agitate its base.
Liberals have to cling to the
"We live in the best of all possible worlds!" denialist state until some conservative government kicks over another pillar of the domestic polity. And then the only remedy is to return to "normalcy" of liberal governance without ever repairing the damage.
Its just another example of the political ratchet that forces policy forever towards that Murray Rothbard dream.
Europeans: "Those perfidious Russians and the nefarious Chinese are the two single biggest threats to our domestic security. Why... they'll just hack into any old thing and fill it full of evil communist propaganda. They'll shut down our critical infrastructure, hijack our data services, and spam us so full of phishing attempts that you won't know what's safe to click on!"
Also Europeans: "Google's CEO said we need to dismantle the last ten years of digital safety standards so we can undermine the YouTube adblocker, so lets get it done."
I mean, in 1997, Ukraine and Russia were signing The Treaty of Friends. Hardly the most acrimonious period between them. The First Chechen War had wrapped up a year ago and the Second Chechen War wouldn't break out until '99. Even that was small potatoes compared to the bloody mess of Afghanistan and the uprising in Romania during the 80s.
Yugoslavia definitely sucked, but it was the notable exception. Even Greece and Turkey managed to tone it down during the 90s.