With fossil fuel energy prices increasing in countries such as the UK, could this crisis catalyse the 'green economy'? — Changeling
stops the economy like a handbrake. — ssu
Ah yes!Some would argue this is needed: a pause and reflection. I'm looking for silver linings... — Changeling
If we are to actually find out what nation should "lead the world" with "exporting political and cultural forms", the only thing we can practically use to figure that out would be to look at the indexes of life quality and other similar lists.
Then figure out which nation gets generally the highest between all statistics and use that to "fix" other nations — Christoffer
this "blame NATO" game is being played all over the interwebs and in traditional media as well. — Olivier5
Just to be clear, you think Putin is to blame for invading Ukraine, right? And that Putin did an immoral thing by attacking Ukraine? — RogueAI
That's sarcastic.because of your Finnish-ness, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic... :chin: — Changeling
I guess that means Putin is not an urban sophisticate. — Bitter Crank
But I still love my country, and I relish its cultural output--not all of it uniformly. Much of American culture was imported from elsewhere--like coffee which has never been grown here. Coffee is a very good thing.
Love of and pride in my country may be based on certain delusions, though, like: "In God We Trust", "E Pluribus Unum", "one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all", and so on. No, I don't actually think that God prefers the United States over Australia or Mongolia. I doubt God exists at all, and as for liberty and justice for all... I rest my case.
[...] The same can be said for a lot of Soviet citizens, Russians, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabian, Israeli, et al citizens. People tend to like where they live, and they all maintain a mix of realistic and delusional ideas about their homeland.
Were any of us absolutely honest, realistic, and totally non-delusional, we'd have to consider blowing our brains out forthwith. — Bitter Crank
but you can bet that this "blame NATO" game is being played all over the interwebs and in traditional media as well. — Olivier5
It didn't do anything with it's nuclear forces. — ssu
As far as I've read, they matched Russia's nuclear threat level. — Manuel
I took that to mean the guns have already been cocked and aimed long ago — Paine
All it takes in one mistake — Manuel
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