people really think, with a straight face, that they are self-governing in any way, shape, or form. — StreetlightX
Is this a basic moral principle of yours or did you deduce it from more basic moral principles? Can you elaborate on this? — neomac
Do you mean that the only morally legitimate fight against a military aggressive ruthless tyrant is not through war but through economic sanctions and non-violent protests? — neomac
the claim that the West recklessly and knowingly provoked Putin into waging war against Ukraine at the expense of million of innocent civilians doesn’t seem to me supported by a more objective understanding of the historical and strategic interactions between Ukraine, Russia and the West with its related moral implications. — neomac
So what would be the other available options that the strong-minded enough would go for? — neomac
Well then there are no national security concern for Russia after all. But Russia could yell "not yet". Couldn't they? So until Russia can ensure a pro-Russian regime in Ukraine the risk is still there — neomac
you seemed to claim that Putin acted out of legitimate national security concerns triggered by the West. But if Putin didn’t act out of legitimate national security concerns, then there were no legitimate concerns that the West triggered in Putin leading him to start a war against Ukraine. — neomac
The point is that there were no provable aggressive intentions from Ukraine against Russian national security, — neomac
My job [in Syria] is to make it a quagmire for the Russians — US envoy James Jeffrey
It looks like your average reddit thread because it is insufficiently moderated. — Olivier5
Huh?But people can please continue to say that Russia is no worse than the US when it comes to nuclear weapon threats
Only in a democracy can you complain about your own government without fear of reprisal.
— RogueAI
You can also play Scrabble. With equal effect. — Isaac
It proves they are not afraid of public opinion. — FreeEmotion
Nonsense. Leaders in democracies are obsessed with public opinion and constantly monitor it through public and internal polling. — RogueAI
By directly pitting the predictions of ideal-type theories against each other within a single statistical model (using a unique data set that includes imperfect but useful measures of the key independent variables for nearly two thousand policy issues), we have been able to produce some striking findings. One is the nearly total failure of “median voter” and other Majoritarian Electoral Democracy theories. When the
preferences of economic elites and the stands of organized interest groups are controlled for, the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non significant impact upon public policy. — Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens - Martin Gilens Professor of Politics at Princeton University
Is the dissolution of nation states something to be hoped for or admonished? — Banno
Let's not loose sight of the fact that tens of millions of people are being displaced, thousands of people killed, entire cities laid to waste, and all for no good reason. — Wayfarer
Here in our little sheltered workshop everything is very comfy.
So, do you believe that organisations like CNN, Al Jazeera, the BBC, etc., are doing something other than reporting the news? — Wayfarer
For instance the RSF Press Freedom Index. — Olivier5
Leaders in democracies DON'T monitor public opinion through polling? Is that what you think? — RogueAI
It proves they are not afraid of public opinion. — FreeEmotion
Nonsense. — RogueAI
we've got reports that the planes that broke into Swedish airspace had nuclear weapons on board — Christoffer
For a start, the comment I responded to was...
It proves they are not afraid of public opinion. — FreeEmotion
Nonsense.
— RogueAI — Isaac
Nonsense. Leaders in democracies are obsessed with public opinion and constantly monitor it through public and internal polling. — RogueAI
Next time, quote the whole thing. — RogueAI
Nonsense. Leaders in democracies are obsessed with public opinion and constantly monitor it through public and internal polling. — RogueAI
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