Compare that to the Ukraine war: Moscow is invading Ukraine, the rest of Europe is anti-Russia, but are also buying Russian gas for their homes. This is just the tip of the iceberg as regards the complexity I was referring to. Gone are the days when telling friend from foe was easy peasy. — Agent Smith
Anyone thinking it's therefore the only possible narrative is either struggling with their ego or their imagination.
If I'm repeatedly punching you in the face and you ask me to stop, it is not a reasonable counter-argument for me to say "well, what exactly do you think should happen instead?"
I imagine that what should be done is one of the literally dozens of other strategies that other experts are considering, which is why there's not one united opinion about everything.
What I'm interested in here is why everybody has taken this (to me) completely absurd line of simply assuming everything the government says and does is, this time, completely sensible and the only good choice, despite the fact that we've been subjected to exactly the same media manipulation, lies, and blatant profiteering that has been the hallmark of literally all the other occasions when corporation and governments have screwed the working class to further engorge themselves.
Dictatorial power. See unitary theory of government and any time prez is backed by majority in both houses.
Joe Biden has both chambers right now, ask him how his agenda is going. — Count Timothy von Icarus
It simply takes the EU to be firm in it's requirements and Ukraine willing to make a new start. They aspire to be taken as Europeans. I think we should slam the door in front of them. — ssu
I think "far left" is an actual political perspective.
Well, in an ideal world….The end of states and the reign of private property. But this is not quite the thread for that.
One might begin modestly by calling for the US to fuck right off outta Ukraine.
And to be fair, also asking Russia to fuck right off outta Ukraine.
There is a third option, progressive change in Russia. This is what many hoped for after the end of the Cold War. But something turned sour. — Punshhh
Russia and the West are on a collision course since the collapse of the USSR and the breakdown of the Cold War. — Punshhh
The Western calls for, and attempts to institute "progressive change in Russia" is the direct reason why Putin exists, and why people are dying in Ukraine today — StreetlightX
NATO’s jihad on Russia may or may not lead to a military and economic defeat of Russia, but it may equally be the beginning of the end for America and Europe. — Apollodorus
If one views the world from a far left position, rather like the far right. All you see is failure, or things getting worse. While what you would want to happen, will never happen because it’s to idealistic, theoretical to be successfully applied. This powerlessness can be frustrating. — Punshhh
The 'west' did not require the failed state of the USSR to transfer it's wealth into fungible goods and Capital secured in global markets. That is on them. That is why Russia is called a kleptocracy. — Paine
Are you on board with that program? — Paine
The point is that the separation you have made between the interests of the Russians and the 'west' — Paine
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