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Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack

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Post by csomar »

chakhs wrote: post #448
csomar wrote: post #416

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the general decline of American soft power we’ll see more and more global turmoil I have argued, tons, that America is making the world more peaceful. It was hard to sell especially to Arab/Muslim countries but without a unipolar power, it's lots of small powers fighting each other for territory. > institutions and America seemed infallible Couple that with recklessness. Fatca, CRS, Trade deals, etc... lots of coun…

I wonder how you can believe that knowing all the coups organized by CIA, wars waged by US military everywhere in the world, countries US split in two or more ...etc. it was only safe for USA and its allies. Only difference is war is getting close to western Europe so it's felt more

Sure. There was chaos perpetrated by the Americans. On the other hand, most countries remained peaceful as a result of the American hegemony. The country I live in and its neighbors will go to war immediately if there was no UN/USA. Now think about the rest of the world. Every country will want a piece of its neighbor and there you have it: Total world chaos.

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Post by randomsearch »

From a tech perspective, we should be considering the part we have played in these events.

I’ve come to the conclusion that democracy cannot coexist alongside unfettered propaganda divorced from truth. That is what social media represents - Twitter and especially Facebook - machinery for manipulating people without regard to truth.

Trump and Brexit have greatly harmed the West and their ability to respond to Russian aggression. Both were made possible by the social media companies.

We obviously need governments to step in to heavily regulate or shut down these companies, but their employees should also be asking if they are truly making the world a better place.

What we are seeing on our screens right now is the physical consequences of an asymmetric information war, aided by thousands of software developers earning large salaries.

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Post by cambaceres »

yumraj wrote: post #408
cambaceres wrote: post #390

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The west can't do anything to stop China from incorporating Taiwan. The only thing stopping China is that they are not fully prepared yet, they will be in a few years however.

> The west can't do anything to stop China from incorporating Taiwan. Who knows, I certainly don't. Except, I believe that Taiwan is much more important to the rest of the World than Ukraine, (no disrespect intended towards Ukraine). Also, Taiwan has been preparing for this longer and not sure but it seems they have better equipped and prepared military. Then there's the matter of about 100 miles of Taiwan Strait bet…

I'm not an expert on Chinese politics either, but I've read analyzes written by people who are and their opinion is that which I stated in the parent.

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Post by originalvichy »

keewee7 wrote: post #342
anshumankmr wrote: post #217

It is quite interesting to see publications like Jacobin posting obvious flame bait such as this: https://twitter.com/jacobin/status/1496693868955246599 . Even Tucker Carlson is parroting Russian propaganda. https://i.redd.it/pr9tnneyemj81.png I hope the Ukrainian people fight back as hard as they can and the governments of the world help them in any way they can.

Tucker Carlson and the rest of the Republican party's support for Russia boils down to "we need Russian support against China". Have they actually been to Russia? The country is intensely anti-Western and already on the verge of becoming a Chinese puppet state.

Don’t minimize the effect of Russia being a conservative christian white (for Republican standards) nation. The European conservative christian right wing has allied with the likes of Russia and their puppets just to combat liberalism and secularism.

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Post by octoberfranklin »

xyzal wrote: post #284

If the west fails to act effectively, I bet China will invade Taiwan in the following years.

Years? Try months.

I suspect that it is in fact acceleration of China's plans to resolve the Taiwan Situation that triggered this whole Ukraine crisis.

It's like the run-up to WWI. Everybody can see which way the wind is blowing. Once you are sure that war is inevitable, the best strategy is, unfortunately, to grab what you can.

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