Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

Post by oblio » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 8:41 AM UTC

nopenopenopeno wrote: post #231

oblio wrote: post #218

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This is crap. 9 Eastern European countries in the former Soviet sphere joined NATO and the EU and are currently going through one of their longest periods of growth and peace in their history. There can be no long term prosperity with Russia.

They are being bled dry of everything the’ve got for the Western European elite. The benefits go to the upper classes while the working people suffer.

Post by irthomasthomas » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 8:50 AM UTC

bink wrote: post #94

This thread is mostly full of jokes, and that's cool. But more seriously I'm exactly the kind of person I suppose this is meant to appeal to. I've spent the last 2-3 decades breaking into systems. Many of these systems comprise what the US calls "critical infrastructure". That's pipelines, power generation, transmission, distribution. Air traffic control systems. Government agencies. I'm based in the US. The problem…

Post by vman81 » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 8:52 AM UTC

MarcellusDrum wrote: post #249

reitanqild wrote: post #235

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You are probably downvoted for - voluntarily or involuntarily (I cannot judge) - running the errands of the enemies of the free world by suggesting that it is hopeless while it is absolutely not. (Why is it not hopeless? Russian forces suffer large losses and their morale is breaking, after all, what sane person wants to shoot their peaceful neigbours and relatives? Russians are already taking to the streets to prote…

The phrase "the free world" rubs me the wrong way. I'm obviously against what Russia is doing, any sane man would be. But as a middle eastern, the US to us has been 10x worse than Russia: They killed a million Iraqis, they killed Syrian civilians by bombing hospitals and schools. They overthrew a functional government in Libya, and they supported Syrian/Iraqi separatists (Kurds). They forcefully tried to build a mili…

Post by beebeepka » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 8:58 AM UTC

oblio wrote: post #281

beebeepka wrote: post #280

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That's true. I know because I am from Bulgaria. We're vassals one way or another. Bled dry is correct. The entire eastern block was sold out for peanuts during the 90s. I guess that was the price for joining NATO and the EU However, being US/EU vassals is better for us. I personally think that's mainly because the so called west has all the money in the world. That's the root cause. Not culture, values, etc. Those ar…

You do know that Bulgaria, just like Romania, is crap at using EU development funds, right? Your country could look like Austria by now if you wouldn't be so corrupt. Look in the mirror first. How do you explain Slovenia or Estonia or Poland with your world outlook?

Post by sofixa » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 9:00 AM UTC

qbasic_forever wrote: post #159

simne wrote: post #25

I'm Ukrainian activist for 10+ years, have been on Maidan, etc, know many other activists. Unfortunately, we have not seen understanding with any government. Looks like, all people who got to government or state organizations, work on classical totalitarian scheme - "for friends all the best, for all others - severity of the law". Mean, system is so much disbalanced, that any government got totalitarian power and doe…

US folks: Call your congressional representatives and demand they back harsh sanctions against Russian oil/gas immediately. Perhaps even a full embargo until aggression is stopped. That is the _only_ leverage the US has against Russia, and as of yet the US has steadfastly refused to do anything that would interrupt the flow or price of oil to itself.