I don't think this sufficiently addresses why invading Ukraine is necessary to achieve the stated CBDC goal. As Dictator-for-Life, why couldn't Putin just pull what the PRC did and just create a WeChat clone?
Is Putin’s end game the roll out of a domestic CBDC?
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#32> he is invading on the cheap with expendable conscripts This is simply not true. We have solid evidence of attempted VDV airdrops and the VDV is an elite part of the army.
Russia has allegedly lost two generals as well, one of whom was the Chief of Staff the army. I doubt they were seen as expendable.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/08/vitaly-gerasim...
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#33I want to clarify what the etiquette is. Is it acceptable to flag a submission if I think it's deranged nonsense?
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#34I want to clarify what the etiquette is. Is it acceptable to flag a submission if I think it's deranged nonsense?
No, it isn't acceptable. This is a major world event that all observers find puzzling to say the least. Any analysis is worth considering. Even if it's wrong, it could put two pieces together.
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#35NONE of this seems to require the war we've seen so far... He can kick out media folks for any reason he likes. His war makes his military look weak / strengthened his opponent's resolve. >Putin is not trying very hard to conquer Ukraine. His expensive weaponry is being held back – he is invading on the cheap with expendable conscripts and lots of shelling from close range. I find this hard to buy into at this point.…
Putin is trying very hard, but western people don't understand war and russian starting point. * Logistics is being targeted * Russian army relies in railroads like its 1945 * Ukraine targets logistics as the well identified weak link * Ukraine is defended by everyone and everyone hates Russians. * Morale is Russian army is turbo low. They dont want to kill people who could be their relatives. * Generals on Russian s…
> Logistics company in US army is usually 4 times bigger than in Russian army per organisational unit of army. It means that US understand the war much better than Russia.
I seem to remember that this is largely based on well-known historically different assumptions between the US and Russia/USSR in case of a conflict in Europe.
US expects to fight on the ground in countries that are either allies or whose hearts and minds will need to be won. Also, US has the largest industrial capacity in the world, so they can afford to bring stuff (including chocolate and candies to give around) but they cannot afford to take stuff.
Russia/USSR expects to fight on the ground in occupied countries. Producing and bringing enough from the homeland to feed the soldiers (and the tanks) is too complicated and logistics are easy to target, so the doctrine recommends feeding from the land, aka plunder.
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#36> he is invading on the cheap with expendable conscripts This is simply not true. We have solid evidence of attempted VDV airdrops and the VDV is an elite part of the army.
Also, Russia has lost a ton of equipment. This has been extremely costly even if we ignore the devastation the sanctions have caused.
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#37I want to clarify what the etiquette is. Is it acceptable to flag a submission if I think it's deranged nonsense?
No, it isn't acceptable. This is a major world event that all observers find puzzling to say the least. Any analysis is worth considering. Even if it's wrong, it could put two pieces together.
> Any analysis is worth considering.
Respectfully disagree.
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#38> he is invading on the cheap with expendable conscripts This is simply not true. We have solid evidence of attempted VDV airdrops and the VDV is an elite part of the army.
Russia has allegedly lost two generals as well, one of whom was the Chief of Staff the army. I doubt they were seen as expendable. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/08/vitaly-gerasim...
You sure?
Anyone is expendable when you're a dictator.
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#39> he is invading on the cheap with expendable conscripts This is simply not true. We have solid evidence of attempted VDV airdrops and the VDV is an elite part of the army.
Russia has allegedly lost two generals as well, one of whom was the Chief of Staff the army. I doubt they were seen as expendable. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/08/vitaly-gerasim...
>one of whom was the Chief of Staff the army
Vitaly Gerasimov was the Chief of Staff of an army (41st Combined Arms), rather than the Army. The similarly-named Valery Gerasimov is the Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
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#40> he is invading on the cheap with expendable conscripts This is simply not true. We have solid evidence of attempted VDV airdrops and the VDV is an elite part of the army.
Russia has allegedly lost two generals as well, one of whom was the Chief of Staff the army. I doubt they were seen as expendable. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/08/vitaly-gerasim...
Chief of Staff of the 41st Army is not the same thing as Chief of Staff of the Army; the position is more equivalent to corps-level staff position in the US Army.