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confiscating money is much bigger deal than you can imagine. Russia and the EU are not officially at war and just taking money because you can is a serious violation of fundamental rights.
Afaik principal was not confiscated. What is violation of what rights?
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Stop spreading propaganda. - Ukrainians are the second largest ethnicity in Russia. - The majority of people living on a currently contested territories of Ukraine used to be USSR citizens. - Russia got the majority of Ukrainian refugees since the start of a war if we count per country. - Pretty much all the former Ukraine citizens got Russian passports and a citizens of Russia now. - And yes, if Ukraine is using cit…
> - Ukrainians are the second largest ethnicity in Russia. No. Never was. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Russia > - Russia got the majority of Ukrainian refugees since the start of a war if we count per country. No. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312584/ukrainian-refuge... You might be confusing abductees with refugees. > - The majority of people living on a currently contested territories of Uk…
However, it is not said which is the territory for the 1926 census data, it may have included a part of the present territory of Ukraine, because the borders of present Ukraine are very different from the borders of Ukraine after WWI.
Such census data about Russia and the Soviet Union are hard to interpret without precise knowledge of the corresponding territories, because the fluctuations in numbers may be unrelated to natural growth, but determined by administrative reorganizations or forced deportations.
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Sorry, but I also think you are complacent. This is generational destruction of reputation. As a Canadian, we regularly talk about "fuck American companies" in a way we never did. I still actively avoid buying anything from USA in grocery stores. City of Toronto is spinning up a nonprofit grocery store pilot, and they sure as hell are going to be trying not to stock USA goods -- the mayor herself passed an anti-USA p…
How do you know which companies are not american?
The world is slowly moving away from the US. It's interesting because this administration main goal was to MAGA.. but it happened quite the opposite thing. It turns out, the world doesn't need much of the US products and services.
Here is some hard data to back that up; the Country Perceptions Index. https://www.niradata.com/country-perceptions
I would find it interesting if you can share with me hopefully a less restrictive chart than this. The data does seem interesting to me.
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"Reddit tier America bad geopolitics takes" The US president threatened to take Greenland by force, that's a very real thing. Mind you, it's one man, and not the nation or state, but he does have a lot of backers. That's a very real concern.
> Mind you, it's one man, and not the nation or state, but he does have a lot of backers. My 2ct: He is the duly elected leader in a representative democracy. He speaks on behalf of all U.S. Americans, he acts on behalf of all U.S. Americans, and all U.S. Americans share the same responsibility for the actions of his government. He isn't the only problem, though. It has now been proven that the U.S. Constitution is n…
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What? The EU buys them but that’s a US expense?
But that's not true based on what I can find anyway, https://app.23degrees.io/view/j4luMuv8fnpO2frL-bar-grouped-v...
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In the past countries would buy American equipment even if it wasn’t the best fit because that would make you essentially an American ally. Being part of the U.S. ecosystem was valuable. Unfortunately, over the last 1.5 years, the political value proposition has turned by 180 degrees. - Being a U.S. ally no longer guarantees that you will be protected by the U.S. as Ukraine is seeing. But the U.S. has been tearing ag…
This is 100% true and I agree with all of it, but I would just add that for fighter jets specifically the calculus is a bit different. Unless you want to buy Chinese jets your choices are either F35s or a big step down to 4th generation fighters that are materially worse in terms of capability. Modern 4th gen fighters are still very capable, cheaper, simpler and more reliable, but if you ever do end up facing an adve…
Further if your 5th gen jets are relying on tech from your adversary....
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Here is some hard data to back that up; the Country Perceptions Index. https://www.niradata.com/country-perceptions
This was interesting but it seems that it requires me to access to properly see the data of all countries (which requires me to contact them basically and perhaps be a business, not sure) I would find it interesting if you can share with me hopefully a less restrictive chart than this. The data does seem interesting to me.
https://www.niradata.com/global-country-perceptions-2026
(From the above, following the link to free sample for USA data is very revealing. )
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The key word is "again". This was a nostalgia play, America was a big deal fifty years ago, therefore just wind back to fifty years ago and we're "Great Again". This play seems insane because Time's Arrow points only one way, but it succeeded (in the sense that people supported it) because it's predicated on Facts Aren't True. It doesn't matter that Time's Arrow points future-ward, that's just a Fact not a Truth so w…
What are you talking about? The US is something like 70% of global company value. The whole world revolves around it.