fallowseed @ fallowseed @lemmy.world Posts 2Comments 277Joined 4 wk. ago
yes russia broke international law, but everyone and their mother knew about putin's position and pressed it until it was determined from russian perspective that there was no alternative. by the way, international law-- why is it that the USA/israel can ignore it with impunity?
the more than you believe is lifted off of a meme-tier pep guardiola's post match talk.. but close enough
yes it was hubris and arrogance that created the conditions for the war, and hubris and arrogance that prevent it from ending sooner. and denial -- more than you can believe!
sorry i don't wear a flag on my sleeve and i must rely upon assumptions now and then with regard my anonymous counterparts.
but are you prepared to laugh at russia's incompetence as OP does? that's where this begins.. the hubris and arrogance to ridicule a nation under what were intended to be CRUSHING sanctions-- for merely persisting and succeeding in their efforts... what do you suppose that territory gained by russia amounts to in the way of resource wealth? 60 percent of the rare earths in ukraine are in the east and or controlled by russia- if early peace talks were successful, ukraine would be more whole than it is- and as long as it continues, it will likely lose more ground.. that is my prediction anyway.
right but you're leaving out the united states' full backing and complicity within the eu which justifies harmful russophobia and threatens to extend this conflict indefinitely- it has been laid out time and again that russia must also have security guarantees, but the west in their infinite arrogance will not entertain such thoughts. (except to buy time to re-arm and prepare ukraine for war)
how many billions of people are under US sanctions in the world? its a non zero integer
exactly: what conversation??? you only speak to hurl insults, go back to the woodwork and practice your downvotes if that's all you're good for.
by some metrics no, others yes. as i mentioned before and you're free to take issue with: gdp as measured by purchasing power parity places it at 4th largest.. we like to lambast russia for being a weak economy but what of the rest of our european allies? who is doing better than russia?
its doing a lot better than the us gives it credit, you can admit that surely. 'still not winning' is certainly debatable because you need to be winning before you've won... that victory looms very clearly on the horizon when compared to ukraine and the west's ambitions falling short. so if russia is not winning, ukraine must not be losing, either.
It has the eleventh-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest economy by GDP (PPP) (purchasing power parity)
- its a fair point you make, there are various and contested metrics for comparing economies.
even acknowledging and conceding my argument is contestable and just one of many ways to perceive the claim, i have not done enough and must now eat my downvotes, fair play, i'll keep trying to bring better reasoned arguments that don't rely on simply dismissing my opponents as radical or irrational and continue to eat the downvotes, i just want others to see what it looks like when you actually try to have a conversation in some of these corners.
what i say is not the message so much as your reaction
ah yes, two sides of an argument surely cannot exist at once.
i may disagree with you but i don't think you deserve malicious bad faith actors attempting to smear and undermine you for your beliefs... i offer dialogue, i answer questions i'm asked, i try to maintain a semblance of approachability-- i am met with insults and brigading. the type of shit i say is not in a vacuum, i don't suppose you read any of the vitriol i am responding to when i lose my better self to slap back here and there.
clockwork orange dystopia...
russia leapfrogging large economies to become the 4th largest in the world while under ??? how many us sanctions? how do you explain it if not affording them their competence at meeting those challenges imposed?
well i hope for his sake he's a bot.
well it happened two times because every post for the last 12 hrs or so that had 0 downvotes suddenly had 2 and it happened because i have a less than popular understanding of the situation in ukraine.. happened a day or two back as well, but again its not of great concern where my up and downvotes rest, just good to know it can be confirmed one way or another.
i can survive the downvotes, it gives me enough peace to know its visible behavior.. how embarrassing for them