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Philosophy essayist here to make you rethink everything.

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randahl , to random
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Looking at the donations to Ukraine this spring, I am truly impressed. It took Europe a long time to get the aid going, but if we keep up this level, I am confident Putin will lose.

The Russian economy is in trouble, and Putin is both running out of money and Soviet era weapons.

I once saw an interview with a German who lived in Berlin in the last weeks of World War II. She said: "It looked like everything would work out, right until it all fell apart".

Putin will lose this war.

amici ,
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Considering that Russia didn't have much debt before the war started, I sincerely doubt that "Putin is... running out of money..."

I have little doubt that if Putin needs money he can get it from somewhere, i.e. China. And the problem is that, much like monarchist France's wars in the 18th century, if he thinks that any monetary price is worth the war, then he can keep on heaping on debt until it becomes unbearable and the economy collapses.

The problem is that it can take decades

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People who thinks they'll benefit. China might view the war as beneficial in exhausting and distracting the west, while they gain ever greater influence over Russia. So China might want a longer war.

amici ,
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@randahl @mcv

Russia is in a very serious proxy war with the West. Unless Beijing are planning something similar against Russia, I don't see why they would be intimidated.

They're willing to invest all over Africa even where the political climate is not so stable, and even in Afghanistan. In comparison, Russia does not seem like the worst place to try and get some influence over, although China is of course going to invest and sell to them as beneficial for themselves as possible.

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The major flaw I see in left-wing (think coops) anarchism is the simple fact that wielding power is still work. There is an implicit assumption that the freedom to be your own boss, set your own rules, shape the future of the organizations you participate in is its own reward.

It can be. But, it's also work, toil, labor, that which must be compensated or fall to corruption.

Too many anarchist ideas of how, for example, a small town might work require a population filled with busy bodies.

amici ,
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"But, it's also work, toil, labor, that which must be compensated or fall to corruption."

This builds upon a misunderstanding of human nature.

In a capitalist system, yes, you want your "reward" because you are always in a transactional and competition-oriented relationship with others, while everyone has an incentive to make you forever want more, to be insatiable, so that you'll always continue to feel hungry, "motivated", and thus easy to put to use.

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eivind , to histodons group
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OTD, 25 March, 1998, Mike Cameron served his one day suspension for having worn a Pepsi shirt to Coke Education Day the previous Friday at Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia.

The principal, Gloria Hamilton, spent the day explaining to the local, national and international media that he wasn't suspended for wearing a Pepsi shirt to Coke day, but for trying to ruin the school picture, in which the entire student body were lined up to spell out the word "COKE". @histodons

amici ,
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"coke education day" what dystopian shit is this

amici , to random
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"Sleepy librarian"

amici , to random
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"Master of disguise" 😄

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Valentine's card from the department

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Some before I say good night

A 4 panel comic featuring a couple of crows and a piece of paper. Crow 1: "This note that the human dropped - it's just words. No real sentences." Crow 2: "Ah, that means it's poetry." Crow 1: "Poetry? What is that?" Crow 2: "Well... poetry is words, chosen not to explain or to teach, but to make you feel something." Crow 1: *stares at paper, where it is written "Milk", "Bread", "Cheese", "Fruit" on different lines* Crow 1: "I feel hungry."
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