Posted on 05/29/2022 12:19:02 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
Elite level?
Is that akin to the top floor of a septic tank?
Given today’s elites, perhaps it’s not even the top floor.
European history-very violent. The whole continent. This is no different.
After reading the article, it was a thorough and convincing analysis for me - one who knows only enough to make me look like a foolk. Truthfully, I’ll bet that the author could totally finish any west wing clown that attempted to come up with something better. So goes the collection of idiots in D.C.
Bttt.
5.56mm
“When Yanukovych—trying to engage in typically-sensible short-term politics-as-usual realpolitik—reneged on the EU association agreement, much of the country erupted in protest, ultimately escalating into outright revolution. Whether for good or ill, the Ukrainian people, perhaps even “consequences be damned,” made their choice: Europe.”
And there you have it - “the Ukrainian people, ...made their choice: Europe.”
Informative and sobering.
Thanks for posting.
Anyway, all the arguments about Ukraine's alleged corruption are irrelevant to me. The onlyfact I care about is that Russia openly invaded Ukraine. I couldn't care less about the rest of it because none of it justifies that invasion.
The article also makes it clear that it Russia needed Ukrainian resources. All the Nazi BS was just that.
Russia should be considered part of just Asia now rather than part of Europe as well. Culturally, philosophically, it doesn't really have anything in common with Europe other than skin color. They are dime-store Mongols at this point.
Both can be true; they're not mutually exclusive.
Article nicely summed up what I’ve gathered from other long winded(and often emotional) articles plus everipedia’s Ukraine page.
“Anyway, all the arguments about Ukraine’s alleged corruption are irrelevant to me. The onlyfact I care about is that Russia openly invaded Ukraine. I couldn’t care less about the rest of it because none of it justifies that invasion.”
Absolutely correct.
Oh please. If Putin cared about ordinary Russians he would not lie to his own troops and use them as cannon fodder and also rape the country financially with his own oligarch homies.
Russia's GDP per capita has increased in absolute terms since Putin first became the president in 2000. What "financial rape" are you talking about specifically?
If anyone east of the Urals has a sense of ethnic superiority/destiny/entitlement, it's the Russians.
You make the mistake of using an absolute number as some proof. That is a fail.
I promise to pay you $100 for some work. You do the work. I decide to renege and only pay you $10, pocketing $90 of your pay for me. You complain. I respond: “Hey your absolute wealth is increasing by $10. Why is there a problem?”.
What would the GDP per capita have been if Putin and his Oligarch friends weren’t robing the country blind?
You do realize that "per capita" is an average, right? Putin and his oligarchic buddies enriching themselves at the expense of others could still mean an increase in GDP per capita.
Exceptional analysis; well done !
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