Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?
@MarioNawfal I dearly hope the AfD gets to implement this vision. All-out war between Europe and Russia would be disastrous, I don't want to see Europe reduced to a collective of failed states like Ukraine is today.
@ChadB_T_W@EthanLevins2 Russia is convincingly winning against a coordinated NATO collective, while the US got its teeth punched in by Iran. Pretty clear which of the two is stronger.
@MarioNawfal That's not quite right. Iran would rather end the war as well- on their terms. Meanwhile, the US and Israel struggle and try to fight back, but Iran has them mostly pinned down.
The war ends when the US & Israel stop struggling, tap out, and comply with Iran's terms.
@MarioNawfal "Trump has the option to finish it and keeps choosing not to"?
Trump has the option to shoot himself in the foot again and chooses not to. For now.
@TimSweeneyEpic@FortniteLinux That's a great idea. Maybe you should build a Steam-like online store yourself with this philosophy, I'm sure it'll be hugely successful
@MarioNawfal And it's a good thing, too. People voted for no new wars, but the Military Industrial Complex and the Israel Lobby overruled the will of the people and steered the US right back towards regime change wars; the world will be safer with a diminished US.
@Pirat_Nation Sweeney is always so generous with his advice to Steam, and he has such authority on this issue with his hugely successful Epic Games Store.
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@greg_doke@TuckerCarlson Putin assumed political power in '99, but in reality he had to rule alongside with the oligarchs- and chief amongst them was Khodorkovsky. Putin and the other oligarchs wanted these privatized companies kept in Russian hands, so they pulled off a coup against Khodorkovsky
@greg_doke@TuckerCarlson Yeltsin was a weak president. In the absence of a strong president, and as a consequence of the enormous fortunes they amassed through Russia's privatization process, the oligarchs amassed great power.
@greg_doke@TuckerCarlson Putin got along well with the west before this, but relations seriously soured after the Yukos assets seizure between 2004 and 2007. Russia was big, rich in natural resources, and the west wasn't invited to buy up and control any of it.
@greg_doke@TuckerCarlson Khodorkovsky wanted to open up Yukos for investment and ownership by western investors; Putin and the rest of the oligarchs chose a different future for Russia, not wanting major Russian companies to be owned by foreigners. They seized Yukos assets, and jailed Khodorkovsky.