A cog in the wheel of public service. The kind that often requires a helmet. Aspirations outpacing capacity. Veteran of war and peace and then a bit more war.
Russia is considering lowering the country’s working age to 12 and reopening Soviet summer labor camps to replace workers lost to the war in Ukraine.
Moscow’s child labor commissioner argued that “the return of labour camps is a realistic scenario that our children will support”
@Gemjam42069@HunterBiden@ryangrim@aaronjames619 He didn’t compare himself to Cash. He said Cash was his hero because of the (self-imposed) struggles he endured and the legacy he left, chiding the OP for being at odds with Cash’s message.
@RLHeinrichs Because he never deterred Russia. They couldn’t believe how well their active measures worked to get him in office. They’ve always seen him as a useful tool. They just went for Ukraine when they (thought) they were ready.
@Eric_Schmitt Populist hogwash. For every example of overbearing leftists, I’ll show you at least as many right-wing extremists. The American people are neither and sick of the politics of division.
@DougJBalloon@groove_sdc I think that’s where the majority of the people are, but I’d assert that cancel culture is different. A vocal minority out of step with the rest of us.
@atlanta53e@RLHeinrichs We were expending our most high-end munitions at an unsustainable rate without getting desired effects of suppressing Iranian attacks on the region.
@atlanta53e@RLHeinrichs I want us to have a positive outcome here as well, but that seems optimistic given the regime’s lack of movement under the pressure we’ve already applied.
@RLHeinrichs Don’t get me started on the GCC countries. The folks who do nothing for themselves and thrive upon the indentured servitude of immigrants.