@LeeDonoghue What a weak, spineless take.
So you'd be totally cool if we have a world where we let massive countries do whatever the hell they want with no push back or price just because they have nukes??
Why would you choose to surrender to that world order?
@PronouncedHare Zelensky himself probably even agrees with all of that.
The current disagreements stem from Ukraine not getting any security guarantees, understandably leading to fears that the current peace deal just allows Putin to regroup and attack on his terms again in the future.
@2ETEKA@RobertAtatuPen No-one fights wars JUST to kill people.
They fight to take land/ take resources/expand their power.
OR they can fight to protect their nation/their culture/their democracy.
Some people die for causes greater than their own. You wouldn't die for NZ?
@leaninletsgo@PronouncedHare Favours?!? Bruh ukraine gave away their nuclear weapons for security guarantees from the US.
He's been asking for the US to honour their side of the deal.
@aniobrien A ceasefire isn't peace though. Ukraine rightfully wants security guarantees so that they don't have to fight wars every few years on Putins terms.
You say that the past 80 years didn't work, but the past 80 years have been the longest stretch Europe has been at relative peace.
@notsoErudite In the psychology/mental health vein (and also around misinformation), I think @jonathanstea could be a really interesting guest if he + you are keen!
@leaninletsgo fair but like wtf do people even want from these institutions.
it feels like they just have eternal bad vibes that won't change no matter what
@TheOmniLiberal Psychology in NZ: the emphasis is on disclosing the epistemological foundation that you are writing from.
E.g. you can talk about how your argument originates from a realist/postpositivist perspective and you will evaluated in that vein. Emailer correct about critical theory tho