MonkeyBadger

Swedish Nerd.

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@NorthWestMex @Solidarity_Star Yes, but what war fighting entity has not? What are we comparing with here? Russia killed like 50,000 civilians in Mariupol alone. The existence of NATO has likely saved millions of lives, not to mention the sovereignty and liberty of much of Europe.

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@Girdriz @Solidarity_Star As for Russia, history has shown there is no way to deal with Russia apart from strength. The nations closest to its border, who were long subservient to it and suffered greatly from it, know that better than anyone and they RAN to join NATO.

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@Girdriz @Solidarity_Star That may be the rationale for the US to have set it up, but it’s been incredibly beneficial for Europe and its peace. No nation was forced into NATO - we all hurried to join. It’s true we’ve been complacent but we are no more.

ISIS comparison is just silly.

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@vladkinoman @CanadianKobzar And to clarify: I’m not saying that this is for sure the case. Very few people know for sure what the situation was like. I’m just saying it’s very possible and seems to me quite plausible.

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@vladkinoman @CanadianKobzar He might well be highly competent and effective, while still being an dick who can’t get along with people to such a degree that it’s causing major issues for the larger organization.

I’ve seen it in the private sector many times. So confused when they’re removed every time.

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@WhiteHouse ”Freedom fries” level of cringe.

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@Jamienaut @TullamoreJew_ This isn’t a huge problem in a sensibly constructed democracy because power doesn’t flip regularly between two extremes. US system of government is garbage honestly.

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@JustinS65097428 @TullamoreJew_ Cutting, no.
Loosening, yes. Diversifying, hedging, power balancing.

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@Beaulieu423 @BraddrofliT Really struggling to spot which parts of this post that, mutatis mutandis, couldn’t be said about Rosa Parks’ famous bus ride.

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@DC_081157 @PrzemekShura False. First and foremost because Wildberries is part of the Russian military’s supply chain. In practice if not officially.

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@Scaramucci Great idea for a parliamentary democracy with a half-decent political system. Shame that the US democracy is so outdated.

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@steven_braham @Nassreddin2002 Actually according to those who listened to it (I haven’t) he did specify ”in our part of the world”. So yeah.

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@steven_braham @Nassreddin2002 Strongly suspect that’s what he meant. Perhaps a bit of a Freudian slip, though.

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@NoBananaBB @slooterman Strongly suspect people lie to you daily without you noticing, and your life would be worse if you started to.

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@dhwaninanavati Individually? Maybe.
Collectively? Definitely.

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@NoBananaBB @slooterman The ability to occasionally lie when appropriate is literally required to maintain normal and health human relationships. An inability to do so is a socially crippling disability.

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@BozeBoomer @W96Emily NATO literally never promised not to admit new members. That’s a Russian myth.

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@NeillBlomkamp Incredibly cringe.

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@annemouse22 @sinclair_geoff @USWPColby So the plan is to drop a nuke on your own troops as soon as a drone swarm approaches, then?