Zaraf Frustra

A philosopher specialising in continental philosophy trying to follow the truth (whatever that means)

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Stream today on youtube live at 7PM - talking about recent events.

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@JominiW ¸Why are you quoting the most unreliable source of this war - the Ukrainian gvmnt? what is next? Russia today?

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@ErrantStrategry Why would they be terrible? They have access to same strategies the US is using. It simply does not make sense to make conclusions like that without proper explanation. Why would a military operate without generals?

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@CommodoreDutch @jimboknows27 @Charles_Lister So US is not in NATO?

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@NJ_Banmar @jimboknows27 @Charles_Lister Cant you at least read one news article before you try to explain stuff you know nothing about?

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@Tuesday81865744 @Gustavus_Carl @TrentTelenko @Osinttechnical This whole thing is just cheap units and relatively cheap equipment. Either Putin is seriously afraid of NATO backlash or he is not done yet.

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@Osinttechnical How obnoxious can you guys be? Do you really think they use GPS system controlled by USA when they have their own?

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@Kwaaibabatjie @Osinttechnical @Garmin I wonder. How stupid do you have to be to think that they would use American GPS when they have their own. American stupidity knows no boundaries.

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@JackMurphyRGR There is this brilliant quote on a panel I just watched. How come if the Russian tech is so bad we still fear their AA and worked so hard not so long ago to get into space with? Also we don't really know if they only use commercial GPS. Would be beyond stupid given US controls it

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@PhilGarber5 @Disrep @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry In the Ukrainian situation, only one version gets the stage. And this is not done through repressive methods but through self-censorship - it is not the state that suppresses the information ... it is the people that do it. Self-censorship. That is the problem. 2/2

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@PhilGarber5 @Disrep @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry Well we have to be careful here. What is very different in Ukranian situation is the extend of informational warfare. We know that everybody got their stage in pandemic. Yes the stage was mainly occupied by authorities ... but that is how our society works 1/2

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@Disrep @PhilGarber5 @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry Last tweet on the subject. The problem is that the state can, by simply declaring a state of emergency, have complete control over information. This war proves that. Have a nice day.

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@Disrep @PhilGarber5 @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry The problem is not having all the info, it's having no info. It took me literally hundreds of hours to get a somewhat objective take on the war.

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@Disrep @PhilGarber5 @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry That scares me a lot really. To have complete control of information through the use of social media is really problematic. What this means is NATO can at any point decide that it is in our own good to start informational warfare and we are completely cut out.

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@Disrep @PhilGarber5 @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry I am not in any shape or form questioning Ukrainians' determination to fight for their land. What worries me is what happens next. If they don't have information about what is going on they cannot really make their own decisions anymore. That is the problem.

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@Disrep @PhilGarber5 @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry I agree that there is no dispute there. Ukrainians are fighting for their sovereignty. BUT if they are given misinformation in an attempt to fight informational warfare then their choices are not their own. A problem I feel we need to discuss - the danger of informational warfare

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@Disrep @PhilGarber5 @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry I don't know if that is as easy as you make it out to be. If there is no news covering the actual war ... then their decision to fight is not theirs. This is really really problematic.

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@PhilGarber5 @Disrep @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry War as something that it isn't. AGAIN and I want to be very clear. I am not saying NATO is in the wrong here but we are entering very muddy waters. 3/3

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@PhilGarber5 @Disrep @HannesImknastz1 @Villager1244 @ErrantStrategry I don't think we should even bother with politics here. My question is very simple. Are Ukrainians being provided with the data on which they can base their decisions? What NATO is doing is it is threatening the very cornerstone of democracy by deliberately presenting this 2/3