Information warfare is Russia's specialty, in that its the only way they can fight NATO. Convetionally, they would be wiped from the field. and they know that. the Ukrainian army, that was "supposed " to last 3 days, completely shitrocked them and fought them to a bitter standstill for 2 years to the point the only way Russia could push forward, was by getting Ukraine's allies to stab them in the back (information warfare).
They dont stand a chance in hell of defeating NATO militarily so their only option is to have NATO tear itself apart politically, (the third option of NOT being an imperialist warmongering sphere of influence obsessed peice of shit, is not negotiable, that concept is practically joined at the hip with Russia's very identity)
occupation of people who are virtually indistinguishable at a glance. Just ask the Russians how that worked out in Eastern Ukraine, the only way they could ever secure the place was by killing pretty much everyone.
Germany, Austria and Switzerland speak German, and are still different countries.
US, UK, Canada, NZ and Australia speak English, and are different countries
France and Belgium speak French, are different countries.
The entire Arabic speaking world is spread across like 20 countries.
Russia and Ukraine both speak Russian*, and one tried to merge with the other, violently, and are now bitter enemies probably forever..
Is "Fuck off and leave people alone" an option in peoples brains?
Europe needs to stop sitting on its hands, abandon this wait and see attitude, they should be at the figurative equivalent of DEFCON 2 by now. they need to seriously prepare for a shooting war. The expectation all this time has been that Trump will abandon not just Ukraine but Europe as a whole, he sees the continent as Russia's plaything, whereas the western Hemisphere is his. They need to prepare for war.
Russia will still get cooked by European NATO, But the casualties will be tremendous on both sides, Putin acts as if he has Syphilyis or something eating his brain, he's an old man and he will kill to secure his idea of being a "great man of russia for all time". the Krokodil Vodka fiends have convinced millions of Russians that heroically dying in a war against the amorphous "West" is a pathway to heaven and glory not unlike Islamist Extremists and their 72 virgins.
truth doesnt matter, the only thing that matters is convincing you to vote for the people working for this cabal, so that they get to solidify their power and effectively game the system so that they can never lose again (Fidesz in Hungary, Likely GoP in America)
Stop chasing exes through your 20s. Especially the one from a different country. Even if it didn't crash and burn it never would have worked anyway just due to immigration
walk away from reddit.
try to find a similar community to whatever it was you lost, here. if not, make one!
if that fails. get a new device, and only use reddit when you're away from your usual internet networks.
but seriously, its easier to just walk away from reddit. reddit is an echo chamber of extremism and hopeless cluenessness. on all ends of the spectrum.
The same thing happened to me and I largely stopped caring after I discovered Lemmy. its been a lot better for my mental health too.
Cuba cant make them leave. There isn't an ally who can back them up and go toe to toe with them like there was for a brief period between 1950s and the late 1980s..
the conspiracy brain in me, looks at ranting from people like elon musk, who say there's going to be a population collapse, and Im thinking of Resident evil, (the bad movies).
I think they're banking on the hope that in 20 years there's going to be billions fewer people in the world, we're already close to setting it off with the unprecedented increase of state vs state wars since 2020. Azerbaijan/Armenia, Israel/Levant, and even bigger ones that we've not seen since the 80s like Russia/Ukraine and with all probability, China/Taiwan by 2028 at the latest.
they're banking on there being less people to feed, house, and otherwise provide for. so they can fall back to a kind of corpo-feudalism
Those still clinging to the rules based order need to realize they are under attack. Its war on multiple fronts.
Under attack by Russia, Iran, North Korea and Chinese military action.
and Under attack by Often Russian aligned, Fascist elements within NATO countries. Trying to seize power globally.
Most of Canada isn't even habitable for weird Canadians. I live close to Maine, and there are some times of the year where you arne't leaving home for a day or two until the snowplows dig everyone out. and our winters are MILD
Information warfare is Russia's specialty, in that its the only way they can fight NATO. Convetionally, they would be wiped from the field. and they know that. the Ukrainian army, that was "supposed " to last 3 days, completely shitrocked them and fought them to a bitter standstill for 2 years to the point the only way Russia could push forward, was by getting Ukraine's allies to stab them in the back (information warfare).
They dont stand a chance in hell of defeating NATO militarily so their only option is to have NATO tear itself apart politically, (the third option of NOT being an imperialist warmongering sphere of influence obsessed peice of shit, is not negotiable, that concept is practically joined at the hip with Russia's very identity)