All these institutions of god trying to tell us our souls will be saved if we follow them. and that the "other" religions are prophligates, infidels, devils and heretics. LMAO
I've yet to find one that isn't hiding a history of butchery
Everyone has contigency plans for war with their neighbors and allies.
the difference between Most of the world, and Agressive countries like Russia, America, Israel, Iran and China, is that the rest of the world generally has those plans be "if Attacked by X, We will do Y"
A very important disctinction about the Maidan protests and riots, was there was effectively Two different law enforcement groups on the scene in Kyiv. The black uniforms, and the blue uniforms.
The Internal Troops, who were basically local police who were mobilized for riot duty. acting on the orders of the local regional government, They wore Black.
and the Berkut. who were a militarized police force that was acting as lawgivers on the orders of the President, The Ukrainian President Yanukovitch was a puppet of Putin, and he had his own group of militarized thugs that were used as a personal regime security service, they wore Blue. Berkut was the ones that were largely responsible for dissapearing and murdering people.
Russia still has various forms of this internal security today, their whole job is basically protect the regime from the inside. meaning they exist to terrorize people who are affiliated with the army and regular police, incase they get any funny ideas about revolting.
Anyway, after the Rada (Ukrainian elected officials) Impeached and removed Yankukovitch for Treason, an important note to all those Russian shills who allege it was a coup, Yanukovitch'es own cabinet impeached him... anyway, after he was gone, the interim government disbanded and fired the Berkut unit for their brutality against the people of Ukraine.
This story doesnt have a happy ending though, Russia offered them asylum. and the vast majority of Berkut members left the country and swore allegiance to Russia. So they fled first to Crimea, and then filtered out into Russia after it was formally annexed.
Whats happening in America, Started in Ukraine, this is a decade long battle against an organized crime syndicate thats taken control of multiple national governments. Its all connected.
The Regime, and yes, its the Regime from now on, is only following the blueprint from its Russian Mafia Masters.
Over there, Protesting is just disorderly, its viewed as immature and irresponsible. You dont go out in the street and yell at the government for your problems,
you are supposed to calmly write a letter or other appeal to the Tsar President and ask them to personally intervene, and go after the middle managers at the factory , or the foreign traders ripping you off or whoever is really responsible for your trouble
It stopped being conservatism a while ago. It's eugenics. Oligarchic capitalism, racism and genocidal fascism wearing the skin of conservatisms hollowed husk
the door closed a long time ago on Israel ever tolerating the idea of a 2 state solution, they're openly stating their intentions to expunge and exterminate now. and have been doing so for the last year
this is unsuprising, however there's been at different points in the war, different pathways where Russia got their stuff through.
Kazakhstan and especially Kyrgyzstan were both notorious for being highways of western materials, components, and in some cases finished goods, going into Russia from "Unfriendly Nations"
the Tariffs are only a secondary reason why foreigners and tourists are staying the fuck away.
its the Internal nightmare, Geopolitical policy and commentary thats pissed people off
its the whitewashing of genocide and blank cheque attitude toward Israel after it went way too far.
its the whitewashing of genocide and devils advocacy of Russia as it is de-facto at war with America and its Allies now.
its the constant comments of Invasion of Panama, Greenland, Mexico and Canada, and the utter disrespect / jingoism in it.
its the constant demonizing of Americas military allies in the face of the most turbulent period since the cold war.
its the inhuman treatment of its own people, and the administration basically saying "get mad, fuck you gonna do about it?"
its the plainclothes gestapo prowling the streets of its own country looking for people who are deemed too mexican to be allowed.
its the hostile treatment of tourists to begin with, laughably suggesting torists who come from europe, australia, etc, places that are fundementally better places to live. are actually coming to america to work illegally, and they end up in a cell for 3 weeks with no contact while the "investigation is pending"
and so much more.
Tariffs are an insult , but they're not the reason foreigners are avoiding the country,
its because America has become a bed of Pig Shit Fascists.
You demonize and attack your own states that vote against you. we're supposed to believe we would A) Actually have rights and not be just a military occupation resource extraction zone, and B) That you wouldnt throw us under the bus with the rest of the democrat heavy states?
Fuck off.
The world is far too comfortable with Fascists, having taken hold in America, Russia, and far too many other places.
We need to go back? yeah. to when Fascists swung by the neck on a rope.
I voiced this concern elsewhere recentley, it terrifies me to think of how much energy, bandwidth, computing power, and storage all goes into what is essentially, frivilous, pointless, lazy, stupid bullshit when it comes to AI and what people actually use it for.