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  • Is there any hope for Ukraine to survive as an independent state now that trump is desperately wishing for a peace treaty with Russia, even bypassing Ukraine?

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  • Ukraine can survive without american support. Russia has the GDP of Spain. The EU has the resources to help Ukraine, we just need

    1. Political will
    2. Ability to produce(or procure) stuff for Ukraine

    For the last 100 years, everyone was dependent on each other, since we were all allied, it made less sense for every country to reinvent the wheel. Now the EU will need to create new production capabilities and that takes time and money. This will have a noticeable negative effect to the quality of life of europeans so the europeans will need to be willing to deal with that.

    South Korea has a strong defence industry that can help cover the gap, especially if things are chill in SouthEast Asia.

    If the EU can guarantee the safety of Greece(maybe with the creation of an EU army or through stronger defence treaties), Greece has a lot of military equipment that could potentially be sent to Ukraine, especially if Turkey is cool. Greece for example has more Leopard 2 tanks than any other country(including Germany).

    I think if the EU sends troops to Ukraine, the EU will need to completely commit to that. The war in Ukraine is rough and very different than any other war, especially the wars western forces have fought in the last 50 years. So you cant half ass it and send a couple thousand soldiers to die there, you need to commit with proper air support, etc. This escalation needs to be managed carefully.

    The EU needs to start pumping nukes and developing its missile program. Without the american nuclear shield, the EU needs its own. There is a reason that China is pumping nukes like crazy, because they are way behind the americans and russians. MAD is the only way to de-escalate and prevent a nuclear war.

    Most of the aforementioned cost is these nukes/missile and building capabilities(stealth planes) programs. Helping Ukraine is cheap.

  • Sweden sending peacekeepers to post-war Ukraine 'a possibility', PM says

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  • Don't forget where we came from and what shaped us as a species. The Jungle.

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  • Humans "i dont rape because i respect other humans". Meanwhile nature ....

    And in before "but i need to eat", you dont need to eat animal products. You can have a healthy life with a vegan diet, arguably an even healthier life. And to go back to my original point, just because you need to cum, doesnt mean that you have the right to cause suffering and death to other sentient beings.

    Just masturbate. Just go vegan.

  • Is anyone planning on doing anything about trump creating a concentration camp at guantanamo bay?

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  • The US government does not recognize the ICC. The UN has no power, at most it can sent a stern letter. What could happen is the EU maybe complaining or even sanctioning the US but considering that Germany literally passed an illegal immigration law yesterday(the conservatives with support from the nazis), my hopes are not high.

    Human rights is more of an optics(or an excuse) issue, rather than something that governments care about.

  • Denmark launches $2 billion Arctic security plan, seeks EU unity on Greenland

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  • First, what the fuck, but second, how ready is NATO to turn on supposedly one of their own?

    Turkey has been threatening to invade Greece since forever. Thats why both countries joined NATO together, at the same time(in 1952). And while there is some confidence regarding article 5, you cant have your country existence depend on "hope". Thats why recently Greece signed a separate defence agreement with France.

    And generally Greece is one of the few NATO countries that consistently spends more than the required NATO 2%. It generally tries to maintain a 1:3 ratio when it comes to Turkey military spending which might not be enough to beat Turkey 1:1 but it is enough to make Turkey think twice about doing anything weird. The issue is that Turkey is 8x bigger and not that poor anymore(while Greece is smaller and poorer than in the past).

    I keep getting told that the “magic Article 5 argument isn’t a guarantee of support. There are no requirements to go to war for an ally, just pre-emptive permission to join in. It’s still voluntary, and few are so stupid as to stand against the [Empire!] USA!” (Brackets mine).

    All agreements between nations are "voluntary". You cant force a country to do anything, they are a sovereign state, ie they can do whatever they want. The article 5 has very strongly written language and it is one of the most "mandated" agreements you can have. But ultimately, it is about trust and belief in it.

    Thats why Russia's plan is to erode the belief in article 5 though hybrid warfare(and trump, if you think trump is compromised). Let's say Russia goes and occupies 500sq meters of a baltic state. Would the US send 10 aircraft carriers and declare war on Russia? Maybe they will and then Russia would go "oups, my bad, didnt notice the map line". Or maybe they wont. But even the discussion over whether NATO allies would strongly react to such a development, would corrode belief in article 5.

  • Denmark launches $2 billion Arctic security plan, seeks EU unity on Greenland

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  • Each EU country should send 11 soldiers to Greenland. We can call them the EU 300 and they can use the "come and take them" motto. They will function as a tripwire, in case of an american invasion and it would show the EU commitment to the defense of the union.

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    Australia is too far away 🇦🇺

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  • Deer rule

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  • Thats a basenji.

  • “It’s Whataboutism to Ask for Moral Consistency in US Policy”

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  • Can a random american citizen not run as an opponent to those senators in the US? Arent those senators democratically elected?

    Can you do the same for Xi Jinping? Can a random chinese citizen run for office?

    Do you think those 2 things are the same?

  • This is in a small convenience store where you can buy food things and heat them up while in the store

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  • Literally 1984.

  • rule

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  • China's Xi Jinping asked 'What’s so bad about deflation?' amid economic slowdown, report says

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  • Not exactly. Deflation basically slows down the economy. If you think your money will worth more tomorrow, then you are less likely to invest/spend them.

    But the whole purpose of money is to be used. Money is a tool, the oil that facilitates trade and keeps the economy going. And while too much money(oil) can overheat the economy(inflation), too little money can straight up bring the economy to a halt(deflation).

    Deflation, even in small amounts, is more dangerous, thats why ideally you prefer having a small amount of inflation.

  • american culture

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  • You are right, i wrote a comment about iliad before and mistyped iliad here too. And you are right, it was a cultural touch stone for ancient Greece.

  • american culture

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  • Iliad was not a religious text(or even a text for many centuries). It was just a story of a dude trying to get back home.

  • american culture

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  • How many movies are there about the Odyssey?

  • american culture

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  • There are basic versions of these stories with big drawings, mostly made for kids. Basically manga. When i was a kid(in Greece), 35 years ago, i had this

    https://www.stratikis.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iliada-nea.jpg

    This is Iliad and it was cooler than Odyssey. Badass dudes with almost divine powers fighting other dudes and entire armies on their own, while Gods are taking sides and fucking things up. Isnt that shonen.

    Odyssey's ending was cool though, even if it was a bit sad.

  • Valve reveals what games made the most money on Steam in 2024

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  • But they did shut down the dota 2 gambling. I dont know why cs is different.

  • Valve reveals what games made the most money on Steam in 2024

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  • Valve cracked down on dota gambling many years ago and since then, i dont think it is a thing anymore. However, normal gambling(for dota games or conventional sports) is the primary sponsor of most dota tournaments/teams.

  • Elon Musk’s F-35 ‘idiots’ remark was wrong, says Lockheed Martin boss

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  • I dont understand what you are trying to say. Too big to fail is used to describe something that is failing but cant be allowed to fail because it is too big.

    As i wrote, the F-35 is far from failing, it is one of the most successful airplanes ever made, at least in terms of sales. Many european countries, which were big proponents of the Eurofighter and kinda ignored the F-15/F-16/F-18 platforms, are buying the F-35 simply because it is not only better than the Eurofighter/Rafale/Gripen, but it is also cheaper.

    If the F-35 was bad or even medicore, those countries wouldnt be so willing to buy it, in mass quantities, with deliveries all the way into the 2030. Many of these countries also intend of creating a similarly featured plane but they wont be able to make one for another 10-15 years. So in the meantime, they are dependent on the F-35. They could use their older planes but they obviously see something in the F-35 that makes it a must have in the meantime.