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Spzi

@ Spzi @lemm.ee

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  • Trump thinks he humiliated Zelensky. He really humiliated the United States

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  • So is social media, and the openness of free societies to internal (the rich owning the media) and external (foreign adversaries) tampering. Spreading misinformation, eroding trust in institutions and truth itself, poisons like that.

    Many democracies are crumbling this way. We yet have to find an effective antidote.

    Regardless of the voting system, there still is a worryingly large portion of voters who were corrupted to serve other's interests. And that is true to all (?) countries. That not just any two democracies fall first, but GB and US, kind of shows us that it could be anyone.

    So while it is easy to look down on the fallen, or feel ashamed to be that - we're helpless in this together. Hate to end like that.

  • Trump thinks he humiliated Zelensky. He really humiliated the United States

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  • There is so much in this direction. For a fraction of the budget, you could obliterate both the Russian army and economy, without losing any soldiers. What an opportunity, what a deal. Unless you're owned by Russia, of course.

  • Norway rethinks €1.7 trillion sovereign fund to boost support for Ukraine

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  • Oops, thanks. Meant Transnistria (to which the answer would be Putin, although I guess you would not have asked if I had not made that mistake). Sometimes, the letters in the middle of a word do seem to matter.

  • Norway rethinks €1.7 trillion sovereign fund to boost support for Ukraine

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  • Very nice, exactly the signal The Free World needs now. Now, that the previous leader vanished in a puff of Kreml propaganda.

    It's now more than ever at stake wether Ukraine can fend off the invasion (the outcome of which is another signal to autocrats eyeing future invasions, for example Taiwan, Transnistria*). It's a question.

    One answer, one possible scenario is that each individual EU country feels overwhelmed to shoulder the additional burden. Or that the Union cannot muster enough support to replace the U.S. This scenario can be self-reinforcing. If it seems likely that the combined response would still be insufficient, a plausible outcome is everybody holding back, which already would favor the Russian aggression.

    So this is why I want to highlight how much good news this is, because it's exactly the opposite kind of example. Literally stepping up.

    *) Transnistria: Edited thanks to a comment, original wrongly said 'Tasmania'.

  • Democrats Appear Paralyzed. Bernie Sanders Is Not.

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  • none of the people critiquing Bernie have offered up a tangible suggestion for what Bernie should be doing instead, rather just pointing out how ineffective they feel Bernie is.

    People reacting to activism, in a nutshell.

  • German election live: Centre-right CDU and CSU parties win, say exit polls Far-right Alternative for Germany records best result with close to 20 per cent of the vote

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  • Germany could always turn on them when the time is right.

    That's too close to history to be an accident. I take the whole 2nd paragraph as satire, which I like.

  • German election live: Centre-right CDU and CSU parties win, say exit polls Far-right Alternative for Germany records best result with close to 20 per cent of the vote

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  • That is, wow. I guess it's true, but ATM it feels too high to be real. Like I also heard about two states having closer to 20% voter turnout. Which surely are outliers (and WTF is wrong with people to not vote with so much at stake), but still 84% is very high.

    Sooo I just make a comment on social media stating my opinion asking for other opinions ... Alright I found something more useful: https://www.wahlen.info/bundestagswahl/wahlbeteiligung/

    It seems conservative Bavaria was pulling the turnout train.

  • Trump envoy can’t name a single concession Russia will make in peace deal

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  • And further proof he's the much better diplomat/politician than those who exclude him.

  • DOGE staffer known as 'Big Balls' reportedly the grandkid of a KGB spy

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  • why bother reporting?

    Here are some of the many ways this could be answered:

    • To exercise this core freedom, to not lose it. What comes out of it is a much less important question. The day news outlets remain silent about wrongdoings because they believe nobody cares anyways is going to be one of the darkest days towards the death of democracy.
    • Separation of powers means the Press is not the Legislative, which is not the Judicative. The question seems to assume they were all one, or since the Press lacks the means of the other two, it's mission would be kind of futile. But since these powers are separated, it is irrelevant to the Press wether and what legal actions follow (aside from being stories worth covering in themselves). It's simply not the job of reporting to carry out arrests, and the lack of arrests, even when necessary, does not devalue the reporting. Maybe even on the contrary: It's probably of much more value to society to report about things which aren't already dealt with.
    • It is totally relatable to feel powerless, maybe even getting accustomed to things going south. But I think we should be extra careful how these sentiments are communicated. A necessary prelude to that darkest day from above, is when outlets still report, but are met with nothing but indifferent "water is wet", "can't do anything so why care at all?" comments.

  • Trump’s attempts to denigrate Zelenskyy have led to a surge in Ukrainian unity

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  • Wtf. How I hate muzzle velocity politics. Put those guys in camps, they are a threat to public safety.

  • Ich🐮🎶🥲iel

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  • Ja, ich dachte das wäre ein Instrument, "ähnlich" wie Xylophon. Mit der Verwendung in dem Satz da weiß ich auch nicht, was gemeint ist.

  • Fellow Eurobros, I know it's unlikely, but if it came to this which front would you rather fight at?

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  • It seems most people get it, but I don't - Care to explain?

  • Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen"

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  • Not sure how 0.00006 helmets per capita is the better figure, but there you go.

    Yes, I mean, for Germany, being the 3rd largest economy in the world (only surpassed by the USA and China), it would be a real shame if they were not among the topmost supporters in total. Here, it makes much more sense to use per capita numbers, relate to GDP or whatever. Compared to it's economic potential, Germany is merely #15 in supporting Ukraine with Denmark, Finland, and the Baltics doing at least twice as much.

    If you deem the bit about the 0..6 helmets per capita to be false, what's the correct take?

  • Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen"

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  • Remember how it took like two days to overturn 70 years of precedence of “no weapons delivery into crisis regions”?

    Oh, thanks. Yeah, now I remember making that jump, too, although it took me more than two days. Wild times.

    Hofreiter (Greens) put it quite well ... something like ... not our ideals have changed, but the world has changed, brutally so.

    I think you did well in dialing back my comment and adding more context, although I still think there was truth in it.

  • Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen"

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  • Truly a shame, but does not lead to your conclusion. If you cannot get the irony about you publicly complaining that you cannot publicly complain much like in Russia, then I'm afraid I cannot help you further.

  • Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen"

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  • We either stop them and oppose their military spending

    You notice that's a luxury exclusive to one side in that conflict? This freedom of speech, even forming a vocal political opposition. There have been people trying to do exactly that in Russia, but they all have died, vanished or gone silent.

    If the dictatorship takes over (for example, due to a lack of resistance), you lose these privileges and are then sent to the grinder anyways.

  • Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen"

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  • Hah, strong reply. 👍

  • Europe preps huge defense package in boost to Ukraine: "Never been seen"

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  • Them not being involved in the peace talks underlines again how indispensable nuclear weapons are, sadly.

    The DSA playing hopscotch with whose ally they are underlines how worthless a shared nuclear umbrella can be.

    So a grim lesson for Ukraine, Europe, Taiwan and pretty much any country with any border tensions, or anything another aspiring imperialist might find desireable: Get nukes, own them yourselfes, or risk being thrown aside or being steamrolled. Trump undoing decades of existential anti-proliferation work in mere days.

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  • Finally Ukraine is getting the help they need!

    This might actually be the silver lining of it all.

    There has been an uncomfortable disparity between words of support and actual support. I heard many times that the ultimate goal the Pentagon wants to achieve is Russia not losing the war. Out of (comprehensible) fear a falling dictator might throw a last Tantrum235. Germany has also been firmly sitting on the brakes from the start. Remember 5000 helmets? And the (for some Ukrainians literally) gut-tearing discussions at each and every step, wether this is Putins red line, or that is Putins red line, wether this or that might escalate the war, all while Putin escalates the war.

    Now that the DSA have kissed themselves goodbye, Europe seems to finally realize what's at stake and oops they can do something about it. So there is hope Germany might get it's fat ass off the track. There is even talk about Germany taking a leadership role, though given the context, this must be dark humour. Gotta love that.

    Fingers crossed Europe unites in action and Ukraine is getting the help they need! Doing otherwise would send a strong signal to the new Imperialists in east and west that you can pick and chew at our borders, be it the Baltics or Greenland.