Some would view this start of the OP the evidence of all things wrotten in our American(Western) culture. This is what holds interest in a Philosophy ...
Yes, The idea of the Russian nation is very different from let's say the US. And I think many Americans or Westerners simply don't understand this. Th...
Exactly. The real problem here is that Russia has no other identity as a state than an imperial one. Russia is not a nation state. And it fears, or it...
The unfortunate view that some leaders have is that the war goal is about "Ukraine not losing", but not "Russia losing". And before someone comments t...
That's true. And of course a dictator for life is very different from a US president. And we shouldn't forget that many who vote for Trump aren't the ...
He doesn't have to. What Trump lacks his supporters simply dream to exist as his abilities. Total bumbling is 4D Chess, remember? And as every negativ...
Unfortunately I cannot find it, but there was a great BBC documentary about how totally surreal the world of the media in Putin's Russia had become wh...
The Dnipro is a natural defensive line. In the age of pin-point accuracy weapons going over it is a difficult issue. Not impossible, but just difficul...
As the Western countries aren't themselves in war, there isn't a huge "ramping up" of manufacturing. Basically only Poland is making huge investments ...
I remember when the Yugoslav Civil war broke out, EU sent observers to observe "the cease-fire" dressed in white overalls. And then you had television...
I definately agree. Somehow we cannot admit that we are in some issues as clueless as people in the 19th Century. And many things are still unknown to...
The interaction is the problem, basically. At least for now, to our present knowledge, the speed of light is a bit of an obstacle. If we solve our "li...
The probability of there being other living beings in the universe is so high that I would say there are alien life forms, even advanced organisms ali...
Far more was it about money and old rights, I guess. Then there was more of the backdrop of the guild-system (that was being abolished) and the modern...
A God-Emperor isn't Jesus. https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/02/19/13/screen-shot-2019-02-19-at-1.04.25-pm.png?width=...
Me too. This is a Philosophy Forum, so we do treat quoting somebody seriously. I just cannot say "Well, Kant said the same thing too as I" if I really...
I think you are on to something. Especially with AI you could have a really fanatic movement against it that would try to break in to corporation buil...
I guess what has been confirmed is that the modern equipment is in use now. Yet not sure just how large this counteroffensive will be. The fact is tha...
It's not semantics. If you argue that the attack toward Kyiv was a feint and argue that other people are saying this or have said so when they have no...
And I got you. Nothing about the two major axis being feints as you declared to Mearsheimer to say. If you quote somebody saying something, then this ...
Lame excuse. You simply use the quote key and it's easy... Besides, in the other videos you have referred to like this video Mearsheimer says himself ...
* * * Wrong again. The given link here Mearsheimer SAYS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE THAT. Nothing. Nowhere in the 1h 33min lecture did he even touch the s...
So now its hypotheticals. At least that is promising. :smirk: How about the fact that troops committed to a war aren't just made up, even in Russia, f...
Ok, now you're just trolling. First of all, you haven't given ANY reasoning for your idea (here ) a that two of the main groups attacking Kyiv were do...
How can a report done in February tell about facts that happened in April? :chin: Just at first answer that. Besides, the RUSI article used captured p...
What tells about the pre-attack confidence of the Russians in their abilities (and their assumption on the weakness of the Ukrainians) is that when th...
Wrong. Trying to misrepresent what I said is silly. I said "To assume that the fight of Hostomel/Antonov Airport and the whole fight for Kyiv". Notice...
:snicker: Do you know what you gave as your reference? Just look at what the ISW issue says: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 26, 2022!...
Something on the same lines: To assume that the fight of Hostomel/Antonov Airport and the whole fight for Kyiv was a distraction is a laughable fantas...
Yes, because it was to be ruled by Ukrainian Quislings preferable to Moscow. And because it was going to be a short war. The main objective has been t...
Lol. That's on another timeline. And at least in the English speaking World there's an example of how to lose your Empire with reasonable dignity and ...
I remember this bothering Streetlight X, the US getting off now because the actions of Putin are so clear obvious. Present Russia is a prime example o...
For long what was missing was to treat unidentified flying objects as unidentified, flying, objects. I think that can have changed a bit when the Navy...
Hyperinflation happens when people lose all trust in the currency. I don't think people are at all thinking like that. Hence I don't think you or me o...
Seems that Russia blew up the Kakhovka damn to prevent any crossing from western part (western end) of the Dnipro. But it obviously puts a lot people ...
Democracies seem decadent, weak, corrupt and verge of collapse to the authoritarian. And, of course, they are also homosexual and are against traditio...
What Chinese policies then you had in mind? Besides, China has followed a quite similar path as the West when it comes to debt, yet it's public sector...
Especially after the sanctions now imposed on Russia, China can fear that similar things would happen to itself. And thus the globalization bromance b...
All nations are following the same example. And that's why a dollar crisis wouldn't be a crisis of the US, it would be a crisis for the West. We are i...
Obviously you don't like capitalism, but the fact is profit is given to those that are the owners. Workers get salaries, owners profits. The issue is ...
Terrible practice to make a profit? Terrible for business? Just what in your mind is a business profit? Evil banality of greedy people that abuse peop...
So your refutation is that once there was peak of deflation during the financial crisis? Weak. No, the primary reason is that the US government is spe...
Again, If they protect their profits, which go to the shareholders, wouldn't they be actually quite good investments in this environment? Why would th...
Companies that have the ability to put the highers costs into prices and protect their margins are actually quite good investments in this environment...
If we cant know all truths at all times, isn't that then a limitation to absolute knowledge? And what does the second law of thermodynamics tell us? O...
How do you define consciousness? Is a baby infant conscious? Is a chimpanzee? A spider? An amoeba? If you assume that it's exactly on/off, then what i...
Even the definition of consciousness is vague and many have different views on just what is conscious and what isn't. Consciousness seems obviously so...
How? Not saying anything doesn't make you a liar. Knowing something and telling it to others is two separate things. Besides, any person or entity tha...
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