Against taxes then, more or less like @"NOS4A2". (The latter ain't taxes in this context.) In principle at least, you don't own a company under commun...
Against taxes (along the lines of @"NOS4A2")? That would rule out communism and whatever socialist aspects of society. There's a bit of the tired old ...
, societies do differ, though. Some go intentional systematic organized genocide, others take offense from that and observe fair rights, ... There are...
@"Tzeentch", how does it compare to the 2014 Crimea grab? EDIT Grabbing Crimea in 2014 apparently came as a surprise. Invasion wasn't entirely a surpr...
You mean in terms of markets/competition? Something else? Feel free to explicate. Political freedom in Russia — European Council on Foreign Relations ...
, it's easier for like-minded to come together to form a small commune (where people can come and go), than successfully imposing communism on a large...
Doesn't look particularly like propaganda (or similar) to me, but feel free to fill missing pieces in... West prepares for Putin to use ‘whatever tool...
, fighting bad climate change more or less takes a global response, making it more difficult. :/ , yeah, thought about mentioning that as a motive, li...
I suppose, whatever might be said of Navalny he's not a coward. Russia's Navalny faces new charges after prison 'provocation' - lawyer — Kevin Liffey,...
Yeah, those are part of the (open-ended) "Then what?" question of seemingly free Russian reins. :/ Except, I'd use "Putin's Russia" instead of just "R...
Yaay, votes. :) I'd be interested in why communism is or is not realistic/feasible. Perhaps someone that wishes to remain anonymous could have someone...
Let me just add an odd observation on the side. For some reason, it seems that some (Western) communists and socialists have become apologists for Rus...
In brief: Pro-Russia, Pro-Ukraine Invasion Propaganda Channel Run by Former U.S. Navy NCO — Tony Spitz · Veuer · Apr 17, 2023 · 1m:18s Here's a differ...
The Shopping Cart Theory Determines Moral Character — Media Chomp · Apr 3, 2021 Are you good or bad? :) Sometimes, returning or not is probably a matt...
Belarus' Lukashenko asks for Russian security guarantees — DW et al · Apr 10, 2023 Because everyone is just standing in line to attack Belarus. :D Wha...
Had to inject this trite old slogan? ("little", too) Such a waste it would be — stupid even — if we didn't try to retain and learn from what others ha...
Don't have this one myself, but maybe should: Anne Frank’s diary gets lavish saucy treatment in new vibrant graphic novel — Matt Lebovic · The Times o...
FYI, I'm starting to see some industrial use of AI. Cautiously, but moving in. Unpredictability is a concern. AI has much to offer humanity. It could ...
One of the awful things I've encountered personally, sort of, while chatting with a nurse originally from Russia: Russian travelers say they fear one ...
Feel free to tell, please. Findings? (The usual admin/mod/member/... are common online. The forum denizens are a varied lot, though probably not with ...
Just for your entertainment, an assessed ranking of the wealth of world leaders translated to US$s: --- ------------------------------ ---------------...
Don't know. I might ask my mother if handing the ticket to the 20 year old would be OK, perhaps just because she's lived a lifetime, which the 20 year...
, hatred can also fuel politics. Some campaigners focus on degrading their opponents, whereas others focus on telling listeners what they would do if ...
, that's your response to the massacre? (by the way, nah, that's not a summary of "the last 400 pages"; I notice you've picked up @"Streetlight"'s tor...
War/violence is bad, I think most agree. With that ? out of the way, what's an appropriate response to something like the Halabja massacre? Support/ha...
China has equipment that can spy on us in our telecommunications networks. We must remove it now — Gary C Peters, Geoffrey Starks · The Hill · Apr 6, ...
Russian accused of war crimes triggers walkout at UN Security Council — Allegra Goodwin, Florence Davey-Attlee · CNN · Apr 6, 2023 Albania, Malta, UK,...
Hmm why "used to be" ...? NATO isn't going to destabilize Finland. , well, their reaction to Finland, Sweden ? NATO has varied, "who cares", "military...
Requiem for a string: Charting the rise and fall of a theory of everything — Paul Sutter · Ars Technica · Jan 27, 2023 I always thought calling it "th...
As mentioned by , public comments from Russian officials have been all over... Secretary Antony J. Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg...
, not exactly; could be whoever. It just so happens that it was Putin who instigated the Ukrainians' predicament — invasion, bombings, re-enculturatio...
2500 year old geography: Hecataeus of Miletus’ Map /uploads/resized/files/r6/b3z6iccfnl7shbsg.png (reconstruction) Neat. No Australia or Americas or, ...
In Russia's St Petersburg, locals say Finland 'making problems' with NATO accession — Reuters via The Jerusalem Post · Apr 4, 2023 In Russia's St Pete...
Hmm... If stated as knowledge, then the statement can't be reality, since otherwise it would be contradictory, yes? (Not referring to Spinoza, just th...
No, you haven't. Things have happened. Not mere ... And meanwhile in Putin's Russia ? (also mentioned in the thread)... In other news, spreading ... B...
So you didn't read them. Not going to dig them up and list them again, but there's a recent one here (ECFR). On another note, there's been some specul...
Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Kyiv assails Russia's UN Security Council presidency — Reuters · Apr 1, 2023 Kyiv says Russian UN Security Council pre...
In the general case, it's not quite that simple. Better communication could help prevent deaths like Alex Radita's, inquiry hears — Jason Herring · Ca...
Russia says Ukraine ceasefire now would not achieve Moscow's goals — Kevin Liffey, Mark Trevelyan · Reuters · Mar 31, 2023 Apparently, Putin ditched t...
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