It's certainly a relevant point to debate; in particular, if Putin actually wanted this schism with the West to create a new cold war, then that is ce...
I don't feel that's a useful analytical framework, as then Trump is also a nazi type. Indeed, even authoritarians in Israel supporting apartheid would...
Putin's not a neo-Nazi. People can be a different flavour of authoritarianism. Indeed, there were authoritarians before Nazi's even existed. For examp...
I agree with your points here. And, again, NATO and Ukraine were completely free to sign a treaty and have Ukraine join anytime since 2014 or even Ukr...
You don't seem to understand how argument works. You assumed the argument as your premise--that neo-Nazi's would be a justification for war--and your ...
I don't really reason by taking an opinion first ... and then asking for more information. My initial comment was asking people who knew more about th...
Yes, obviously discussing the stated reason for something is relevant. You can argue is purely propaganda if you want, but it's obviously relevant to ...
Indeed, and did Europe benefit from directly and indirectly supporting violent anti-Russian extremists? Now, possible, war would have happened anyways...
I've never said it was ... nor is anyone. Putin's stated reason is "de-Nazification". What I'm pointing out is that, in a political realist point of v...
For sure. This is definitely classic imperialism. Totally understand it. The problem is if NATO doesn't let you in the club, maybe take that into cons...
I'm not saying it's a cause for military action, I'm saying the EU refusing good faith collaboration with Russia lowers the downsides of military acti...
Obviously countries want to join NATO, and NATO could have let Ukraine in if it wanted to. However, for nations already in NATO (basically all of Euro...
Yes, exactly, seen as their the stated reasons for the war, it's relevant to discuss certainly in the context that that's what Putin says is the justi...
Great argument, I'm impressed. Someone arguing their point on a philosophy forum, engaging with rebuttals and other points of view ... is somehow unus...
I literally quote the people I'm replying to. However, as mentioned, I'm presenting the opposing view to that of the Western media. If Russia is exagg...
Mostly we've been talking in the context of Putin's stated justification for the war; Putin literally calls it a "de-nazification" operation. I certai...
Drug addicts? Ruling Ukraine? I don't say these things. And, if I was just hearing about this now, I'd be very skeptical and presume it is just fabric...
I say say assuming the premises are true it's a sound argument, I then go into some discussion about the premises. It's entirely possible the argument...
It doesn't make the argument in itself unsound, would just make Putin a hypocrite. Also, all these arguments I've presented are "for the sake of argum...
I'm not defending Putin here. As I say in my original post, seems to me this war in Ukraine (whether the original intention or not) will consolidate a...
I already responded above, but if you believe there's enough neo-Nazi's, definitely that justifies invading Ukraine if fighting the first Nazi's was j...
Oh, I definitely agree it's totally different. Why my first comment was in the form of a question of people who know more about Russian sentiment. Def...
That's why I say it depends on how much influence you believe they have ... obviously, Russians are going to be skeptical of the argument that "a popu...
Yes, Westerners often forget that no one much else sees any "prosperity" and, therefore, do not feel they owe anything to the Western system. ... inde...
Thanks for the detailed reply; as I state in my post, I myself am wondering about the thinking of the Kremlin, but I think it's fruitful I present the...
Indeed, we are seeing the consolidation of authoritarianism and the retreat and retrenchment of "Western values" ... not some sort of pyrrhic victory ...
Since there are people on the forum who know more about and, I believe, even live in Russia, I am curious what people think of the extent all the econ...
What Assange helped expose were obvious conspiracies such as unjustified killing of journalists and torture (denied at the time ... and even if "legal...
The idea Dr. Norman (and his whole team!) can just be removed from the conversation is completely absurd. Likewise, other experts, of which there are ...
One reason I've been away from the forum a few months is I accused a private equity investor of money laundering (because he was obviously laundering ...
Written over a year ago: we've entered the groundhog days scenario of stupid policy ... during a situation we seem now to be in the exact repeat of, j...
Just chiming in to point out the near exact repetition of the conversation over a year ago (comment below was made in December 2020). And also October...
Honestly a good read, thanks for posting. Would you agree with part below? And of what follows: Of course, the more radical left has not at all been s...
Making life essentially impossible without an internal vaccine passport, is a use force. What happens if you don't have your papers? Fine or prison. W...
Obviously it's not legitimate for a lot of people considering many government have made no coercive measures. Again, clearly not on the same level as ...
People (especially in the US) need to work to survive; obviously it's coercion if "enough" jobs require vaccine that you cannot practically find work ...
I've made it clear I am talking about needing papers to participate in normal society, which I would define as "force". The force is the fines or pris...
The title of the OP obviously makes all these issues "the same" with respect to the question of "worth engaging with". That's the question. Again, if ...
It's not beefing up anything. Saying masks are a "medical procedure" I would agree is exaggeration, even if, technically it is. Injecting a therapy in...
I'm not sure if you're agreeing with my basic point on the issue (and I haven't developed it much, since my main point is that obviously this issue is...
I've been writing about this topic, on this forum, since March 2020. The moment to put in place policies that would have had a dramatically different ...
This is a philosophy forum, maybe reformulate your statement the first time. Obviously "all" is a big difference with "some". But my main issue is the...
Again, totally delusional. World succeeded in containing SARS 1; now, even if that was impossible in this case; which who knows, if sane policies were...
This is a completely ill informed position. There was a chance to avoid the pandemic, via containment (which I advocated strongly for at the start of ...
Well, that's the issue isn't it. A medical procedure is by definition harmful; so, what's your right to force / coerce people to have it? Furthermore,...
Well, it wasn't just the Nazi's that carried out forced medical procedures for the "good" of society. Everyone was doing it -- it's completely compati...
This seems an incredibly naive belief, and it is not a consensus in the medical ethics community. Many countries have not implemented any sort of vacc...
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