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This is not what the word "colonialism" means in modern times; which imperial state is exploiting the resources of the destination?
Is it? Don't know about other countries, but I am pretty sure the constitutional bedrock of the United States is to limit the federal government's ability to be malignant, even at the cost of some benefit. Whether that…
Not to defend Amazon here, but I think this is talking about the already severely limited streaming benefit of Prime, not the dedicated Amazon Music paid subscription. The former is not really comparable to a actual…
It is doing a lot of work. People who vilify the US rarely bother to make the distinction, to acknowledge the good (and the ones who do get crowded out). Human nature is not that forgiving.
When you constantly get villainized for being involved, that makes it a lot harder to justify to the populace that these things are worth doing. People actually do listen, but not always in the way one intended. At this…
I've been hearing the school strike was an Iranian misfire, actually.
I remember that the alternative has also unleashed hell on Earth for countless innocent people. At some point, you have to take the path that offers at least some hope for the future. To turn into something that has…
Going after the monsters that murdered thousands of Americans was entirely justified. Russia's problem is that all their reasons for invading Ukraine, they made up. The very people Russia claims to have been 'saving',…
The same state's leader that sold to Russia the drones being used to violate Ukraine's sovereignty?
As big as this is, the Russia-Ukraine war pretty much marked the end of the post-WW2 era and redefined global relations between the powers. In that sense, this is yet another major shift within this new era. But also,…
If you're going to go pre-20th century, Russia has the dubious distinction of having waged the most "total" recorded genocide in history, the Circassian genocide. Just because you haven't heard of Russia colonizing…
Then Liebowitz was wrong (and Kanheman, though it seems to me he wasn't trying to make a reasoned argument in that interview). And thus, those who cite him would presumably do better to read other, more historical…
> Comparisons needn't be limited to one event or one atrocity. You can't openly call a group Nazis and then claim you only meant in terms of their behavior on the western front. It misses the whole point, not to mention…
What is ample? Can you provide any evidence that Gaza can be put in the same breath as Leningrad? Russia calls all the West "Nazis", should we just listen to them? I think you really need to learn more about the eastern…
Less genocidal federation? That is quite the claim. The Soviets starved millions of people to death, in order to secure their control. All that help was then built on the backs and blood of those victims. At least let's…
Given the track record of knowledge of the eastern front beyond the iron curtain, maybe he didn't. I don't know how anyone can read about Operation Barbarossa, the full scope of the plans to wipe out half of the…
Are you trying to imply there is a comparison between Gaza and Leningrad? Where a number equal to the entire modern population of Gaza perished? Something is very wrong with education on WW2 if anyone thinks this is a…
I thought for a bit whether I should reply to this or not. But I noticed one point in here I felt obligated to correct. If your idea of the Nazis is their occupation in the west, then you are missing most of the…
Soviets who murdered millions of people. Will those decolonial movements then accept complicity, even if reluctantly, for all the peoples the Soviets oppressed and even genocided?
For much of that time frame, the Soviets were also meddling in the Middle East. That the middle east conflicts were themselves part of the Cold War rather than something unrelated, is knowledge that has gone forgotten…
China and Russia would love to have another chess piece for their collection. While I doubt Israel would ever willingly choose to joint that circle - if you give them no choice, that's what will happen. Then you lose…
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This is not what the word "colonialism" means in modern times; which imperial state is exploiting the resources of the destination?
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Is it? Don't know about other countries, but I am pretty sure the constitutional bedrock of the United States is to limit the federal government's ability to be malignant, even at the cost of some benefit. Whether that…
Not to defend Amazon here, but I think this is talking about the already severely limited streaming benefit of Prime, not the dedicated Amazon Music paid subscription. The former is not really comparable to a actual…
It is doing a lot of work. People who vilify the US rarely bother to make the distinction, to acknowledge the good (and the ones who do get crowded out). Human nature is not that forgiving.
When you constantly get villainized for being involved, that makes it a lot harder to justify to the populace that these things are worth doing. People actually do listen, but not always in the way one intended. At this…
I've been hearing the school strike was an Iranian misfire, actually.
I remember that the alternative has also unleashed hell on Earth for countless innocent people. At some point, you have to take the path that offers at least some hope for the future. To turn into something that has…
Going after the monsters that murdered thousands of Americans was entirely justified. Russia's problem is that all their reasons for invading Ukraine, they made up. The very people Russia claims to have been 'saving',…
The same state's leader that sold to Russia the drones being used to violate Ukraine's sovereignty?
As big as this is, the Russia-Ukraine war pretty much marked the end of the post-WW2 era and redefined global relations between the powers. In that sense, this is yet another major shift within this new era. But also,…
If you're going to go pre-20th century, Russia has the dubious distinction of having waged the most "total" recorded genocide in history, the Circassian genocide. Just because you haven't heard of Russia colonizing…
Then Liebowitz was wrong (and Kanheman, though it seems to me he wasn't trying to make a reasoned argument in that interview). And thus, those who cite him would presumably do better to read other, more historical…
> Comparisons needn't be limited to one event or one atrocity. You can't openly call a group Nazis and then claim you only meant in terms of their behavior on the western front. It misses the whole point, not to mention…
What is ample? Can you provide any evidence that Gaza can be put in the same breath as Leningrad? Russia calls all the West "Nazis", should we just listen to them? I think you really need to learn more about the eastern…
Less genocidal federation? That is quite the claim. The Soviets starved millions of people to death, in order to secure their control. All that help was then built on the backs and blood of those victims. At least let's…
Given the track record of knowledge of the eastern front beyond the iron curtain, maybe he didn't. I don't know how anyone can read about Operation Barbarossa, the full scope of the plans to wipe out half of the…
Are you trying to imply there is a comparison between Gaza and Leningrad? Where a number equal to the entire modern population of Gaza perished? Something is very wrong with education on WW2 if anyone thinks this is a…
I thought for a bit whether I should reply to this or not. But I noticed one point in here I felt obligated to correct. If your idea of the Nazis is their occupation in the west, then you are missing most of the…
Soviets who murdered millions of people. Will those decolonial movements then accept complicity, even if reluctantly, for all the peoples the Soviets oppressed and even genocided?
For much of that time frame, the Soviets were also meddling in the Middle East. That the middle east conflicts were themselves part of the Cold War rather than something unrelated, is knowledge that has gone forgotten…
China and Russia would love to have another chess piece for their collection. While I doubt Israel would ever willingly choose to joint that circle - if you give them no choice, that's what will happen. Then you lose…