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Asked whether Switzerland -- a major financial centre and commodities trading hub -- would follow the EU in freezing Russian assets, he said: "It is very probable that the government will decide to do so tomorrow, but I cannot anticipate decisions not yet taken."
Like quasi, I'm also ethnically (partially) Ukrainian so there is no question where my position is on this war. That being said; this being posted by the Ukrainian National Guard's official Twitter account is immoral.
I really hate the way the world has become information wise... I'd gladly trade not being able to google something quickly for less bullshit every day.
I really hate the way the world has become information wise... I'd gladly trade not being able to google something quickly for less bullshit every day.
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I really hate the way the world has become information wise... I'd gladly trade not being able to google something quickly for less bullshit every day.
Well, the problem is what's defined as "bullshit"? More importantly, who gets to decide it?
Because of all the woke and cancel culture "bullshit", it's now ok for media to act as gatekeepers. They can choose what information to feed you and what to fact-check and what not to. It's so deeply embedded into our society that if it's something that "most" don't agree with, then it must be bullshit.
In an ideal world, all information should be posted as is, with rebuttal/fact-check from different sources. Then readers can make their own judgment.
This is what's causing the divisive society. Each side only want/can hear what they want to hear, with no respect to the other side whatsoever.
The moment we stop respecting or at least hearing the argument from other side, we stopped being fair and respectful to the society. Sadly... too few understand this.
I'm not saying that Russia isn't posting bullshit. It's just what's fair and what's appropriate really? So, be careful what you wish for.
so what's changed? if the ability to block these bad actors exists now, today - hasn't it always existed? will it exist moving forward?
let's try a world w no social media bots for a few months and see how things go.
Russia has banned twitter completely and blocks all the popular VPNs... Twitter never considered blocking entire countries, though some argue it should be the case for both China and Russia
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russia has banned itself from maintaining it's constant disinformation feeds into western social media? they have no ability to maintain that output while simultaneously quashing it's own citizens internet access?
i haven't taken a computer course in 20 years - but that doesn't seem plausible to me.
silver lining i guess for us - good luck w your socials alt right provocateurs
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Here's a good video explaining why Putin "might" invade Ukraine (as it came out about 3 weeks before it happened). It explains the situation going all the way back to the empire days.
dark0821 explained it pretty much above. They are worried about being next to a NATO country with no defense. So instead of saying "shit maybe we should make peace with those people so we can live harmoniously without actually having to worry about our border", they just invaded them.
Normally regarded as coldly rational, Russian President Vladimir Putin has alarmed influential figures in Washington with his angry outbursts as the Ukraine crisis unfolded.
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Normally regarded as coldly rational, Russian President Vladimir Putin has alarmed influential figures in Washington with his angry outbursts as the Ukraine crisis unfolded.
“I wish I could share more, but for now I can say it’s pretty obvious to many that something is off with Putin,” he tweeted.
“He has always been a killer, but his problem now is different and significant. It would be a mistake to assume this Putin would react the same way he would have five years ago.”
Rubio added that the Russian president appeared to have: “some neuro/psychological issues”.
He added: “But most telling is this is a man who has long prided himself on emotional control. His recent flashes of anger is very uncharacteristic and show an erosion in impulse control.”
Well, the problem is what's defined as "bullshit"? More importantly, who gets to decide it?
Because of all the woke and cancel culture "bullshit", it's now ok for media to act as gatekeepers. They can choose what information to feed you and what to fact-check and what not to. It's so deeply embedded into our society that if it's something that "most" don't agree with, then it must be bullshit.
I meant all of it... people are campaigning constantly left and right on stuff that, if people just sat down and closed their eyes for a few minutes, they'd realize that precisely none of it affects their life in any way... just people getting wound up about stuff and turning the smallest issues into snowballs rolling down a mountainside.
I for one could do with a lot less opinions around me... lol... sometimes ignorance truly is bliss no?
So my wife was telling me about conspiracy theories and that some people think Ukraine and Russia are actually in on this. I told her I can come up with plenty of weird conspiracy theories but it doesn't mean it's really true.
Don't ban me @Skinny.
I told her this is the shit I came up with:
1) It might be a ploy for Putin to be the bad cop, push Russia so far to one side of the spectrum that the country rebounds to become pro west and pro democracy. If he doesn't push it far enough the people won't have enough resolve to make it happen.
2) Ukraine and Russia are in on this, invade Ukraine to the point where the West would sell them the best weapons, so Russia has unlimited access to them to reverse engineer and copy all the tech in it, and also develop countermeasures.
I reiterate to her just because someone can come up with it doesn't mean it's actually true.
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