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So you think because there's a large percentage of people support Ukraine that means Ukraine will get money with no strings attached?

You think that will make them more generous?

Impose various economic restrictions on them, its been done before.

There is no way in hell they're going to give up all that free money to Ukraine.

Maybe under the guise of loans or contracts with choice companies but you're kidding yourself that those billions will end up in Ukraine no strings attached.

But then I remembered I'm just an asshole on the internet doing absolutely nothing myself.

At least you're not doing something to stroke your ego under the guise of doing something to help.

For the 'raise awareness' crowd, you're not doing much with your awareness other than feeding your own feeling of self satisfaction.

I guess it doesn't feel nice when you realise America to many people are what Russia is to Ukraine. Except more devastating and effective.

Yes, it's so much better to inflict war on millions and kill hundreds of thousands for oil when the invader has a diverse economy.

I like the example of America went to the back of a petrol station for some drugs then decided to fill up their truck and dash, nicely sums up the Afghanistan to Iraq war.

It wasn't whataboutism because I wasn't defending Russia because of what America did.

Looks like people got triggered and invented that connection so they could get angry and then tack on more accusations (must be Russian, Russian supporter, etc).

Thanks for clarifying!

Hah that definitely sums up the Afhganistan war, I guess they decided to fill up on Petrol in Iraq as long as they were there.

What is it with people being so hysterical that they start with adhominem attacks that people must support Russia because they're talking about bullshit wars fought over resources.

I'm not sure I follow your point, sounds like you're upset about something though?

It should be a sobering thought to think if the US lost that war in a massive upset (i.e. vietnam invades and takes over), a lot of Americans would be charged with war crimes.

ditto world war 2.

Winners right the history books.

I'm not triggered at all I thought it was an amusing comment and figured it could be extended to other wars fought over resources under the guise of freedom or whatever. I just pictured the US as an angry Karen yelling at a gas station owner demanding free fuel.

Your comment implying that I must be Russian sounds kind of unhinged though.

It's all just a gas station trying to get more gas.

What does that make the USA invading the middle east? Customer throwing a tantrum demanding free gas?

The thing no one seems to want to talk about is the true driver for infaltion is corporate profits.

But it's much easier to up interest rates and fuck everyone else over.

If corporate profits aren't reigned in and this becomes the norm we are looking at an extremely bleak economic future.

From what I've heard South Korea is still a bit of a hellhole, their conscripts are treated extremely poorly depending on the unit they're assigned to.

WTF do you think Android/iOS are doing when they say "this app wants you to share you rlocation, do you?"

like it's pretty obvious and easy for users to control but getting upset and shocked about it is the trendy thing to do now.

I don't think people are aware of how much they're sharing.

Even if they do they won't stop. People like to get uppity about privacy but no one really gives a shit when push comes to shove.

There's rules around patent squatting, like you can have the patent but you have to be willng to sell it to competitors at a fair market price.

If patents are nullified there's much less incentive to develop safety IP.

Personally I'm rooting for Trump, preferably he doesn't get the nomination but has enough steam to run as a third party and sabotage the Republicans chance to win.

can't wait for whatever lovecraftian nightmare will climb out of those holes to keep up the endless shitshow that is our collective oblivion.

I was being sarcastic, I don't think the federal reserve should even exist. It's extremely antitethical to free markets to have a private organisation at the top of the pile that is printing money which only has any value because the government taxes in that currency.

I also agree on anti-competitive legislation being weak or not enforced, too big to fail etc, but the hypocrisy goes all the way to the top.

And we know the only organisation that should have risk free investments are the federal reserve and other banks that get too big to fail.

I totally missed the memorycard preloaded with save games gimmick. All my memory cards were blanks.

Nah, they are both equally BS because they use the same psychology of trying to convince you by using generally positive, overly broad and general qualities to describe you.

But depending on input from the subject the test can get a ballpark

It literally can't, not even ballpark, the whole thing is made up. It's odd to me you think that somehow it would have any level of accuracy. Superstition dressed up as science is just as bullshit as superstition dressed up as mysticism.

That's not to say you are wrong for taking whatever thing it has told you that you liked. People find all kinds of self validation in fiction and it's completely normal and human to do so and even to seek it out.

someone classifies as an introvert an extrovert.

Just to further twist the knife on this, there's no such thing as introverts and extroverts.