GreyEyedGhost

I'd say the changes from voting for Trump are pretty big.

Lmao they laid off 1900 from Activision Blizzard last year and shuttered multiple XBox game studios this month! Sure, I suppose they could all just hang around and work as volunteers, but I suspect they'll be doing that exodus thing.

And a societal structure that both does very little to catch piss poor parenting while also guaranteeing that a minimum amount of poor parenting can have large and devastating consequences.

Been plenty of exoduses from MS lately. Oh! You mean ones led by the employees...

I would say it's calloused not to. Moreover, estimates put PTSD rates in America at about 6%. That doesn't sound tiny to me, and that's not even traumatized people. That's people so traumatized they can't handle it in a typical manner and will probably need help to recover, not your run-of-the-mill trauma that we all deal with and move on. Note that even those without PTSD don't need an extra helping of reality courtesy of random strangers on the internet while they're dealing with their trauma.

Like most healing processes, recovering from trauma takes time. It's not reasonable to expect that everyone will be recovered from their trauma at any given time. And a society that won't give people time to heal before dealing with more of the shit they've been through is more than a little flawed. Hell, some people deal with their trauma by rejecting empathy rather than acknowledge that they've been hurt. I know I did that for decades.

I'm kind of autistic and this whole premise flies in the face of set theory. I think this might be a joke, but I can't be sure.

So turn off the lights and anything can happen?

Putin has stated more than once a desire to see the soviet empire reunified. Related to that, I think he wants greater power for that empire. There are also good indications that he has serious health issues that don't give him much time to do that in. Under those premises, the wars with Georgia and Ukraine make sense. I suspect the biggest reasons the war with Ukraine reignited is due to his awareness that he has less than a decade to cement his agenda and Ukraine would bolster the position of his successor for continued expansionist goals. The problem was probably twofold. He let his sense of urgency push him to act before he was ready and his advisors were giving him inaccurate information about the readiness and numbers of his military. Now he's in a position where regrouping will probably end his reign so he's relying on overwhelming his enemy with numbers rather than superior (or even equivalent) technology.

China, for all its size, doesn't seem to be overly expansionist. As long as you aren't oriental, you seem to be more of a financial target. Of course, this doesn't bode well for much of southeast Asia, eastern Russia, and Japan, but it probably comforts places like Australia and the Middle East. Also, culturally, China seems to be more oriented to group achievements rather than personal ones. Certainly, Xi wants to leave his mark, but moving towards the goal is enough to do that, rather than having to be the one to achieve it. This leads to more reserved actions, such as waiting a couple decades to take over Hong Kong rather than going to war with the West. Coupled with what appears to be a strong desire for homogeneity, forcing conquered peoples such as Tibetans and Uyghurs to adapt to national norms rather than maintaining their unique cultural traits, there seems to be a generational attitude towards expanding and integrating other regions, which again leads to a more reserved and strategic approach to their diplomatic relations compared to Russia's.

As a note, I'm very much a layperson with a strong Western background. I don't assume my opinions are correct, nor do I believe I'd even notice some of the nuances or motivations in either Russian or Chinese culture. This is just my assessment based on my admittedly limited knowledge in the military world and more generally in the political world.

Putin is a KGB officer who rose to the highest position in his country, then formed a position above that for himself. I'd say he is very calculating.

These are both very smart, ruthless, calculating men. I think the biggest difference is where in the timeline each is currently at, their ultimate goals, and the time they feel they have left to achieve that. Other key differences I would say are cultural, reflecting more on what their goals are and their method of achieving them.

If only past trauma was so easy to deal with. Perhaps a little consideration for others in a social space isn't too much to ask.

Having trouble finding the knife.