Correct. You have to be utterly delusional to think otherwise. This is just Putin posturing for domestic consumption.
TheSanSabaSongbird
joined 2 years ago
They go through the motions, but yeah, it's definitely all theater.
Defeatism is even worse than neutrality.
Bullshit. Walling off parts of history and the beliefs that informed them as some kind of forbidden knowledge is never going to end well. Bad ideas die in the light of clear-sighted intellectual scrutiny, not in the darkness of an imposed blackout.
It's OK to admit that you are mistaken. There's no shame in it and in fact, to the contrary, it will redound to your credit.
There's also way less viewpoint diversity here. There's a pretty narrow window of opinions on any given subject that's tolerated.
I feel like that's a pretty popular opinion on lemmy. You might get a few downvotes, but you'll definitely get more upvotes.
In my experience just questioning whether "genocide" is the right word to describe Israel's current operation in Gaza will get you piled on with downvotes. You'll basically be called a baby killer no matter how carefully you try to qualify what you're saying.
No, it's entirely normal and part of standard usage. You probably don't read very much.
I would too and I'm American. This person is simply unlettered. Maybe they're just a kid, in which case it's forgivable.
Is there a world? Yes. Are there certain countries that have the ability to project power globally? Yes. What part about this do you not understand?
Well no actually. US intelligence was basically telling the entire world that the invasion was 100 percent going to happen. How do you not remember that?