Tunnelvision

Thank you for the explanation, I don’t know why I didn’t get a notification for it, but I’m glad I came back to this thread.

Because once you become a manager you feel like you’ve moved up, and realistically most people don’t want to feel like they’re going backwards so they push through it. You’re not going to get another management position unless you can prove experience, so you’re kinda tied to that place for maybe 3-5 years before you can even think of being a manager somewhere else. As a regular employee I can just say fuck this place and go find something else relatively easy because they all pay about the same anyways.

I’ve never taken a leadership position because I’m not trying to be good enough at my job for anyone to ask if I would like to move up. Typically you’ll never get a raise to beat inflation anyways so it’s just better to do your year or two with a company and just look for another job after that and just ask for more money. Once you go management you’re tied at the hip to that company.

So true. I’m not saying I understand the macro economy or anything, but just at a glance knowing what the bourgeoisie want and the IMF loans and stuff, wouldn’t the national debt being high be a good thing? Like having the USD being used all over the globe is exactly how the US maintains economic hegemony.

The saddest part for me is that these beaches will not exist soon and no one but these smug assholes got to enjoy them while they were still around because most of that beachfront property is privately owned.

My main point is that humans are weird and it’s kinda shitty to assume she’s some kind of gold digger or something. Maybe she actually likes the guy? Ultimately we don’t know their dynamic.

The gains are already cemented because nato cannot really do anything to stop Russia. Overall I agree with what you’re saying and yeah under normal circumstances you’d be right, but unironically we are closer to nuclear war than humanity has ever been. If Ukraine uses f16s, which we have every indication that they actually will, Russia is going to nuke Europe, which means the world is over. That’s why Putin keeps reiterating their peace proposal because that is all there is left to do.

Or maybe she actually loves him but will probably never get that same affection back?

The alternative is nuclear war.

It’s because guns are machines and honestly, pretty simple ones at that once you understand how they work. You don’t need this stock to make it automatic, you can make any semi auto do that with different shooting techniques. Ultimately it’s not that they won’t, it’s that you really can’t.

The real reason is the west has given Russia every reason to believe they’re about to be hit with a nuclear bomb at any given moment. This isn’t really Russia changing their strategy or anything, I see this as more about Russia openly declaring they would rather have peace than nuclear war one last time.

They'll probably only listen if he actually nukes someone or something

This is exactly why Putin is trying, because you’re correct there are only two options. Humanity only have two options in front of them, and it would be stupid to not try the good option first. Either we give peace a chance or we die.