smonkeysnilas

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Studie: Altersverifikation im Netz ist nötig, in Demokratien aber nicht machbar in c/dach@feddit.de
Studie: Altersverifikation im Netz ist nötig, in Demokratien aber nicht machbar in c/dach@feddit.de
Studie: Altersverifikation im Netz ist nötig, in Demokratien aber nicht machbar in c/dach@feddit.de
Studie: Altersverifikation im Netz ist nötig, in Demokratien aber nicht machbar in c/dach@feddit.de
German defense minister: Officer in Singapore using insecure line led to Taurus conversation leak in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] smonkeysnilas@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, no doubt about that! And there are many more reasons besides taurus. Not sure if its a generational thing though or rather just the shitty state of our political system.

German defense minister: Officer in Singapore using insecure line led to Taurus conversation leak in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] smonkeysnilas@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think there are some interesting aspects to this. First, is the info about french and british personell being active in Ukraine actually new? I think I remember reading about this quite often already some time ago but I don't have any sources right now. Then the second one is, that shortly before the leak Scholz gave yet another explanation on why he doesn't want to send taurus and it was actually quite a lenghty and detailed interview that was also pretty big in the media, in germany at least. And basically his arguments were that taurus requires german personell in ukraine which is too risky. But what's said in the call actually contradicts this, the generals at one point discuss that with some training ukrainians could handle taurus on their own. So that's good to know but also makes me wonder if the purpose of the leak was also to somehow hurt Scholz?

Moldova moves to suspend 1990 conventional arms control treaty in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] smonkeysnilas@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

You're not wrong, at least building military things does add value to society especially in times like these. Maybe working some bullshit job is worse in that regard 😉 Still I would prefer to live in a world that wouldn't need both of these things.

Moldova moves to suspend 1990 conventional arms control treaty in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] smonkeysnilas@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well I guess if you consider "the west" as one common block then yes, maybe it is a net-zero game. And maybe that really is the fair assessment. But from the purely european point of view it sure was nice when we had a peace divident that we could invest elsewhere.

Moldova moves to suspend 1990 conventional arms control treaty in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] smonkeysnilas@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well a good share goes back that's true, but certainly not everything. I mean the plants could've also built school busses and ambulances instead of military vehicles, right? I was just pointing out that "no downsides" is a bit optimistic, the costs are very real. And it is a pity that in this day and age we still have to put up with that 🙁

Moldova moves to suspend 1990 conventional arms control treaty in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] smonkeysnilas@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I mean I can see why it is necessary but the downside obviously is less money for social programs and improving peoples lifes. I guess we can thank Putin for that 🙁

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