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I am biased, but I wouldn't count out Ukraine just yet.

China's engagment in Africa is just as neocolonial as Western engagement if not more.

Why is Lemmy so full of degenerate LARPers ?

Signing off on russians demands in not a plan.

That will definitely stop the genocidal russians. We saw how well that worked when the vile Merkel rejected NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia in 2008.

While this is true, with the US, their geopolitical ambitions have sometimes aligned with positive developments (Germany, Japan, the Baltic nations and Poland in relatively more recent times). The same cannot be said for say Russia or China.

While this is true, I wouldn't discount the disastrous "escalation management" approach pursued by Biden's administration.

I understand the logic in a superficial sense, but it at least partially stems from ignorance about how russians think and how to deal with them. In a geo-political sense, they are not capable of good faith actions and they only respect brute force and strength. You would be challenged to find a single noteable example of genuine good faith actions from the russians in all of their history.

We will almost certainly see more bad news in context of global democracy and rise authoritarianism/plutocracy. Unfortunately, it seems that the US is entering a permanent oligarch-fueled "bread and circuses" phase (Big Macs and iPhones for the modern equivalent?).

Agreed, some of the articles are purely US domestic and shouldn't be included in this community.

It will die down in a bit.

Articles related to impact on Europe are very relevant IMO.

No real plan, submit to russian demands.

I believe I was pretty clear when I said I am Ukrainian (living in Ukraine).

Why in god's name do you think I would buy into your white-washing of russian genocidal chauvinism?

What's the logic here?

I am Ukrainian. So let's just say you won't convince me of the uncle Stalin coming to liberate eastern Europe BS narrative. I would like to invite you and your family to try and speak Ukrainian in the occupied territories.

A strong majority of russian are genocidal imperialists. Not because of any inherent qualities, it's the choices they make.

I will just add that the russians should take ownership of the outcomes in their history (not just 1996 election, but more generally). They are not children and they need to take responsibility without looking for scapegoats as they always do.