Comments by "Diogo Jorge" (@DiogoJ1) on "Thinkers Forum" channel.

  1. @uwejas1staccount674 That's no excuse for Russia's behaviour. If Russia hadn't attacked Ukraine, there would be no need to "sustain" this war to defend Ukraine.
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  2.  @eeg-rh7jv  Not by invading another country. Russia has no right to use Ukraine as a stepping stone to protect it's interests.
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  3.  @urszulaurszula1164  He had plenty of choice. Leave it be. USA would have no right to do anything outside of it's borders. The wrongs of USA wouldn't justify Russia's wrongs.
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  4.  @ferry602  No, it doesn't. USA had no right then, and neither does Russia.
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  5.  @theinnerlight8016  Pretty much. Nobody was shaking their jars.
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  6.  @urszulaurszula1164  That goes double for Putin, who thinks he's some superhero, when in reality is paranoid.
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  7. EU countries are the most democratic there is, save for a few exceptions.
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  8.  @gscsilvavaladares7065  The problem with that, it's that one citizen's opinion will differ from another citizen's. So what are you going to do when you have many citizens pulling in different directions? No, it's better to elect a leader based on citizen's preferences. And the ones that shouldn't be against the west in the first place.
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  9.  @aiden1444  You wish.
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  10. Most of EU. If that's not good enough for you, then there's no democracy anywhere in the first place, not just west.
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  11.  @gscsilvavaladares7065  Those kind of "democracies" are inferior to European ones. Delusion.
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  12. That's a lie. NATO is no threat to Russia.
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  13. Putin.
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  14. Keep dreaming. EU will be fine.
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  15. It's not though. Been real for a long while since Greece.
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  16.  @minsapint8007  Nor should. It has been more than 2000 years since then, so it should be different as a result of human progress.
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  17.  @quoc28mytube  Yes, and I also don't like him. That's fine by me. I don't like the alternatives.
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  18. The ants could have choosen to not kill. That still makes it the fault of whatever ant attacked first.
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  19.  @viktoriyaserebryakov2755  Except Russia isn't out of options. There's no reason for Russia to act. Nobody actually attacked Russia itself.
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  20.  @luisellabarriera874  Yes, we are. And no, having a bigger population isn't a sign of greater sucess. A community could have a population of 5 thousand, and it would be the most sucessful existance if it suceeded on 3 points (Advanced technology (specially medicine), happiness and peace)
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  21.  @motoktm3042  I'm serious. Yes, I know. 10k were soldiers, 4k were civilians caught in the conflict between the separatists and Ukraine. Also, Donbas belongs to Ukraine, so their problem to deal with as they see fit.
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  22. It's not the wrong enemy. Russia started this, they had no right to invade Ukraine. I do agree that we shouldn't fear them. Russia will never defeat EU.
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  23. You shouldn't be. EU is the best thing that happened in this continent in decades. Long Live EU.
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  24.  @klimatbluffen  Delusional. Ukraine is the victim here. I'd rather die standing on my feet, than to support Russia's agenda.
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  25.  @AugustusOmega  And we are the ones fearing the wrong enemy? You are fearing EU for no good reason.
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  26.  @AugustusOmega  I don't see any problem with that. No thanks. Russia needs to leave our allies alone and apologize to EU for their behaviour first.
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  27.  @h_san_korr  WW2 was been over for a long while now. Not really. Russia is the one who should apologize, EU is in the right. The Minsk agreements were worthless. Separatists didn't respect ceasefires, so Ukraine shouldn't either. Never. We will never apologize for doing the right thing. Russia should leave Ukraine, or the war will have to go on.
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  28.  @DrNiradino  That is democracy to me. Better than choosing always the same "overlord" for 2 decades whitout limits like Putin is. Nobody ever said democracy is perfect. To think that power should be 100% in the hands of every citizen, is far too idealistic, it can't be implemented to such level.
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  29.  @privacyhelp  When they vote for their parties. Whoever wins the elections of their respective countries and represents them, gets to make their pick for the EU commission.
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  30.  @DrNiradino  Not really. Greece, the founders of democracy from ancient times, would disagree with you. This is how democracy was intended to work. By that logic, there are barely any systems that are democratic.
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  31.  @DrNiradino  And I would call it a democracy, whetever you agree or not. That isn't establishing true democracy, that is improving on the democracy we already have to ascend it to a higher level. If it was really that easy, it would have been implemented by now. More like, it's proof that it's not easy to implement. By your logic, you mean "our overlords", as you also have one by your own words.
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  32.  @carlosw1687  Yes, it is. It's officially labeled as such, and there are hardly better examples of it, if at all.
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  33.  @carlosw1687  One must judge based on reality, rather than fantasy.
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  34.  @carlosw1687  There's nothing for me to see, that I didn't see.
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  35.  @carlosw1687  And reality makes it a democracy, it follows the base that ancient civilizations left behind.
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  36.  @carlosw1687  Except, you are the one doing that. If you hate our democracy that much, then just leave, assuming you live in Europe.
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  37.  @thechloromancer3310  Hardly authoritarian. I'm not pointing a gun at you to make you leave, it's ultimately your chocie. Indeed I do, no matter what you believe.
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  38.  @thechloromancer3310  And started a war and helped criminals. No way I would want such a government on my country. What is morally right is more important than results. He shouldn't have never been allowed to have more than 2 terms. I see plenty of that in most European countries, not so much in USA, so we Europeans have democracy.
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  39.  @thechloromancer3310  It is democratic, no matter what you believe. There's no sefdom here. Real serfdom existed in the middle ages, not even comparable to current era. So in short, EU is democratic by your own words.
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  40.  @privacyhelp  The right kind, considering that it would be too much effort to have everysingle person from everysingle country vote for it. Better to use the governments they picked, to choose for them. Far less effort and resources required. Alternatively, we could have EU become a federation nation to remove most of those issues.
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  41.  @privacyhelp  Because it's not the king that governs in the first place. It's a constitutional monarchy. Their prime minister does most of the work. So electing a new king would be a waste of time and resources.
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  42.  @thechloromancer3310  As I should view them. There's no point in any other form of government. Anarchy is the closest thing to some kind of absolute "democracy", and it puts too much trust on the unwashed masses not acting like animals, so it would never work. Same to you. I agree to disagree. Good day.
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  43.  @Leah-ju8ht  Referendums aren't votes to begin with. And now Britain is worse off and begging to rejoin.
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  44. Hardly. Whitout Europe, democracy has no future. No worries there, as Europe will always survive as long this planet does.
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  45. That's not a mistake. One should divide people into those who support us, and those who opposes us.
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  46.  @urszulaurszula1164  Nonsense. We are above animals. Animals do the same mistakes we do, but we have progressed where they haven't.
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  47.  @WorldPolitica-gm9is  We are different enough. I don't see animals creating our level of buildings, music and medicine. And an animal would? No way to know, since an animal wouldn't smoke nor try to lose weight.
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