Comments by "the other Andrew" (@theotherandrew5540) on "What can be done to save Canada from Trump’s control?" video.

  1. When America voted was it obvious or just blindingly obvious that Trump was dangerously psychologically disturbed?
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  2. I remember the Cuban missile crisis.
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  3.  @Present-Tense  If "Most Americans are decent, reasonable, peaceful, empathic people with ethical values" how come Trump won the election? For sure many are as you describe, but most??
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  4. @ Alas, as Plato pointed out, that is the great flaw of democracy.
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  5. @ Alas I suspect that is an accurate assessment of the situation. I sincerely hope you can hold the thug off.
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  6. @ Yes, that makes sense. Basically you are dealing with a rotten political system, the same as in the UK.
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  7. Trump and Putin are quite different and have very different agendas. Putin does not want NATO breathing down his neck. The war in Ukraine is not about territorial gains, but simply keeping NATO at a safe distance, out of the Slavic neighbourhood. However it is dressed up, the war will only end when Russia is assured that Ukraine is neutral.
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  8. @ Russia is already very mineral rich. To claim NATO is just defensive is absurd. Since at least 1945, the US (which controls NATO) has pursued an explicit policy of trying to surround and weaken Russia. There are 14 countries bordering Russia, of which two European one have invaded in fairly short order. Russia has 2 military bases outside its territory (in Syria). The US has over 700 military bases in foreign countries.
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  9. @ Maybe it’s time to break the tablets of stone and write a new constitution which specifically limits the power of money.
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  10. @ Wait and see.
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  11. @ Having lived in Russia, I understand their situation quite well. I also understand the fears of the Poles. The USSR did indeed treat its satellite states badly. But the USSR folded over 30 years ago. Russia is not a democratic state and while a cohort of the young and educated want more democracy, the vast majority of the people are content with the huge improvements they’ve seen in their lives under Putin. I saw improvements in infrastructure that would make Americans and Brits cry while their infrastructures crumble from neglect. Belorussia is a different country. Once it achieves the same economic level as Russia, there might be a union, but Russia has no need of burdensome dependencies like the southern Stans. The claim that countries need to beg for membership of NATO is frankly absurd. Every expansion of the EU has been followed by NATO. The Maidan Square incident was of course engineered to promote NATO advancements in a country known for spectacular political corruption. WRT Finland joining NATO, that border is less sensitive than Ukraine; Finns are not Slavic people. The current head of NATO is a Swede, no surprise there. Europe, historically lead by the British, has always been hostile to the big guy on the eastern side of Europe. Now the sanctions have hurt EU members who were enjoying significant trade with Russia and consuming cheap Russian gas, especially in Germany. Without this competition from Europe, Russian manufacturing has greatly benefited, and now trade eastward. America’s sphere of influence is shrinking and they know it. MAGA is a doomed concept.
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  12. @ Petersburg was build by French architects and craftsmen, it was never intended to by Russian style. Moscow is Russian. I have traveled and seen several Russian towns and villages, all of which have been through considerable improvements and cleanups in the past 18 years. You will find the streets are clean, transport works, people are almost always kind and helpful. The poverty shown in Vasya in the Hay exists in small corners of every country, as do all the social problems you listed. I have seen rather more homeless people in the US, the UK and Australia than I saw in Russia. The domestic architecture of rural Russia reflects the availability materials as it does in every rural environment. Your description of looting, I simply don’t believe, it’s utterly absurd. Everything you can find in European shops is available in Russian shops, and often a lot more in the markets.
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