Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "Jake Tran"
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@gabbar51ngh
Well, the USSR wasn't exactly communist or even socialist lol, it was authoritarian. And that's a political, not economic, system.
The assumption isn't wrong- beyond a certain threshold, the wealthy work because they want to, not because they have to. Zuckerberg and Bezos could both retire tomorrow and live like kings for the rest of their lives, and still have billions left over.
Also, they aren't self-made. Both received lots of early help to start their business. Bezos' step-father was a wealthy businessman who propped up his first ventures, and Zuckerberg's father personally taught him to code, and paid for specialized education. Not everyone has that opportunity.
Nor did they actually "earn" all of their money. Did Bezos work 200,000,000 times harder than one of his employees?
And we tried lowering taxes, all it does is create boom and bust cycles. Reagan slashed taxes, the economy took off. His policies of deregulation expanded the tax base... and then caused Black Monday and the Savings and Loan Crisis. Bush did the same thing, deregulated the banks... and it caused a fucking Recession.
The idea that supply-side economics is based on, the Laffer Curve, has its limits and only works when taxes are past a certain point. They are nowhere near that point. It also assumes the altruism of businesses, which is laughable.
It wouldn't work, sorry.
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@Unknowngfyjoh
...What? Kiev was always a Slavic settlement, first as a tributary under the Khazars, then captured by Rus and made into its capital, then Mongol yoke, then Polish occupation + Polonization, then Russian occupation + Russification, then Soviet rule, and now here.
In that entire span of time, only the early history was independent (as capital of Rus). Otherwise, they have never been a state
Ethnically though, they've always been East Slavic, though their culture and values changed when they were Polonized.
Also Cossacks weren't just Polish, mosstly Ukrainian, Tatar, Polish, Russian.
More like a social class than ethnicity, like cowboy
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1. Bit of a poor argument--- you realize that, in negotiations, promises are made with the intent of leveraging. The US, by using this as a 'carrot', understood the geopolitical reasons behind Russia's desire to keep American military infrastructure out of its backyard.
If nothing else, it proves the US' ill intent: they, knowing full well that expansion would be seen as a destabilizing threat, did so anyway.
If non-binding agreements hold no merit in your eyes, then the Budapest Memorandum doesn't matter, either- MoUs are not legally binding and the promises made to Ukraine in exchange for nukes don't warrant any retaliation because no laws were broken.
2. Citation needed. Putin was genuinely trying early on to make Russia Western, being the first to congratulate Bush on his ascension to office and open to western ideas. But, after seeing the illegal invasion of Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, he realized that the 'rules-based order' was code for Western dominance.
3. Citation needed, again, And even if it were true, that doesn't make him incorrect. I can almost guarantee that you have a strong opinion about something-- you've researched it, and have reasons to believe it's true. I would not consider that opinion unbiased, either- yet you'd obviously (since you believe it) see it as correct.
Certainly no worse than the White House inviting TikTokers to tell them what to say about Ukraine, or the ghost of kiev/pickle grandma stories, which were literal propaganda
4. Yes, it is. The message is clear: this behavior is acceptable. If it isn't, then why hasn't the Eu sanctioned the us economy over its own warcrimes? International law should have no favorites, so why has nothing been done?
If the Us isn't made to pay, then why should any other country? Isn't that an unfair outcome? Sounds like "rules for thee, not for me".
Until the US starts comitting to the values it claims to abide by, it has no place telling others what to do.
Putin's standing at the ICC must be accompanied by Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden. They are all guilty of violating the geneva conventions, in various ways.
5. The maidan revolution happened in kiev only... hence the name, maidan (independence square, in kiev). The east of the country was opposed, and the west supported. Not a nationwide consensus, and taken to a vote it (eu integration over russian gas deal) may not have even passed.
6. no disagreements here, except to repeat my other point: that "promise" was as good as the one telling the ussr that nato wouldn't expand, so no one can use it as an argument.
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@stephenjenkins7971
I'm well aware of those invasions, and we can go over the reasons for them if you'd like.
My point is, why are you applying the standard right now?
You said it yourself, Europe doesn't "have to" condemn the US for any of its actions, and you used Russia's 'getting away with it' as a justification for that.
But if neither side was punished because (contrary to what the West claims) they evidently don't care enough about human rights to do anything,
then what is the real motivation behind springing to action in Ukraine, but not in Georgia or Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia (recently), Libya, etc.?
I think you know the answer, but being honest publicly about it would diminish the West's "international" support for sanctions.
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