Perun did a great video analysis recently on ‘vranyo’, the culture of lying to save face and make yourself look better even when everyone knows it’s a lie, and specifically how it has seriously damaged the Russian military’s ability to operate effectively because every level of the operation…
The problem is not how long NATO can help Ukraine, the problem is how can NATO stop the 10% of missiles that get through and destroy all the critical infras? No amount of air defenses can stop a 100 missile barrage mixed with drones, this is why swarm…
I knew a guy who was an open pedophile. He claimed to have never acted on it and was never accused of anything, and I believe it. But he was very open about being sexually attracted to preadolescent boys. Very intelligent and articulate guy. I learned a lot…
Because going against the governement is what is expected of a party in the opposition. Since the majority will win the vote no matter what, the vote of the opposition is useless, so they often use it to pretend they are keeping the majority in check. It’s completly…
[–]Dunkelvieh 453 points454 points455 points 7 hours ago (65 children)As a German, i agree. As i wrote on Reddit repeatedly, i do not think it was a mistake to TRY and bind Russia economically, try to open a door to the western civilization. This kind of appeasement is not…
[–]Silidistani 204 points205 points206 points 4 days ago (8 children) Last week, 52 children at an orphanage in the Kherson region, deemed “medically fragile,” were taken to an unspecified “safe” area in Russia. Russian Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova publicized the news. Additionally, Russian officials in Zaporizhzhia announced…
Lithuanian here, let me explain it in simple terms. Language schooling works like this here: You have your mandatory Lithuanian classes, followed with mandatory English classes. At (I believe, been a while) 6th grade (12-13 y.o.) you are supposed to pick up a 3rd language. It is mostly…
They’ve seen the lengths to which the public school establishment will go just to retain its stranglehold on America’s education system. They can testify to the political indoctrination of children, the bullying of anyone who dares challenge the prevailing narrative, and the clandestine scheming to keep parents in…
[–]Culverin 39 points40 points41 points 3 days ago (5 children)As I’ve mentioned before, The Geneva conventions is just fluff unless somebody actually enforces it. Russia has been committing war crimes in Ukraine for 9 months now. And the world just says “here’s some gear and money, we don’t want…
I don’t know why this is at all surprising or controversial to people. An international system in which a region can arbitrarily and unilaterally declare itself an independent entity for any reason it likes is not particularly stable or desirable, nor does it align with what has been…
