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Update my World View? 

By: Zimbler0 in GRITZ | Recommend this post (1)
Sat, 19 Apr 25 3:45 AM | 15 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Grits Breakfast of Champeens! 		Msg. 06984 of 07424
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Fiz > Maybe update your world-view, and friends vs enemies list, to reflect changes in the realpolitiks in the last 50 years and work toward solutions?


In the last fifty years . . . the old Soviet Union imploded then shattered into some 15 new countries. Putin appears to be Russia's 'dictator for life' and believes the implosion of the USSR was a YUGE mistake. Russia took a bite out of a country named 'Georgia'. In 2014 Russia seized the Crimea and part of the Donbas region from Ukraine. In 2022 Russia invaded and tried to seize ALL of Ukraine. And you want me to believe Russia is not imperialistic?

China also has imperialistic ambitions. China has been taking little bites out of India's territories. China has claimed the entire South China Sea and has ignored world court rulings and is aggressively stealing Phillipino fishing grounds. China's 'belt and road' initiative appears to be designed to put China in charge of several of the worlds maritime shipping routes. (Or at least ensnare other countries in 'debt traps'.)

'RealPolitik' . . . Is that where Russia screams "I GOT Nukes!" and we are supposed to surrender whatever 'Prize' Putin is demanding?

Zim.




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By: Fiz in GRITZ
Sat, 19 Apr 25 3:10 AM 		Msg. 06983 of 07424

Zim, Conflating Russia with the USSR, is very much akin to conflating modern Germany with Nazi Germany, or the US government with the Confederate government in 1865. There was a violent revolution in Russia under Lenin (aided and abetted by Germany during WWI). Only a relative handful of people in Russia had any say in the matter. There was another PEACEFUL revolution in the USS in 1989, chosen by both the leadership and the clear majority of the Russian people.

"With all you are getting get understanding." -Forbes

And, FWIW, I am trying to promote constructive (solution oriented) ideas. Maybe update your world-view, and friends vs enemies list, to reflect changes in the realpolitiks in the last 50 years and work toward solutions?

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