Thanks.

It can be true and people still have the freedom to create a socialist society.

In which way is Russia going to oppress Ukrainians? How will it compare to their treatment of other minorities?

While, as I understand, Russia is going to oppress Ukraininas on a level of government

What do you expect?

Russia should know full well … countries on the path to destroy themselves … wait a decade and win.

There is a growing division of the AfD in Germany between eastern and western oriented politicians. I am not sure if Russia can rely on controlling those parties in 10 years.

French four-star General Philippe de Montenon said he’s confident Europe could prevail, even without the US on side.

This is discussed too rarely. Does anybody know of a source that makes a reliable comparison?

occupy Ukraine or turn it into puppet state

Britain got out of the EU for this reason.

abuse them

What about the posts about Amazon working conditions and US healthcare? At least Germany is approaching US conditions.

Their argument is that they didn’t break the agreement.

We call the Russian influence on the West hybrid war, wouldn’t the Western influence in Ukraine be the same?

Minsk II, they are pointless. People even question US and French Nato commitment.

But hypothetically speaking, why should Russia be bound to the agreement if the West actually did a regime change?

Wrong thread? This is about

How is right wing even an option,

against the horror of the alternative.

Which could also be that they are correct.

and security assurances from the United States and Russia.

The US pressured Ukraine to accept assurances and not guarantees. It matters which kind of guarantees are given.

agreed not to attack Ukraine in order to get Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons.

Russia argues that there was a regime change in 2014 which released them from that agreement.

What’s even the thought there

There will be airfights and Trump is minimizing civilian casualities.

literally being paid to golf

Does this make him the highest-paid athlete?

A decade ago, no one would’ve discussed this seriously

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Chessboard

If not by war then by other means, the pivot area was meant to be changed.

but how do you even go from ‘everyone should have rights’ to ‘maybe we should cripple ourselves, the rich deserves more’.

You compare ideal left versus bad consequences of right. They do the reverse. Both of you feel good about your choices.

Both of you don’t see that it is divide and conquer and that the positions of the parties would shift if people started voting differently to allow the elite to choose their politicians.

To overcome this, you can learn to see the strong arguments of the right and the shortcomings of the left.

How can a person who resolves their conflicts with hate feel comfortable about socialism if socialism creates a space without hate? Some people want to fight and can only fight. Removing fights removes their ability to gain status and respect.