03-06-2022, 06:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2022, 07:25 PM by Bob Butler 54.)
(03-06-2022, 04:21 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: No, it's not the new list of the new 1st/2nd/3rd world, it's a list of who is more reliant upon who and who feels more comfortable with who in charge or winning the war in Ukraine.
I view it more as a cusp of the Industrial and Information Age. Are we going to seek power and influence by invading, or are we organizing reasons to make conquest unprofitable. Putin is going with violence. Biden and many others are going with various ways of making the violence unprofitable. I would note that both might achieve their ends, that Russia could end up in charge of the Ukraine for a time, but that the end result wouldn't be profitable for Putin and Russia. The way it is going, nothing will be profitable in Russia while Putin is a dominant player. He has essentially committed himself to his path.
The list above reflects more the governments that have tried violence lately opposing those who would end it.
Trump is going much the same way. Do we want to select governments by insurrection, or try a republic, "If we can keep it."
Of course, you are the token big fan of violence, who is too chicken to actually use it.
Meanwhile, want to buy a super yacht cheap?
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