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So, hundreds of millions, perhaps a few billion pawns die, governments collapse, new technofascist governments rise, or...

The global South, Eastern Bloc somehow pulls off saving whatever remains and the board is reset? Is that how this plays out?

These are certainly interesting times. ¡Viva la Revolución!

Crosspost from https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11435977

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hear you. If Putin is a literal fascist or mere tool of the fascists (which can be argued makes him a fascist), he's certainly not invading his other neighbors, nor tried. He waited until the last possible minute to enter Ukraine. That certainly smells like oligarchic pragmatism that may have expanded to fascism, and yet, Russia didn't enter the Ukraineian war* theatre, nor anywhere else, for that matter, until the United States and Israel started stirring the pot.

My speculation is, he wanted to amass his wealth and retire in relative obscurity and peace. But he's not known for flapping his gums to make wishes about his personal life known, either. So that speculation is folly as well.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I believe that Russia is a threat to former urss countries but not for countries like France and Germany etc. The nato members do not care about Ukrainians or the occupation of any other territory unless it serve their imperialist ambitions .