He absolutely is, and I doubt the Russians are aware how much harm he did even before the war.
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A lot of analysts talk about a social contract between the corrupt leadership and common people. That as long as the corrupt regime provides prosperity, the people is OK with not meddling in politics.
The same analysts say that Putin has broken that contract with this war, and Russia has had successful revolutions at least 2 times before, turning over the Tzar and later turning over the communist regime. So the people are not unfamiliar with revolutions.
Wow thanks, I didn't remember that.
I just calculated the average to 870, so it's definitely a lot above average.
My calculation is 4 years and 1½ month = 1505 days with 1310110 casualties = 870 casualties per day. Not exact but should be close enough with an error margin of 2 or 3 at most.
1440p 🤔
I don't recall the number has ever been as high as this. It's insane the Russians don't get rid of Putin, and stop this madness.
What you describe is a symptom. Symptoms are the consequences of a disease, and what you describe are consequences of a sociopathic system.
Yes, because Americans don't understand what freedom is anymore, it's just been an almost religious mantra they've chanted for decades, without contemplating what it means.
So yes they give freedom to the rich, because they think regulations are contrary to freedom, and without regulation the rich have the power.
I don't understand how you can claim that American pursuit of freedom is an incorrect assumption, and then in the very next sentence, you also claim it's an identity marker.
Freedom is an indoctrinated core value for many Americans, but only as a mantra they don't really understand the meaning of.
I agree that Americans in general have no real understanding of what freedom really is, and are confused on the issue to a degree that they actually undermine their own freedom.
The same people who harp on religious freedom often want to declare America a Christian nation.
Good example, and yes the double standard is maddening, and Americans fail to understand that the right to oppress others is not freedom for the people, but will always end as only freedom for the most powerful to oppress the people.
their perception of freedom includes duties to enable others to actually engage in it.
That sounds very interesting, kind of like the tolerance of intolerance paradox, that teach we shouldn't allow intolerance, we also need to enable the freedom of others, to have real freedom in society.
When many Americans talk about freedom these days it’s just a virtue signal,
I think there is much truth in that, but it is more than just virtue signalling, because it seems also like a religious mantra, so it is the strongest possible kind of virtue signalling.
And when something becomes religious, rationality about the issue goes out the Window.
Yes, Putin will use any misinformation and manipulation he can, including making a terrorist attack and blame it on others to promote his agenda. That is how he came to power!
No I'm not French, I'm from Denmark.
Ditto for the US.
Yes, except in USA it's worse, because the president of USA has even more extensive powers, and congress isn't entirely democratic either.
Todays numbers June 5th 2025.
The official numbers on Russian losses released by the Ukrainian military general staff.
Source: t.me/GeneralStaffZSU/25142
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https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendant/netanyahu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israeli_leaders
Netanyahu is a wanted war criminal!!
I guess being against war crimes makes you an anti Semite by today's Israeli standards.
They throw that term around left and right so today it has no meaning when Israelis call people that.