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89·8 months agoWhat is the context of the phrase “Heil Hitler” now? Context is everything and you can’t just point at the history books and twist the meaning of what someone said.
Languages change and morph over time. They always have.
11·8 months agowhy is democracy the goal? democratic nations have pretty much universally profited from the plunder and destruction of poor nations.
the british empire, the french empire, the german empire, the american empire. democracy is a tool of imperialism and colonialism. when those avenues for extracting wealth fail, what’s left? increasing concentration of power and wealth to the rich, privatization of public goods, right-wing extremism, and societal stagnation through a return to conservative values.
seizing their assets will
why is democracy being seen as an end and not a means? isn’t the goal supposed to be to raise the standard of living of people in developing or emerging economies, to reduce income inequality, to combat climate change, and/or to improve support and infrastructure for disadvantaged people and their communities?
in a state with limited political goodwill, why isn’t more effort spent on actually benefiting the people instead of maintaining institutions that evidently degrade the minute attention shifts away from them?
yes but my freedum
yes but political pandering
communist country executes bourgeois, capitalists horrified
$12 billion dollars is the equivalent of the 1.3 million years of work in vietnam. that’s the livelihoods of more than 34000 people, stolen to profit one person.
The absolute disregard for Palestinian lives.
Senator Marco Rubio had this to say on the issue:
The Chinese Communist Party continues to expand its unlawful and aggressive maritime presence throughout the Indo-Pacific.
The U.S. must continue to strengthen our partnerships w/ nations in the region and advance our capabilities to counter China’s aggression.
Go home Russia shill
If anything, this makes the A-50U downing less likely given that there’s been no indication that any A-50U crew are dead and Russia clearly isn’t censoring reports on such.
stfu Russia shill
Mods here don’t do weekends lol
They’re different stories about different statements from different countries. Estonia, Germany, and Poland all independently made statements, not as a single joint statement.
If this is a policy going forward, it should be listed as a rule.
Won’t stop the reports, but thanks for checking!
This headline is the one that loads in Google. Business Insider has changed it since then.
So communist democracy is the solution?