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Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Add to the above list if you can, thank you.

Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)

Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.

Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.

On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Yesterday's discussion post.

  • notthenameiwant [he/him]
    ·
    2 years ago

    I have came to my senses and am getting out of cryptocurrency as soon as possible. It's not due to losing money on crypto, which I have I'm overleveraged, it's due to hearing about tether's shady practices 5 years late. I'm a fucking idiot. Laugh at me all you want, but I'm doing this on main. I'm not fucked (I think), but I am getting out as soon as possible. I have seen the black hole, and I need to get out as soon as possible. I need to get out of this as soon as I can get close to financially breaking even.

    Tether is what nearly every crypto goes through, and if they go tits up, the whole market collapses. Again, I'm seeing this evidence 5 years after it happened. I would have pulled my money out years ago if I saw this shit. Laugh if you want, but I didn't know all of this until 20 minutes ago and I'm not having a good time right now. Most people don't know what they invest in. It's literally a meme. Have some sympathy.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
        ·
        2 years ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tether_(cryptocurrency)

        I read the wikipedia article. So people were saying "You give me a dollar, and I'll give you a long string of numbers. And at any time you can give me back this long string of numbers, and I'll give you a dollar."

        Then they played all sorts of tricks and it turns out they lost/spent/stole your dollar?

    • Chump [he/him]
      ·
      2 years ago

      Eh, don’t beat yourself up over it. The market can stay irrational way longer than you can stay solvent. And Tether is pretty much 100% scam status. Get out if you’re overleveraged and breathe easier

    • GundamZZ [he/him]
      ·
      2 years ago

      TrueAnon did an episode on them like a year ago. This is what happens when you aren't getting financial advice from Liz.