Links and Stuff
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.
I'm confused by the order of operations, who can make the decision to join NATO? Is it the Finnish president or is it parliament? It seems like the president has already decided but wants the support of parliament before they submit it for real. Of course no referendum needed because reasons..
NATO is "just" a treaty and in most countries the ability to enter into treaties rests with the executive, with parliament playing mostly an oversight role and the people playing the role of meddlesome outsiders who shouldn't poke their nose in things.
Capitalist democracy is not meant to enable the people to rule, it's meant to enable the rulers to pacify the people.
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It would be incredibly funny if Sweden and Finland decides to show dedication to the lofty principles of liberal democracy and bravery in the face of Putler's authoritarian horde of Asiatic orcs, only for Turkey to tell them to fuck off.
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