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"content": "I find it interesting how similar the debate about immigration in Russia is to the one in the West. All the talk about increased crime, about why the local population isn't given priority, and about the dilemma the economy faces because of the lack of labor. <br /><br />The unemployment rate in Russia is of course at its historical minimum, and there simply aren't enough people. The go-to region is Central Asia, but apparently Russians, like some other European countries, have found out that they have depleted the known areas, and must widen the search. So now instead of Uzbeks or Tajiks, it will be time for Indians. <br /><br />Exactly the same trends are clearly visible in the more developed countries of the EU. Germans want workers from Kenya, Slovenia has exhausted Western Balkans, and now Nepalis and Filipinos must come to the rescue.",
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"content": "A good Russian propaganda poster. <br /><br />'For the Russian world, for the right to remain who you are.' <br /><br />Russians see themselves besieged by a totalitarian liberal world system emanating from the countries of the collective West. A system that wants to subjugate and transform the rest of the world in its own image.<br /><br />It is not only the Russians who are resisting the dominance of the collective West and the system of values that derives from it. There is a deep split between the defenders of American hegemony and the multipolar world. The latter want balance and at the same time independence, a right to decide by which values they want to live.",
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"content": "Much depends on your ability to impose the rules of the game, and Russia managed to do that in Ukraine. It is a war of attrition, and it is in their favor. Also, important to understand that for whatever reason the Russian government wants to win the war with minimal possible investments, and is content with occasionally losing territory, if it can preserve its forces.<br /><br />Ukrainians, on the other hand, are willing to throw their people to the dogs for every little village in the Donbas, even if retreating would be a more rational approach.<br /><br />For Russia, it is all going according to plan, no matter how some people might laugh at it. The only thing is the plan doesn't mean a quick victory. It doesn't even mean secure borders with Ukraine. That's why this war will take a long time, in my opinion, 5 years, and even then we can end up with some sort of a frozen conflict, as there is little chance Russia would want the entire territory of Ukraine. There will most likely be a Ukrainian state at the end of this tragedy, which of course allows for further conflicts, as there is very little diplomacy left between the collective West and Russia.",
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"content": "Much depends on your ability to impose the rules of the game, and Russia managed to do that in Ukraine. It is a war of attrition, and it is in their favor. Also, important to understand that for whatever reason the Russian government wants to win the war with minimal possible investments, and is content with occasionally losing territory, if it can preserve its forces.\n\nUkrainians, on the other hand, are willing to throw their people to the dogs for every little village in the Donbas, even if retreating would be a more rational approach.\n\nFor Russia, it is all going according to plan, no matter how some people might laugh at it. The only thing is the plan doesn't mean a quick victory. It doesn't even mean secure borders with Ukraine. That's why this war will take a long time, in my opinion, 5 years, and even then we can end up with some sort of a frozen conflict, as there is little chance Russia would want the entire territory of Ukraine. There will most likely be a Ukrainian state at the end of this tragedy, which of course allows for further conflicts, as there is very little diplomacy left between the collective West and Russia.",
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"content": "The US is an empire of chaos, <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=China\" title=\"#China\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#China</a> is an empire of stability. It is important to understand that, to understand what is happening in the world.<br /><br />For the US to maintain its hegemony it is no longer enough to have an open door, free trade policy, because it can't compete on the world markets. The only way to stay on top is to prevent competitors from developing. Also, the US doesn't have the resources to rule over the entire planet, so it benefits from chaos and instability. There can be some blowback from it, but it is hard to create a functioning, strong opponent when everything is falling apart.<br /><br />China is in a position where it benefits from a stable, open world because it is competitive. It needs free trade, it needs as many functioning states as friends as possible. Their existence isn't a threat to Chinese power but instead can strengthen China even more.<br /><br />The Middle East is a good example of both approaches. For the US the animosity between Sunny monarchies and Iran was necessary, so they could manipulate and mobilize the first against the second. That way they could stay on top in that region, and also prevent development that could hurt their interest. China, on the other hand, worked hard on a peace deal, and it got it in the end. For China, that is beneficial, because an important region gets stabilized, and new opportunities for economic development become available.<br /><br />Going forward we will see more of this. The US will try to burn the world just to stay on top, and China on the other hand will try to bring peace to maintain its own economic growth.",
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"content": "The US is an empire of chaos, #China is an empire of stability. It is important to understand that, to understand what is happening in the world.\n\nFor the US to maintain its hegemony it is no longer enough to have an open door, free trade policy, because it can't compete on the world markets. The only way to stay on top is to prevent competitors from developing. Also, the US doesn't have the resources to rule over the entire planet, so it benefits from chaos and instability. There can be some blowback from it, but it is hard to create a functioning, strong opponent when everything is falling apart.\n\nChina is in a position where it benefits from a stable, open world because it is competitive. It needs free trade, it needs as many functioning states as friends as possible. Their existence isn't a threat to Chinese power but instead can strengthen China even more.\n\nThe Middle East is a good example of both approaches. For the US the animosity between Sunny monarchies and Iran was necessary, so they could manipulate and mobilize the first against the second. That way they could stay on top in that region, and also prevent development that could hurt their interest. China, on the other hand, worked hard on a peace deal, and it got it in the end. For China, that is beneficial, because an important region gets stabilized, and new opportunities for economic development become available.\n\nGoing forward we will see more of this. The US will try to burn the world just to stay on top, and China on the other hand will try to bring peace to maintain its own economic growth.",
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"content": "It's the nature of the economic system in the West that is pulling in lots of migrants and changing the demographic picture. Something the political right does not want to acknowledge. <br /><br />The way most Western countries developed was through colonial imperial projects. They used slavery or their colonies for cheap labor and resources. After that passed, they started using cheap labor from ex-colonies to work in their own countries. Those who did not have many colonies relied on other people from poor countries, that's how so many Turks found a way to Germany or Austria. <br /><br />As long as the system remains the same, there will be an economic incentive to import people to feed the machine. It doesn't matter if migrants are legal or illegal, in the end, the demographic picture will change.",
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"content": "There is now this debate, about whether Russia will react to incessant Western provocation or not. One side thinks Russia is inviting more aggression by not responding, and the other that a slow, methodical, and patient war of attrition is the best solution. <br /><br />So far it has become clear Putin is a patient man. He might threaten here or there, but he does not deviate from his plans. But, it is also clear, that there are red lines. After all, Russia did try to negotiate with the West, and when that failed, started the operation in Ukraine. It just takes time to bring the Russian state to react.<br /><br />I do not pretend to know what approach is best. I agree, that there is a danger present, that Western pressure could at some point force a very strong Russian reaction, even the use of nuclear weapons. That could be limited to parts of Western Ukraine, so as not to cause a total war, but who knows how things might then play out.",
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"content": "So much of Ukrainian strategy in the war against Russia is just a PR operation. For a long time, they held a small beachhead in a village called Krinky, getting hammered by Russian artilery and airforce, unable to move further, sacrificing men. <br /><br />Now finally they abandoned this operation and retreated, most likely because they needed every reserve they can get to shore up their forces in Kharkow. <br /><br />If Ukraine couldn't break through the Russian lines in the Zaporizhzhia direction in 2023, they never had a chance to do that across the Dnieper. And yet they persisted. <br /><br />This can only be understood by the Ukrainian need to score PR points with daring actions. They need to sell the war to their Western backers and prove they are in the game, doing damage. That way they can then get more military aid and stay in the game.",
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"content": "'The outsize role that foreign-funded NGOs play in Georgia’s politics, policy-making, and public services has led the country into a chronic crisis of its democracy. '<br /><br /><a href=\"https://lefteast.org/unrest-georgia-foreign-influence-transparency-law/\" target=\"_blank\">https://lefteast.org/unrest-georgia-foreign-influence-transparency-law/</a>",
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"content": "When Western journalists and politicians accuse Russia, China, and Iran of trying to influence and divide Western societies, it's all projection. It is in the West where we have become masters of divisions. It is a way to control the masses and attack foreign opponents.<br /><br />Just think how masterful Western powers identified fissures in Ukrainian society and made a part of that society believe they are more human than the other part. Now they are dying for the empire.<br /><br />A similar divide et impera strategy has been employed many times against foreign and domestic opponents. Some youth in Hong Kong think themselves superior to mainland China, a Slovene has a feeling he is worth more than a Serb, and a white working-class male is convinced he is the defender of civilization fighting against a black invader. <br /><br />The thing is this strategy has been used so often and with such success, it is starting to destroy the very foundation of societies that benefited from it in the first place. There are divisions everywhere, there is intense hatred, there is cancel culture, there is a total inability to reach compromises. <br /><br />Btw, that's the reason why the collective West is finding it so hard to come to some kind of a deal with Russia. It is all a zero-sum game.<br /><br />So, in short, the same people who are peddling conspiracy theories about their opponents, spreading hate, and inventing new ways to belittle anyone who doesn't agree with them, are now claiming that the bad atmosphere they have created is somehow the fault of malign foreign influences. It simply isn't.",
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"content": "The key to understanding why the war in Ukraine is being waged in this manner and why it is all taking so long, is in the comprehension, that in Russia a political decision was made to win this with the minimal possible investment.<br /><br />The higher the expenditure for defense is, the less money can be invested in other things, thus hindering the development of the country. Also, more aggressive mobilization could have negative repercussions for political stability, as those who do not want to fight would be more and more included and sent to the front.<br /><br />The increase in the defense budget is obvious, but Russia isn't a war economy, they are not planning to build a 5 or 6-million-man army and send them charging to the Polish border. Rather, we are seeing a slow war of attrition, with the smallest possible effect on the economic life of the country.<br /><br />That's what gave Ukrainians the chance to sweep the Kharkow area and push Russians out of Kherson, conduct their failed offensive last year, and still allows them to stabilize the front after each defeat. Russians simply don't push hard enough to make a bigger breakthrough. They know time is on their side, and there are more important things than shiny TikTok victories.<br /><br />That's also the reason why this war will drag on for quite some time. Russia will not overextend itself in some senseless big arrow push, and Ukraine still has some manpower left to squeeze, while Western equipment is still trickling in, albeit in smaller quantities. <br /><br />Also, among political reasons for this Russian approach is the recognition of political processes in the West. The will to fight is slowly evaporating, no matter how the warmongers try to keep to the warpath. Also, Trump could win the US presidential elections and try to force peace on Ukraine, cutting down every European politician still dreaming of some grand military intervention to save Ukraine at the last minute.",
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"content": "The key to understanding why the war in Ukraine is being waged in this manner and why it is all taking so long, is in the comprehension, that in Russia a political decision was made to win this with the minimal possible investment.\n\nThe higher the expenditure for defense is, the less money can be invested in other things, thus hindering the development of the country. Also, more aggressive mobilization could have negative repercussions for political stability, as those who do not want to fight would be more and more included and sent to the front.\n\nThe increase in the defense budget is obvious, but Russia isn't a war economy, they are not planning to build a 5 or 6-million-man army and send them charging to the Polish border. Rather, we are seeing a slow war of attrition, with the smallest possible effect on the economic life of the country.\n\nThat's what gave Ukrainians the chance to sweep the Kharkow area and push Russians out of Kherson, conduct their failed offensive last year, and still allows them to stabilize the front after each defeat. Russians simply don't push hard enough to make a bigger breakthrough. They know time is on their side, and there are more important things than shiny TikTok victories.\n\nThat's also the reason why this war will drag on for quite some time. Russia will not overextend itself in some senseless big arrow push, and Ukraine still has some manpower left to squeeze, while Western equipment is still trickling in, albeit in smaller quantities. \n\nAlso, among political reasons for this Russian approach is the recognition of political processes in the West. The will to fight is slowly evaporating, no matter how the warmongers try to keep to the warpath. Also, Trump could win the US presidential elections and try to force peace on Ukraine, cutting down every European politician still dreaming of some grand military intervention to save Ukraine at the last minute.",
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"content": "Is it right, to strike first? That is the question. <br /><br />Yes, Russia acted outside of international norms by invading Ukraine. We can argue that it did that to defend the Donbas from a vicious nationalistic regime in Kiew. OK, but the stated goals were bigger. Remember denazification? <br /><br />The context is important. Russia saw itself on the receiving end of aggressive Western policy to isolate and pressure, leading to destabilization and maybe fragmentation. The threat from NATO enlargement, coupled with nonstop negative propaganda, and various economic sanctions made it clear, that a war was inevitable. Why then not strike first? <br /><br />This is a question that some countries will ask themselves. Take China. It is clear the US is building up forces and alliances for a war. Why would China wait, why not choose the battlespace, and get some advantage? Is it more prudent to patiently wait, so the enemy makes a move, and you can then use that as a propaganda victory? Is that even possible? Won't a US attack be justified in the West no matter what China does?<br /><br />Faced with a declining hegemon more than willing to use every tool in its arsenal to stay on top, countries in the world strong enough to defend themselves will ask themself that question. Russia already answered it, we'll see what China will do, and if both fail under the US onslaught, it will be India or Indonesia to face such a dilemma.<br />",
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