Wealth is actually being redistributed quite a bit in Russia right now. The oligarchs are paying for the war and “the people” are getting much higher wages either in the military or because of labor shortages.
It’s not great, what with all the death and destruction. But Russians gini coefficient is going down fast.
They are not our ally and you are arguing a strawman.
REPUBLICANS in Congress have abdicated their constitutional duties. A few Democrats are collaborating.
I learned about Lemmy from reddit.
Soooo…
I said Ukraine would win if they continued receiving the level of aid they have been getting indefinitely.
That goes back to my earlier assertion that the trump administration is shot through with Russian propaganda and direct plants.
Depends on if Trump gives Zelenski a deal he can’t refuse.
If nobody changes US or European support I think Ukraine will win eventually.
But that’s a big if. As Russia gets closer to collapse they will make noises about peace and cease fires and try to hold what they have, and pushing them off where they are entrenched will be more difficult. Ukraine can do it, given time, and money, and In the short term, military equipment.
This is evidence that the white house is riddled with Russian plants/propaganda not that the reality on the front is worse for Ukraine than we thought.
We always knew it was bad. It has never been good for Ukraine. If it ever gets good for Ukraine you will see Russians retreating. Nobody knows where that point is, but they are almost certainly closer today than they were a year ago.
Unironically I read union headlines now and have a moment of panic/confusion because I can’t tell an onion article at a glance. 10 years ago the onion was just a moment of bemusement, now I have to check the source. Same with the Beaverton that I see on Lemmy occasionally.
They don’t want poc or women to be career.
They want women pregnant, so they are “safe” in that sense. They want white officers commanding brown conscripts to go do the dying.
Russia has a larger army than any European country. Only Ukraine comes close, and they have veterancy only rivaled by the US and Ukraine.
(Ukraine probably wins on veterancy)
Sure, if Europe acts with Unity, they can roflstomp Russia, but Moscow would be looking for a moment of crisis to exploit.
Irrelevant to Putin. It matters a lot to Europe and Ukraine.
They absolutely can.
Russia has thousands of men willing to fight in horrendous conditions.
A few thousand soldiers that are very well equipped might lose to 10x as many badly equipped enemies.
I think they would lose, but they might not think so.
Given the reports coming out of the detention camps: yes.
There is nothing standing in the way of anything else. They can disappear you, your parents, your children, and your friends. They can send you to a work camp in El Salvador and there is nothing anyone can do for you once you are there.
Keep tabs on your loved ones. Have a plan for if the gestapo shows up at your home. If you can leave, it’s time to strongly consider it. This is the equivalent to somewhere from 1933 to 1936. Basically no one in the camps from those years survived to VE day.
They would mostly wear hats.
They are terrified. The US got Texas with great replacement in the 1840’s. White people came legally at first and then streamed across the border overwhelming the natives and Mexicans and they brought slaves and when Mexico told them slavery is illegal they declared the Texas revolution and more white Americans came to help fight it (including Davy Crockett) and they won and a few years later the US annexed Mexico
They fear Mexicans doing the same thing back. They won’t, but conservative white people don’t believe that.
I wish you great success with your voice and your avatars.
The great depression had the bonus march. They camped in front of the white house and were dispersed with tear gas and cavalry charge led by Douglas MacArthur.
What else would superman be? Are you gonna change the lore so Krypton is a small town in Kansas?