Quote (duffman316 @ Sep 7 2023 11:25pm)

Would've been nice if ukraines warmongering neighbour didn't invade a sovereign country eh?

Quote (colorful @ Sep 7 2023 07:18pm)

No bias take here

I am an American Russian, live in NYC, state side for 25+ years:

- American culture is completely being lost and forgotten
- quality of everything is going to shit and fast
- ok war is wrong, but bullying and forcing your will on people is worse- that’s what this country has repeatedly done not only in this case but to so many other countries in the world.
- even so many Ukrainian people that come here understand, this “help” from the US isn’t free- it’s not even wanted but forced there too. One man sold out his whole country
- sure, I’ll agree Putin is who he is- but that’s a given. The lies and corruption that I, a working class citizen am forced to pay for are much worse.

Stop looking at this as a conflict with Russia. How about all the people that are losing quality of life on all fronts? Don’t forget, someone’s loss is someone else’s win.

Proximity, meanwhile- I never agree with the stuff you say, but I read it.

Everyone else- I tend to agree and I watch content from both sides.

Everyone- it’s great we have this discussion- but understand- there are people paying for this- on all sides. Right or wrong, at the end of the day, ask yourself- how the fuck can’t we come to a resolution if we are all so intelligent? Is it because it’s more profitable not to come to a resolution? Has money/“flexing” (sorry for lack of a better term) become more valuable than life?

I doubt anyone here would really wish something bad on the other- its bad nature to wish ill on anyone. Let’s all think and maybe discuss possible solutions instead of trying to outwit the people who manipulate us.

Quote (colorful @ 8 Sep 2023 04:18)

No bias take here

I am an American Russian, live in NYC, state side for 25+ years:

- American culture is completely being lost and forgotten
- quality of everything is going to shit and fast
- ok war is wrong, but bullying and forcing your will on people is worse- that’s what this country has repeatedly done not only in this case but to so many other countries in the world.
- even so many Ukrainian people that come here understand, this “help” from the US isn’t free- it’s not even wanted but forced there too. One man sold out his whole country
- sure, I’ll agree Putin is who he is- but that’s a given. The lies and corruption that I, a working class citizen am forced to pay for are much worse.

Stop looking at this as a conflict with Russia. How about all the people that are losing quality of life on all fronts? Don’t forget, someone’s loss is someone else’s win.

Proximity, meanwhile- I never agree with the stuff you say, but I read it.

Everyone else- I tend to agree and I watch content from both sides.

Everyone- it’s great we have this discussion- but understand- there are people paying for this- on all sides. Right or wrong, at the end of the day, ask yourself- how the fuck can’t we come to a resolution if we are all so intelligent? Is it because it’s more profitable not to come to a resolution? Has money/“flexing” (sorry for lack of a better term) become more valuable than life?

I doubt anyone here would really wish something bad on the other- its bad nature to wish ill on anyone. Let’s all think and maybe discuss possible solutions instead of trying to outwit the people who manipulate us.

Quote (colorful @ 8 Sep 2023 04:18)

No bias take here

I am an American Russian, live in NYC, state side for 25+ years:

- American culture is completely being lost and forgotten
- quality of everything is going to shit and fast
- ok war is wrong, but bullying and forcing your will on people is worse- that’s what this country has repeatedly done not only in this case but to so many other countries in the world.
- even so many Ukrainian people that come here understand, this “help” from the US isn’t free- it’s not even wanted but forced there too. One man sold out his whole country
- sure, I’ll agree Putin is who he is- but that’s a given. The lies and corruption that I, a working class citizen am forced to pay for are much worse.

Stop looking at this as a conflict with Russia. How about all the people that are losing quality of life on all fronts? Don’t forget, someone’s loss is someone else’s win.

Proximity, meanwhile- I never agree with the stuff you say, but I read it.

Everyone else- I tend to agree and I watch content from both sides.

Everyone- it’s great we have this discussion- but understand- there are people paying for this- on all sides. Right or wrong, at the end of the day, ask yourself- how the fuck can’t we come to a resolution if we are all so intelligent? Is it because it’s more profitable not to come to a resolution? Has money/“flexing” (sorry for lack of a better term) become more valuable than life?

I doubt anyone here would really wish something bad on the other- its bad nature to wish ill on anyone. Let’s all think and maybe discuss possible solutions instead of trying to outwit the people who manipulate us.

Quote (colorful @ Sep 8 2023 03:18am)

No bias take here

I am an American Russian, live in NYC, state side for 25+ years:

- American culture is completely being lost and forgotten
- quality of everything is going to shit and fast
- ok war is wrong, but bullying and forcing your will on people is worse- that’s what this country has repeatedly done not only in this case but to so many other countries in the world.
- even so many Ukrainian people that come here understand, this “help” from the US isn’t free- it’s not even wanted but forced there too. One man sold out his whole country
- sure, I’ll agree Putin is who he is- but that’s a given. The lies and corruption that I, a working class citizen am forced to pay for are much worse.

Stop looking at this as a conflict with Russia. How about all the people that are losing quality of life on all fronts? Don’t forget, someone’s loss is someone else’s win.

Proximity, meanwhile- I never agree with the stuff you say, but I read it.

Everyone else- I tend to agree and I watch content from both sides.

Everyone- it’s great we have this discussion- but understand- there are people paying for this- on all sides. Right or wrong, at the end of the day, ask yourself- how the fuck can’t we come to a resolution if we are all so intelligent? Is it because it’s more profitable not to come to a resolution? Has money/“flexing” (sorry for lack of a better term) become more valuable than life?

I doubt anyone here would really wish something bad on the other- its bad nature to wish ill on anyone. Let’s all think and maybe discuss possible solutions instead of trying to outwit the people who manipulate us.

Quote (Prox1m1ty @ 8 Sep 2023 09:01)

A majority of everyday Russians are complicit in allowing Putin to dictate.
As long as their pensions comes in they ignore the obvious tyranny.
Selfish. Ignorant. Cowards.

Here's a solution. Russians leave occupied territory.
Failing that then strap yourselves in for years if not decades of insurgency in Russia. Its a simple matter of fact.
You reap what you sow.

Quote (Malopox @ Sep 8 2023 08:13am)

A majority of everyday British are complicit in the horrors of colonialism.
As long as their pensions comes in they ignore the obvious tyranny they've inflicted upon millions across the world.
Selfish. Ignorant. Cowards.

Here's a solution. Brits pay back trillions of reparations to all the countries they've pillaged and return everything they've stolen out of their museums.
Failing that then strap yourselves in for years if not decades of insurgency around the globe against them. Its a simple matter of fact.
You reap what you sow.

Dude you are making this too easy.

Quote (Prox1m1ty @ 8 Sep 2023 10:05)

False. Decades have past since colonialism ended.
Your coping.

Man up now and depose Putin. Less Russians perished deposing the Tsar than have died in Ukraine in 18 months.
Otherwise take your medicine and keep feeding your men into the meat grinder.

The majority of Russians are fascist cowards. Leeching off the state in exchange for their passive submission. Don't complain when an insurgency reaches your door.

Quote (https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/2/how-british-colonial-policy-killed-100-million-indians)

How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years
Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined.

Quote (colorful @ Sep 8 2023 03:18am)

No bias take here

I am an American Russian, live in NYC, state side for 25+ years:

- American culture is completely being lost and forgotten
- quality of everything is going to shit and fast
- ok war is wrong, but bullying and forcing your will on people is worse- that’s what this country has repeatedly done not only in this case but to so many other countries in the world.
- even so many Ukrainian people that come here understand, this “help” from the US isn’t free- it’s not even wanted but forced there too. One man sold out his whole country
- sure, I’ll agree Putin is who he is- but that’s a given. The lies and corruption that I, a working class citizen am forced to pay for are much worse.

Stop looking at this as a conflict with Russia. How about all the people that are losing quality of life on all fronts? Don’t forget, someone’s loss is someone else’s win.

Proximity, meanwhile- I never agree with the stuff you say, but I read it.

Everyone else- I tend to agree and I watch content from both sides.

Everyone- it’s great we have this discussion- but understand- there are people paying for this- on all sides. Right or wrong, at the end of the day, ask yourself- how the fuck can’t we come to a resolution if we are all so intelligent? Is it because it’s more profitable not to come to a resolution? Has money/“flexing” (sorry for lack of a better term) become more valuable than life?

I doubt anyone here would really wish something bad on the other- its bad nature to wish ill on anyone. Let’s all think and maybe discuss possible solutions instead of trying to outwit the people who manipulate us.

Quote (ferdia @ 8 Sep 2023 10:20)

The western narrative is "now is not the time to negotiate, we will not have diplomacy, no peace talks". This is on official sites, while at the same time the media reports that russia is not willing to negotiate. The fact that they can say both of these things and not get called out is utter bs. Basically the west is ignoring russian security concerns in favor of their geopolitical agenda / freedoms, which is the fundamental problem.