I agree, but it's not triumph if you simply replace it with local imperialism and capitalism. A post-scarcity future is possible. But we have to imagine what lies beyond capitalism. What might have the Bosheviks accomplished with good computers and no Stalin?l
Julianus
joined 2 years ago
Don't believe me, just widen your news sources. The truth is in the parallax.
I have great respect for the Russian people. I hope one day they'll throw the yoke of authoritarianism off, again.
Unfortunately, Wikileaks was suborned by the FSB around 2016. I don't know what they had on Assange, but he completely stopped posting anything critical of Russia and their authoritarian media. Before that, it would credibly criticize anyone, but afterwards it became very, very suspicious.
Anyways, there's too much evidence outside of western media of chemical attacks in Syria. The main justification for western strikes in Syria was hunting ISIS. Assad and Putin's war crimes were a side note to the west. Which is why there was no regime change, in the end.
Can't really treat all those poor Russian ~~cannon fodder~~ conscripts for acute cases of death. Sitting in out-of-fuel convoys is bad for your health. Luckily for them, many are opting to surrender. Also, threats of conscripting Russian anti-war protesters doesn't sound like a good idea, either. Seems more like a free emigration to Ukraine program.
The technology promises a better life for transplant recipients. Currently, they live with their immune systems suppressed by drugs, to avoid rejection. This makes them critically vulnerable to diseases normal people shrug off. Also, growing organs with your genes also means you don't have to wait for years until a suitable donor dies. It's exciting and this guy was brave for taking the first step.
An email you say? There's a mountain of evidence that contradicts this narrative. I remember the daily pictures of gas shell fragments from artillery strikes against Assad's opposition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_chemical_weapons_in_the_Syrian_civil_war
The poisoning of dissidents was done with biological and nuclear weapons to underscore the point that Putin has them and is willing to use them flagrantly.
Also that Russia has recently used chemical weapons against civilians. If China was actually worried about this subject (and not deflecting from Covid scrutiny), they'd be watching Russia's actions in Ukraine very closely. Attacking nuclear reactors and now talking up chemical weapons indicates Russia is aiming for a false flag pretext where they blame Ukraine for Russia's misdeeds. Like accusing Ukraine of shelling their own refuges, when artillery is Russia's core strength.
I'm uneasy on American expenditures on biological weapons, to be sure. Even if they're researching how to counter them, the doomsday scenario is the accidental release of an airborne pathogen. The risk has never made sense to me.
But two points:
- The Russians and Assad did use chemical weapons against civilians in Syria. Done simply to mop up rebel cities at the cheapest cost.
- Putin poisoned his targets in the most dramatic ways possible: with radioactive isotopes and nerve agents that only governments can produce. He killed them with weapons of mass destruction just to make a point. He went to far to do it on foreign soil!
Maybe you're right, but in gross numbers, probably not. Here today, it doesn't justify Putin's war on his neighbors. Whatever his insecurities are, he's learning the hard way to stay in his lane.