Porphyry Fedotov

Even the BBC started to change its narrative and compiling evidence of the IDF purposely shooting Palestinian kids in Gaza

That's a common misconception. In this regard, Buddhism isn't much different from any other religion. Take, for example, the Dzungars, who were Buddhists. Those mf's were far from peaceful. They waged fierce wars against the Qing Empire and the Kazakhs, seeking to expand their territory and influence across Central Asia I don't see how Buddhism would prevent Thais from waging full-scale war against Cambodia. After all, they did it in the past and were relatively successful

Overblown non-issue

So, that's how the Holocaust happened. Interestingly, many did not believe or grasp the full extent of it until after WWII ended. Nowadays, we also see that the world is divided. There are a lot of people who don't believe in Genocide in Gaza or think they deserve it because of the hostages of other bullcrup. Nazis claimed deportations were for “resettlement” or “labor”. Israel exterminates Palestinians and simply blames Hamas; calls civilian deaths “unintended” or “Hamas’ fault”. At least this time, during the Palestinian Holocaust, there are a lot of protests and some states do something like Ireland or Spain, which puts hope into the people...

I don't think Putin will be able to defeat Ukraine at this point. He doesn't have much of an endgame to speak of. Just a desire to project power across the former USSR. Also, the Ukrainian question didn't appear out of thin air in 2022 or even in 2014. If you look at the history of the Russian Empire, for example, you can already see that domestic policy was heavily anti-Ukrainian, like there were the Valuev Circulars, secret decrees issued in the Russian Empire in the 19th century to restrict the publication of religious and educational texts in the Ukrainian language. Then, Stalin in 30s ordered the mass starvation of Ukrainians in 30s aka the Holodomor. From a historical perspective, Putin's invasion wasn't a surprise. If you look at what is going on in the occupied territories, you would see heavy suppression of anything Ukrainian, Russification is everywhere, strict martial law with detentions, tortures and murders of anyone who opposes the regime. It's the wild west over there, brutal and unforgiving. I think at this point his endgame is to keep new territories and make them Russian through the displacement of the native Ukrainian population and forced Russification. He also tried to bolster his populist support through the invasion, echoing the logic of a "small victorious war" reminiscent of the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.

We need to address the root of this evil. Without Zionist ideology, there wouldn't be a conflict to speak of. Citizens of Poland, Germany, USSR etc who came to colonise Palestine and their descendants would've peacefully lived in their shtetls without colonising a distant foreign land and doing the Nakba

Bro. I'm not saying that Israel is the literal Third Reich. However, they share a lot in common. Israel has been more then a decade under the rule of ultranationalist leadership and it has shaped its internal and domestic affairs. And consequently, it's committing a genocide for all the world to witness. Speaking in terms of spiral dynamics, they're both deeply blue. Take polls, for example, they show that most Israelis are in support of the displacement of Gazans https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/poll-show-most-jewish-israelis-support-expelling-gazans

It depends on the context and nuance. Death to SS in 1940s sounded about right for the Allies and Jews, Slavs, Gypsies etc. in particular. Death to the IDF in 2025 has the same effect, because, objectively speaking, the IDF is the blind force perpetrating one of the bloodiest genocides of the 21st century right now. However, I understand that for a person living in Israel, it might sound shocking and barbaric. As 'Death to SS' would've sounded to the normal German citizen in the times of the Third Reich.

Yeah, but we were talking about ladyboys in particular. On a side note, another great thing about Thailand is the large number of basically free (donation-based) meditation retreats. People usually miss this thing out completely for some reason, it's a notably Thai thing (and Burmese probably, but I'ven't been to Burma yet to check it out)

Dude, I was joking. I also had sex with a trans woman when I was in Thailand (but only once). I enjoyed it, but I like pussy more, nontheless. Maybe it's an acquired taste and I need to fuck more of them

Well, if you’re the top, it’s just their pain in the ass - not yours 😏

Tbh, Israel is more and more acting like a loose cannon, heavily destabilising the whole region. Before it was the Palestinian Genocide, then it attacked Lebanon, now it's attacking Iran. Textbook example of toxic Blue, ultranationalist ideology and collective madness affecting the whole society. It's appalling that nothing is done against it. Also, good point from Bad Empanada on why Iran must have nukes:

Give me some studies on that. Sounds like right-wing bs Cultural stuff is up to you lol I agree with Hasan on this one.

Integration is just another buzzword. What does integration even mean? I think speaking the language to some degree is more than enough. When I was in India, I liked how different groups of people kept their customs and clothing etc while living together. Like muslims were wearing muslim clothes and selling their food and stuff at food stalls, like right around the corner, you could see sikhs or whatever wearing their clothes doing their thing. All this multitude of distinct colourful cultures, each with their traditions and languages, is enriching society as a whole, making it more beautiful and unique. One grey monoculture is boring and degrading

That's just an anecdote that doesn't prove anything. I can give you an anecdote of my own. You know, in Russia these days, the Kremlin regime is suppressing immigration and pushing an anti-immigrant agenda. Our migrants are mostly coming from Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan etc). So I lived for a year and a half in Kazakhstan and travelled all over that country. And you know what? In my experience, it doesn't differ from Russia much, I mostly had positive experience. It's one of my favourite countries. I felt at home in Kazakhstan. The best cure against anti-immigrant bullshit is just visit their countries and spend some time over there