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I see. I am not that informed on this issue so perhaps "putting the oligarchs in order" was wrong from me. In that case I stand corrected. However I saw the gdp growth of Russia under Putin so that I think is more objective. Personally I do not think there is free speech anywhere in the world. It is a myth. If I go out in the West and say Israel is a genocidal racist country for example will I face persecutions? Benzema was threatened with citizenship revoking (even though he is born in france) just for sharing some solidarity with Palestine. No hate speech or anything. So there are always topics where you have no free speech. These topics will vary by country. In Russia you cannot criticize Putin. In Germany you cannot criticize Israel. So this myth of free speech is bullshit in my opinion. Also, you have plenty of other countries where you cannot criticize the governments that are seen as very attractive to live in. Qatar and UAE being prime examples. They are literally monarchies and still many people go there to live, even Western expats. How come they do not get the hate Russia gets even though their system of governance is not much better? Biggest issue with Russia is corruption. Freedom of speech like protesting and stuff may be important to some but personally I do not care much about it. As long as the courts are fair and nobody asks me for bribes I am satisfied. I have never been in a protest in my life. But that is a huge bias of mine. Many people do those things so for them it would be way worse not to be able to protest. I am just talking about myself . I am from a country where we have total freedom of speech but a lot of corruption and low income and personally I would trade that freedom of speech for lower corruption and higher income any day of the year. Because even in the West, I do not feel like I have true freedom of speech. I cannot post about Israel devilry or say that Ukraine should make peace with Russia etc. Personally I am quite liberal in my views, so no racism nor homophobia or xenophobia. However I have friends that did have these views and they felt very repressed in the West and felt like they had no freedom of speech about it. Ironically one of them went to Russia and there he says he feels a lot more free to speak his mind about stuff than in the West. He is also a huge Putin fan. So for him, Russia has more freedom of speech than the West. For a hardcore liberal it will be the opposite. These things are to some extent relative.

I did some research and apparently Putin made Russia grow like crazy from 2000 until 2014. Also, he put all the oligarchs in order and overall did quite good management considering how bad Russia was when he took power. 2014 onwards the growth seems to slow down a lot, maybe signalling that change needs to happen. However considering the amount of growth that happened under Putin, I am not suprised that Russians love him so much. And I have seen your comments and you seem to make Russia seem like a hellhole but perhaps it was like that when you left in in the 1990s, not in 2024. I have friends from there that came to the West, also Western friends that went there for Erasmus programmes. They said it was quite chill. All governmental services are online, the infrastructure and public transport is good and they did not feel oppressed or harassed in any way. Biggest issue they had is the salaries were not that great compared to Germany for example. But far from a hell hole. They told me with a good salary it seemed like a first world country. And the people were quite nice and kind. I am talking about Moscow, Saint Peters and Sochi. These are the cities I had friends go to. Needs to be noticed that these people have/had lived in the West so they know how life is there too. It is not like you are taking someone from Africa and putting them into Russia. Just sharing this.

Both sides want to wipe the other side out, but the difference is that Israel is actually doing it while Hamas is just wishful thinking. 800 civilians dead is not genocide, not even close. It is a massacre and those can happen in war. Terrible but common. 30.000 civilians dead, well that is crossing the line for 21st century standards. A simple question you need to answer to yourself. If Israel had killed roughly 800 civilians in Gaza, just like Hamas did. Would people be hating on Israel so much? I dont think so. This thread would not have 400 pages either. Israel killing 30x is the issue here. It makes 7/10 seem like nothing in comparison. Scale matters. Get this through your head.

I thought you always said Putin cares about Russia and all. Apparently he cares about Blue Russia more than overall Russia?

I notice USA does not care if you are dictatorship as much as they care whether you bow down to them or not. UAE, Saudi Arabia, Chile under Pinochento etc are not democracies yet USA did not try to overthrow them. Actually USA put Pinochento there to begin with. Alongside other dictatorships in Latin America. So the reason why most democracies tend to not be invaded by USA I think is because they also tend to be on good terms with USA. Western Europe, South Korea, Japan, Canada etc all are on good terms with USA. Even India mostly. Meanwhile when Gaddafi went against the West, West attacked Libya. This has happened many times. It is not a function of being a democracy as much as a function of whether you are USA's bitch or not is what I am trying to say. Russia is quite similar. Why did it attack Georgia in 2008 and never attacks Belarus? Because Georgia in 2008 went against Russia while Belarus does not. Also Russia took Crimea literally next thing after their pro Russian leader in Ukraine was decoupled in 2014.

It was a typo, i just noticed it I am wondering why are so many people mad for the interview? It is good to get the other side POV even if it can seem wrong from ours. Personally I do not support the war but it is always interesting to hear the other perspective in this conflict which is quite complex. If the West does not like Tuckler then they can put someone else there that will challenge Putin the way the West might want to. They just like labeling him as a "Evil dictator" and be done with it. Basically the West gives Piers Morgan version of the conflict. Very lazy.

I am talking about looks only here. Not other factors like game money status etc. And being white and tall is definitely an advantage when it comes to dating. Most ethnicities prefer white over the rest. There are of course outliers.

That is fair but an advanced society will understand that it does not justify to mass murder people, especially childreen. So it is not an excuse for this hatred. Especially against women and childreen. Issue is that when you send hundreds of such links and incidents it is not longer "cherry picking", it basically becomes the norm. Cherry picking is when you keep using the stories of 2-3 people like Israel does all the time.

Of course not but it is enough to give someone at least an average SMV. SMV is what matters. I am relatively fit (muscular lean) but short (Around 5 8 with shoes MAX) and I often hear girls talk about height rather than muscles when it comes to a guy's body. It can be very frustrating considering height cannot be changed so do not take it for granted. You can always build muscles but not height. Natural personality and starting point also play a role here. Ambition also plays a huge role. So what you consider "good results".

@Leo Gura You seem to have done quite well with girls in my opinion considering that you started from zero. I mean (I take your word for it), attracting hot professional Russian tennis players, naked models (half german half thai girl), also the most attractive girl in the club is quite impressive. Most guys cannot do that. Even very decent looking guys. Not even close. Also the girls you posted on your blog and here once seemed quite good to me. Considering you attract them mostly through game (not money or status) shows game can be very very powerful. However, you tend to dismiss the fact that you are quite tall (6 2) and white with green eyes. These are powerful factors in the West where white and tall is a clear clear advantage.

I sent you one from New York times. I send you another from CNN. "The framework of the proposal was agreed to by negotiators in Paris at the end of last month. CNN previously reported that it would call for a first phase of civilian hostage releases to take place over a six-week pause, with three Palestinian prisoners held by Israel released for each civilian hostage returned from Gaza. That ratio would be expected to go up for Israel Defense Forces soldiers and a longer pause is possible beyond the six weeks for the later phases." Hamas has replied to Gaza hostage proposal | CNN Politics Why did Israel not agree to this? Numbers and material damage says otherwise. Number of hostages Hamas has taken is far lower than the number of Palestinian kids in Israeli prisons through the decades. These are verifiable things you know. Also I do not see Palestine taking any territory from Israel in recent decades. Name me some Palestinian settlements at the expense of Israel land? Most of civilian deaths and war crimes committed against Germany were done by USSR after the Nazis killed close to 27 million Soviets and 17 million civilians. They showed tons of restraint which I still find respectable. A lot of the bombings that the Allies did were to support USSR since they did not want to open a second front until 1944. Nakba - Wikipedia The Nakba (Arabic: النكبة an-Nakbah, lit. 'The Catastrophe') is the violent displacement and dispossession of Palestinians, along with the destruction of their society, culture, identity, political rights, and national aspirations. Sounds like devilry to me. Go and try to steal someone's home and see how they respond to that. In the USA, Israel biggest ally you will get shotguned in the face and the person that did it will not be legally charged since you are transpassing in their property. I would also argue a 12 year old kid spending the night in Israeli prisons outside in the cold is not much better than a Hamas tunnel. Lets not pretend Israel does not jail 20x more than Hamas kidnaps. I saw a report of a 84 year old woman detained in Israel jails. Is she also terrorist? Suicide bombing is indeed horrible, I cannot argue with that. I am not an expert on that topic but I read that the Israeli negotiator said something like "If I was in Palestine place I would not agree to it myself". I will try to find the sources after. Yet Israel does not want a Palestinian state even though the world including the west is saying it is the only solution. Personally I would say 1947 border would be the most fair split but I dont think it will happen. 1968 border it is then. BiBi does not accept that. Also you did not tell me any response regarding religion fueling Israel expansion. As a secular Isareli would like to hear your view on that. 🇮🇱 Israeli minister: The Bible says West Bank is ours - UpFront (youtube.com) This is the source of talk I despise the most from Israel. Using religious nonsense to justify devilry. Same people do not even allow DNA tests to check ancestry. Talk about "advanced society".

Do you also have teary eyes when you see 12.000 dead? Curious Where is the special status for 80 year old grandmothers detained in Israel as "terrorists"? There were cases of that. They are as innocent as those hostages. Israel started this war by their wrong policies and not giving Palestinians equal rights. Plenty of Israelis including famous intellectuals have given their concerns over Israel policies. Do you expect people to be oppressed indefinitely and not revolt? You are basically going against all International human rights organizations that have criticized Israel's policies countless times. And I am talking about their policies before this recent war began. I do agree it is paranoia but we speak like this because we see the West and NATO as good. That is the issue. We do not see them as a threat. Try to see NATO as a threat and the invasion would make more sense. It is not that I support what Russia did. I was against it since day 1. But I do not see it any less "ethical" than USA invasion of Cuba, Libya or Iraq. So I cannot demonize Russia more than USA. But I dislike Russia, do not think I am a pro Russian guy. Not at all. They do tons of devilry. Yet so does USA. There are endless endless cases of war crimes which can be avoided. Snipers shooting close to 30 civilians in recent days being one of them. Shooting doctors working in hospitals, civilians inside cars etc. You can defeat Hamas and not do these atrocities. They are clearly fueled by hate not military logic. Hitler wanted to raze Poland to the ground, make Warsaw nothing more than a small town with a train station and kill 80% of polish population. Generalplan Ost - Wikipedia Russia does not want to do any of those things. It just wants Ukraine to be another Belarus. That is wrong but different from pure genocide like Germany did against Poland. The hatred Israelis have towards Palestinians in Gaza is far greater than Russian towards Russians in Ukraine. If you actually see the tactics used are quite similar. Unfortunately they seem to kill far far more in Gaza due to density and lack of air defense/shelters in Gaza. But the actual tactics are basically the same. I can name them if you want but it would be a long list. It also bombs areas considered "safe". What is your excuse for that? If Gaza is razed to the ground in the end what matters? You do realize that is done simply for people like you to say "See Israel is not that bad". You think they actually care about civilians there? You know they now block humanitarian aid when Gaza is starving? Biden even said it in live tv he had to convice BiBi to allow humanitarian aid. And all considered, if Russia is so ruthless how come the death toll in Ukraine given the time frame and population is relatively low? I mean Serbia killed like 3x more civilians in Bosnia in the same time frame and Bosnia had 20x less people. Same in the Syrian war. Chechen war was also far more brutal for civilians. Honestly I would expect at least 100.000 civilian deaths in Ukraine at this point but it is around 11.000. Max 20.000. While military deaths are close to 100.000 now. In Syria or Bosnia it was a 50 50 ratio between soldier and civilians. Here it is like 5 to 10 times more soldiers.

Firstly Hamas did give you a peace offer and you get all the hostages back but Bibi refused it. So lets not pretend that Israel wants peace at the moment. Hamas gives ‘positive’ reply to proposal for hostage release deal - The Washington Post Palestine definitely has caused pain and suffering to Israelis. However Israel has caused far far more pain and trauma to Palestinians. I did not see Palestinians take land and kick out Israelis. The death toll, especially civilian is always 20x more on Palestinian side. Not to mention destruction. So scale matters here. Issue with you Pro Israelis is that you downplay Palestinian suffering while overhyping Israeli suffering. Issue is that simple facts reject that reality. Civilian death toll, land ownership via illegal settlements and material destruction are literal things you can see with your own eyes. Give me 1 reason why 1 day people in the West Bank should not gather and kick out and burn all the illegal settlements in there for example. Funny thing if they did that then they would be labeled terrorists in your eyes. And everyone outside Israel supporting it would be labeled anti Semetic and a Jew hater. See how this works. Fundamental issue here I noticed when I saw some old interviews with Nafati Bennet and other Israelis is that they claim all the land there is theirs and their "proof" is religious Jewish holy book. Issue is that in 2024, we do not go with religious holy books in determining such important matters. Religious arguments are as valid as toilet paper. I can also claim Quran or Bible say this and that and lets change the world now again. Ironically the thing that would be the most "objective" would be DNA tests to determine someone's origin but DNA tests are not allowed in Israel. Why so? Israel devilry is fueled by religious propaganda. I am sure most secular Israelis have a much more objective approach on this matter. Which is why they often oppose these religious ideologues that seem to often govern Israel and dictate its policies. This is not me on hating on Israel for say. Iran does the same. Its just that we got no pro Iranian government people here so I do not need to write lengthy essays on Iran's goverenemnt devilry.

USA has overthrown relatively liberal governments in countries like Chile and putin hardcore dictators in their place. In Latin American especially. They got no qualms keeping Saudi Arabia dictator for example in charge. I assume its because USA wants other countries to be their bitch and bow down to them. If they do then they are safe regardless of how democratic they are. Sweden and especially Japan are USA's minions when it comes to foreign policy. That is why they are safe. I think they fear their society getting into LGBT, immigration and other liberal stuff which Putin would consider "corruption". I find it silly personally to think like that as a Green but for Stage Blue it means basically death.

Why doesnt Putin simply open democracy in Russia then? I always assumed Putin keeps Russia a dictatorship because it is simply the best way to govern Russia given its level of development. If Russia would thrive as a democracy then why doesnt Putin do so? He is loved by most Russian and has totally transformed Russia since its disastrously 2000 economy so he would have a decent shot of keeping power. I always assumed he cared about Russia most to the point of killing others for it.

At the cost of 70-100 civilians including young children's from what I saw. That many were killed in recent bombings in Rahaf. Can you tell me if they care about their hostages so much why did their president reject Hamas offer to end the fighting at the expense of releasing all the hostages? Feels to me like their goal now is to cleanse Gaza and build settlements there with their new operation to Rahaf instead of "releasing hostages" only. Hamas has been crippled at this point. It is childish to believe they have the power to carry out another powerful October 7th style attack in Israel. And their main leadership lives safely in other countries so no matter what you do in Gaza they will not be affected.

I understand that for Russia style of leadership is totally incompatible with EU political system and values. But in case of Ukraine for example. Would it be possible for Ukraine to be a not corrupt democracy with decent rule of law while at the same time being in good terms with Russia? Putin's grip for power would be satisfied with a pro Russian foreign policy Ukraine while Ukraine kept its democratic non corrupt institutions for the internal affairs. Assuming Ukraine keeps its sovereignty and all. I think it is too late for this now but I am asking this hypothetical scenario to understand the dynamics here. Could this have worked or am I being naive? Genuinely curious.

Is it possible to be pro Russia while being a democracy? You can be conservative but still a democracy. How exactly does being pro Russia linked with authotarism? I am simply asking here due to ignorance not making any statements.

USA tried to invade Cuba in 1961 when Cuba became an anti USA pro USSR country and the invasion failed. Also they put an embargo for decades on Cuba. Cuba can be considered technically a neighbor to USA. So is USA really above this? Would you say Communist Cuba was more of a threat back then to USA than NATO member Ukraine is to Russia these days?

@Vrubel I can tell you care far more for Israeli dead civilians and hostaged over Palestinian dead civilians and hostages though. Can I ask why? Are you anti Arab or anti Islam? Just curious Also since you shame me about lacking nuance, i can also say the same about you when it comes to the Ukranian war. From what i saw in comments you tend to ignore the Russian survival agenda and just blindly support Ukraine while ignoring all the nuance in the conflict. Nuances Leo has often brought over. Why are you more grounded and cold calculating in this war over the Ukrainain war? I mean that war is far more conventional and less civilian suffering so it is easier to analyze it with more objectively and less emotion. I am just asking not accusing you of anything. For some reason you seem bit more personally involved in that war while in Israel palestine war you keep a more grounded pragmatic pov, which I cannot keep unfortunately.

I can flip the script and say France, UK, Germany have a blindspot for colonization, ethnic cleansing and genocide because they did some batshit evil stuff on innocent non Europeans for centuries in the past.

It is not just Ireland. Also Norway, Belgium etc have supported Palestine quite decently. Countries like France, Germany and especially UK are historical genocidal warmongering colonizers so I do not expect much national empathy towards these stuff. Hard to call an ex murdered and thief to feel empathy.

@Vrubel I think if the whole West gave Israel the same treatment Ireland is giving Israel currently (you can google it for details), this would be solved. I think it shows a lot that the country in Europe that went through colonialism, ethnic cleansing, oppression and even genocide, Ireland, is one of the few ones that support Palestine. While countries that have oppressed, colonized and commited genocide themselves like the UK and France support Israel. Shows a ton.

@hundreth Other religions are more evolved since they came later. Also most of the issues with them come from bad practice not the religion being inherently racist. You can argue Islam is inherently mysogonistic by today standards

Fair. Cannot disagree with that. Palestine definetly needs leadership better than Hamas. Leadership conductive to peace. So does Israel.