Elliott

That's a hysterical misrepresentation, of course Ukraine wants the war in their country to stop.... that doesn't mean they want Russian control, if they did they can just personally lay down their weapons on the front line and wave a white flag to Russia. Why do you believe these Ukrainians are dying fighting Russia instead of surrendering like Russian troops are to Ukraine.

Those numbers are based off obituaries, surely you don't believe Russia is sending word back to families when their troops die. Ukraine has the West for their equipment. And Just as Europe would not deplete their equipment for Ukraine, again Russia would not either being it is an offensive war for them, depleting Russia's military leaves them vulnerable to attack and especially their proxies like Assad for example. Russia cannot use up their military on Ukraine, Ukraine can on Russia given that it is a defensive war for them, Ukraine ceding to Russia is the end of Ukraine, they can expend 100% of their military and not be in any worse position than they are now, If Russia would expend 30% of their military it would be catastrophic for them geopolitically given the impending long term isolation from the West, look at Iran, Russia will be in the same boat. You cannot deny the dire state of the Russian economy, the GDP is only propped up by military spending. What gain can be had by more war in Ukraine? It's political poison even for Putin

700k was in November, 850 is 3 days ago. There's also a difference in willingness to support the war, Ukraine is defending their homes, Russia is imposing imperialist expansion,. There will be more pushback in Russia, you can't kill off 30% of the population to gain something you don't need, whereas you can defending your homes. Russia has a little more than 3x Ukraines population and they're losing troops at a rate of 3x more than Ukraine, let alone military equipment. That's not much land in this context, if that rate continued it would take about 50 more years to get to Kyiv, but Russia has been gaining less and less land each year. Right, but continued isolation combined with the human and monetary expense of the war is a dynamic where Russia cannot win with the west supporting Ukraine. This has a serious impact on Russia which makes it likely that Putin will be overthrown.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moscow-drone-attacks-airports/33196578.html Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 24' You can't send farmers with pitch forks against bradley fighting vehicles. The support provided to Ukraine gives Ukraine the military advantage over Russia, it is not the 19th century anymore where you just need laymen and muskets. Europe is actively training Ukrainian civilians on modern equipment. The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com › russi… Russia’s Economy Is Spoiling as Putin Struggles to … Nov 21, 2024 · With inflation already out of control, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina has warned that “drastic” policy changes may be needed, raisin

That's not a good reason to let them take over your country, the opposite actually.

Ukraine has only lost 43,000, from an army of 2.2 million, Russia has lost 850,000 with only 1 million left. Russia's economy is on the brink, they're bound to overthrow Putin at some point, and end the war.

As unstable as Trump is, as soon as prices start going up in the u.s. he will obviously cancel the tariffs. The threatened countries shouldn't flinch, Trump is a political suicide bomber with tariffs, he'll blow himself up. This is a legal way for foreign nations to have influence on U.S. politics.

Here's part of a good quote from another current thread on stage theory.

Which is obviously judgment. You've lied this entire thread, impressive.

'If everyone would just lay their arms down to dictators the world would eliminate bloodshed'. Russia has lost multiples more people than Ukraine has, so by your reasoning Russia should capitulate to Ukraine and Ukraine should take over Russia.

Trump supporters are hardly political by category, they're more of a religion than what major religions are to most religious people. Being a Trump supporter means some specific things and values, it's nothing like a sports fan or typical political differences, a couple can disagree on welfare and tax rates, even abortion, but you can't disagree about lying and respect for others.

And what was the point of publishing the nugget of wisdom?

I myself wouldn't even date someone who's family are Trump supporters. I'm dating for marriage this only applies because of that, but there's definitely a no go with it for me. It's a giant red flag, sure there's a possibility you could find someone you enjoy being with but the tendency in my experience is overwhelmingly a conflict in basic and important values like compassion and greed.

He also just "mudded" PurpleTree instead of "respecting his discernment" just 5 minutes ago.

"tolerating worldviews about harming others" was my comment your reply was to.

You thought they bragged about accepting and tolerating worldviews about harming others? You've never heard them for example condemn white nationalism, nazism, zionism, racism?

You know how the MAGA argument against trans women in womens sports is that it disenfranchises women because male is the superior sex in sports, that's MAGA DEI right? Giving women scholarships for sports even though if they competed against everyone for the scholarships they wouldn't get them.

@Shodburrito Very insightful. Wouldn't the elimination of sex segregation make it objectively fair? In regard to scholarships, just make a certain level of college free, for example 2 years of community college and do away with scholarships, or have other types of competitions that are more favorable to females, for scholarships. If you were to try to level the playing field in any sort of competition, even in competing for jobs, there's no end until everyone scores the same amount of points, You can always find a disadvantage to compensate for, Have basketball divided up by height, sex, race even, and hormone levels, divide job applicants up by parents IQ, what neighborhood they grew up in, medical history, and how clean their drinking water is. You could argue scholarships going to better student athletes is more fair than free community college because college may be a waste for some people, but colleges could also create courses that would be helpful for more types of people.

You didn't offer any worldview, despite being asked quite implicitly for one, you just said you voted for him because you were told to, a fairly suspicious response about a candidate that wants ethnic cleansing. He explicitly stated he doesn't really mind Trump supporters. The left does not brag about tolerating worldviews about harming innocent people, they're quite openly and vocally opposed to those actually..... this is another very suspicious comment, a bad faith strawman that's frequently promoted by fascist propagandists.

For those of you who live somewhere other than your ancestral region, do you feel more connection to your ancestral cultures or to the cultures that previously inhabited the area you call home? For those who live in their ancestral area, do you feel much connection to your ancestral cultures? Everyone's ancestors moved around a little bit, but some a lot more than others. I've lived in my region my entire life and I spend a lot of time enjoying nature and learning about how people lived with nature here, I feel connection with previous inhabitants of my home and despite having an extensive genealogical record I do not feel much connection with my ancestral cultures. This appears odd to me on some level but makes perfect sense when I think of living in the same location as others that have lived so intimately with nature here. I suppose we're all ultimately from the same original ancestors anyway, but do you have a stronger attachment to your location's history than your genealogy?

I'm waiting for someone to start one that would end global poverty instead of building palaces, do they take suggestions?

Aware of how social structures affect people. For example, people tend to have more productive lives if they're raised in safer and healthier communities. Another big one is how the prosperity of everyone is in a large part due to society as a whole and not just due to the individual's actions.

https://www.firstpost.com/world/trump-tariffs-wont-go-unanswered-says-eu-as-it-prepares-firm-and-proportionate-retaliation-13862041.html He does more to hurt his own presidency than anyone else. The economic fallout should help the environment for long after he's gone, if anyone wants a bright side take.

Do you know of others that have reached the level of awareness you refer to?

With all these religions helping us, why isn't everyone enlightened? It appears that only the creators of the religions are the only ever enlightened ones, and they became enlightened without the religion in their life, being they're the ones that create it. To escape suffering, Venmo me $5 and take a tablespoon of salt in the name of God, you're welcome.