mr_manager

@mr_manager@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Europe and the rest of the worlds response it to make weapons of war, someone will eventually insure they are all used.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bud, Russia is aggressive because Putin’s entire rise to power was built on manufactured fear. He likely used FSB agents to execute false flag attacks on Russian citizens and blame it on Chechen separatists. He has had to build on that fear to maintain power, developing a mythological Imperial past that was “stolen” by the west. Conquering Ukraine is the first step in “resurrecting” that glorious fiction. Russia will not stop pursuing this fever dream until Putin and his government are gone - they can’t. It’s basically the only thing keeping them in power. I don’t like wars either, but until we can collectively figure out how to stop these authoritarian impulses there just isn’t any alternative. It’s the paradox of tolerance, essentially

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vance eviscerates 'Soviet'-style European censorship in address to Munich Security Conference⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “But if your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country, then it wasn’t very strong to begin with."

  I mean, it was more than a couple hundred thousand dollars here in the States, but that’s exactly what has us on the ropes. Propaganda and misinformation delivered via social media is destroying democracy all across the western world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pineapple trimmings in 1 liter burp or boom tube⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t usually use a brine when I make Tepache, but maybe this is a different recipe.