I hate to be the person that says “this is how capitalism works” but like, employee does $300 worth of work, boss pays $100 in wages, keeps the rest, repeat, there it’s the same glitch just dressed up differently.

I bought a bunch of green energy stocks in 2024.

Yeah they did such a great job with the neoliberal austerity, surveillance state, and illegal wars of aggression. Crazy that Trump got elected anyway!

What the actual fuck? Literally.

In academia you are trained to not accept any claim without adequate evidence. Look at left wing claims vs. right wing ones and show me one that has better evidence on the right.

I find the comparisons between Putin’s Russia and Hitler’s Germany to be profoundly idiotic. If I need to lay out why then there’s no point even trying to argue because there’s a basic lack of understanding that needs to be overcome.

I’m not taking the tankie position but how does Ukraine/Europe/NATO etc. expect to end this war? Do they really think Ukraine will retake the Donbas and Crimea? To me the compromise seems pragmatic and has nothing to do with supporting Russia.

EDIT: Ok just to be clear. There are three positions.

1. Fight Russia and push them out of the Donbas. This would involve committing Western troops and declaring war on a nuclear power.
2. Negotiate and let Putin take some territory. Given the war crimes and fascism shown by Russia, this would be catastrophic for the people who live there, but the daily slaughter would stop.
3. Give enough aid to Ukraine that the fighting continues indefinitely but neither side wins. This is the current situation. Between 1 and 2 million casualties so far.

I’m sorry that none of these are great options but dismissing #2 comes off as incredibly callous and naive.