Sounds like a similar premise to Childhood’s End.
Sounds like a similar premise to Childhood’s End.
Regressives the world over are not creative. They do what they do because they believe others will do it. They’re bullies because they were bullied, and they don’t want to be the victim, so they erroneously believe that means they have to strike first.
They never stop to think, “What if the world weren’t shit? What can I do to make it better?” They accept as a fact that it is shit, and they believe the only way to come out ahead is to step on someone else.
When you get several of these people/groups pointing at each other, it becomes an infinite cycle.
Hello from kbin. It’s nice over here.
It’s usually bags of money and pallets of equipment that go “missing” and find a new home with a warlord.
Why do people tap their breaks in the left lane when passing someone slower on the right?
Please stop. Tap your breaks if you’re signaling something going on in front, or if you need to slow down faster than just taking your foot off the gas will slow you.
Again, what good would this do if you are in a war torn country that cannot secure its elections?
So they amend their constitution. During a war. To force people into the streets to vote.
How does the government make sure the election is fair? Some people won’t be able to vote due to danger. Some will be attacked. Some areas are occupied, and the occupation lines may change during the election.
If they tried to run an election now, Russia would publish their own results showing that the occupied areas voted for Putin. Trying to run elections is hard enough in normal times, doing so with Russia literally holding a large swath of your country is impossible.
This. Pretty much every company that does business with the US or a US state has clauses in their contract about “boycotting” Israel, poorly defined on purpose.
I leave when I want, and I almost always ghost if it’s an actual party.
If it’s a gathering with only my friend group, I will say bye to everyone. But if I don’t know more than half the people there before that party, I’m just walking out when no one is paying attention.
This seems to mean they blame the government for lack of “security” before the attack, which could mean they just want more apartheid.
And “must resign after the war” is way different than “must resign.” Any leader, but especially an authoritarian, would read this and say “Guess I should never end the war, then.”
Janeway beats them both
The controversy comes days after it emerged that education officials had sent a threatening letter to the parents of a boy who had complained of being bullied by classmates for months, saying their public statements complaining about the bullying were “unacceptable” and urged them to adopt a “constructive” attitude.
The boy, identified as Nicolas, 15, later killed himself on 5 September in a Paris suburb, one day after pupils went back to school after the summer break.
Oh, got it. So they fucked up real bad and are now trying make this about the police response so no one will question why they helped a bully kill his target.
Exactly. You can’t act like classrooms should be sacrosanct while simultaneously harassing other students. Makes no sense on its face.
Further, how likely is it that the harassment is only after school hours? If you can talk shit during the school day, you can take the consequences during the school day.
Could be other factions trying to isolate Putin.
They are all using the wealth of a small nation to push their personal agenda.
So while some might have good intentions, and some might be cartoon villains, it is still a disproportionately powerful individual who is able to subvert all the rest of us without breaking a sweat.
Exactly. A broken clock is right twice a day. If “idiot” rich people can monetize their mistakes, consistently do so, and manage to do it almost as if by using the same playbook as each other…they’re not idiots, it is on purpose, and they just want enough plausible deniability that they don’t get strung up from a Michelin star restaurant.
I mean, you’re kind of seeing this with Donald Trump’s legal issues. He can’t get anyone with real clout, so he’s actually facing consequences in that arena now.
That assumes all things are equal.
They rely on you repeating this adage to get away with this shit. It’s too consistent. If he were actually stupid, he’d face negative consequences, which is something these folks very rarely have to do.
In what situation would it be appropriate, legal, and approvable to burn down civilian houses in an occupied area?
I can’t think of one.