Why would the EU be sending 150 billion as a form of support

The west has been cooperating with Putin since he first got into power 25 years ago and was sending over 150 billion dollars a year Russia’s way

That sounded like they were supporting Russia, not just doing business.

Russia was selling the EU resources and became rich enough

As did Germany and the EU from using the gas which allows them to finance the war for Ukraine. Usually the processing companies make the bigger profits.

just the opinion of one dude

Who is highly decorated. There are the notes from chancellor Kohl that at least Germany had no intention of including Russia despite telling Russia something else. If the West wouldn’t think like that dude we would have behaved differently.

as well as stealing gold and diamonds while providing protection to African warlords.

For the most part Russia works for the elected governments, unlike the West. In which country are they stealing?

The fact that Russia has nukes means they have no reason to fear invasion because of mutually assured destruction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield

We are starting to continue where the disarmament interrupted the arms race.

The Chinese leadership does not forget the last of the unequal treaties.

Neither will they forget the opium wars and the eight nation alliance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-Nation_Alliance

As long as the US is not willing to let China become the hegemon once they have the better technology, Russia and China will be best friends.

If you look at how poor and sick people live in the US, isn’t becoming part of the US empire the bigger threat?

What’s there not to understand? The link shows that there are people thinking about how to break up Russia and if you look at American foreign politics it’s clear that countries cannot rely on the US not attacking them.

I would say it’s not for AI but they are taking another shot at remote gaming and will challenge Sony. Those 130 facilities will allow them to have very small latency.

So use them and come up with a good argument if you can only insult me when you are on your own.

That’s surprisingly little. EU GDP is €21 trillion. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ny.gdp.mktp.cd?locations=eu

Though EU budget is €170 billion which makes the $9 billion more relevant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union

sending over 150 billion dollars a year Russia’s way for those resources.

That’s just market value and not a form of support. It’s more an argument for why the West has a motive to take over Russia than it is an argument against it.

Do you put as much foreign policy weight into Medvedev’s recent threats

That’s apples to oranges. One is the overall strategy and the other is the last option. Without the Western threat there would be no need for nukes. It all starts with US resource wars. The rest is consequences.

You are eating up Putin’s anti west “The west are trying to steal Russia’s resources, … propaganda

Calling it propaganda doesn’t make it wrong. Is the West not stealing resources globally? Why would Russia be spared?

The only one avoiding peace is Putin who invaded Ukraine remember?

Which would put Russia at the receiving end of a hybrid war until it is dissolved.

The Bourgeoisie toppled the Aristocracy by using the starving masses. Only the Bourgeoisie is left. Who should organize and finance a revolution?

A National Security Advisor wrote this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Chessboard

But it is not so important what they write but what they do. The US wage illegal wars and military operations and do regime changes for resources, like Iraq, Venezuela, Argentina. Russia is an inevitable target with its resources.

Putin has offered cooperation until 2001 and beyond, but the West has stalled. Why would anybody do that and avoid world peace if not for hostile reasons?

Hydrocarbons come from plankton and trees. Life will continue like it did millions of years ago. Uprooted people will just give more power to those in control.

The weather will just make farming output decline, food will be insecure, which gives more power to the people who can own land and defend it against starving masses.

So why would Putin sign it if he knows that the US will keep pushing to break up Russia?

Which could be the primary reason for using the art, it could be used by GB to assure China that they don’t have any intention to let the current wars escalate into a global war. Though, only Raeburn is British, so it could be a sacrifice they are willing to make.

“Our national treasures should be treated with the utmost care, not become part of a relationship that risks giving Beijing greater influence in Scotland.

Isn’t it the other way round? Lending the art should increase Scottish influence in China.

It could also mean that 9 till 5 people don’t like change and people who are willing to go the extra mile are willing to explore AI.

Why? It’s the original title and a quote. It’s directly related to the problems mentioned in the Draghi Report. https://feddit.org/post/23556518 All the EU does is integrating markets for companies controlled by the US. That makes the EU beneficial to the US, not the EU.

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The left kills itself. Education for all means no simple workers. Right to healthcare and retirement means other worries.

Ironically the right envisions a unified society while the left offers individualism. Fighting to be able to be different doesn’t create a common cause.

Only when there is an enemy who disturbs everybody then some form of joined purpose arrives.

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resistance alone — resisting Donald Trump, resisting Marine Le Pen, resisting Viktor Orbán, resisting Georgia Meloni

He built a campaign around rent-freeze policies, fare-free public transit, basic goods access and the rising cost of living

The second quote is still a fight against something. When it’s won, no community remains.

Individualism was propagandized because it makes communism much more difficult.

Which story can be told with which everybody can identify when the right to different identities is what the left is fighting for.

I get downvotes, but serious question, which lasting value is the left fighting for that won’t be taken for granted once it’s there. The 40h work week, all workers, including the white collar workers would vote left if they were thankful.

There is no class consciousness. People want to be rich and leave their working class identity behind as fast as they can. I think that’s something to consider for a convincing story.

The elite is making sure that many workers don’t want to vote left. In Germany the voters of the left parties are more educated. That obstacle makes it difficult to tell a successful story and could explain why the left does not tell it.

Maybe it’s important to approach identities first before telling stories.

The bigger issue right now is the social media manipulation.

The west controls the algorithm and has all the internal data. Facebook can’t be so incompetent that Russia can still determine what people see.

Nobody is demanding a better algorithm from Facebook. That would be the natural next step in resolving the issue.

So the situation is like it is out of willful neglect. That means that our elite is using Russia against us.

Do they love to solve problems or can’t they just say no to an open problem?