It seems to tell us that there's something bad happening. Seems to. Fact is we don't know all the ins and outs of these things at all. I mean we see clearly that much is bad. But how much it is an indicator of a whole 'iceberg' of bad we simply don't know. So we should be slow to jump to conclusions.
It seems to tell us that there's something bad happening. Seems to. Fact is we don't know all the ins and outs of these things at all. I mean we see clearly that much is bad. But how much it is an indicator of a whole 'iceberg' of bad we simply don't know. So we should be slow to jump to conclusions.
Let me put it the other way around: Putin has made spectacular improvements in Russia's position vis a vis the whole world in the last two years. It would not be an exaggeration to say he is leading a global insurrection.
So following the logic most often used when seeing something 'bad' such as those things you mention we should jump to the conclusion that Putin is therefore the messiah?
Not so, is it?
We never seem to jump to conclusions that someone is wholly divinely right.
But we seem very liable to jump to conclusions that they are wholly satanically wrong.
And that's what, essentially Rurik etc ( I don't know what to call them overall: the 'Russian dissenters' ?) are calling him. They seriously maintain that everything he does is intended to destroy the Russian State in the interests of Western oligarchs and even more: literally destroy Slavs in the interests of the Jewish State !
There's much hysteria and exaggeration on all sides.
All built on perceiving some little thing as an iceberg tip. We then postulate the iceberg.
To return to your question: 'What does that tell us?' well that's it: what does it tell us? These things tell us only what we see. And even there we are often in doubt. We need to rein ourselves in and properly assess what things do tell us.
Can you hold two contrary opinions in your mind at one time?
I think it is the way to go.
The Russian govt is good and it is bad.
The Russian military machine is good and it is bad.
And so on.
We are better off looking at the preponderance, the balance, I think.
On balance the Russian State in the last three years has brought to light some very clear indisputable facts and has begun the construction of something the world has to have: because it is the nation state parallel to democracy: multipolarity.
Exposed by the pressure the USA and NATO and EU and Israel have shown themselves to be utterly antipathetic to the people, utterly without redeeming features. A filthy truth about the world has been revealed.
Like a mask ripped off.
Now we may suspect that they who ripped the mask off are less than perfect and we may be right. But first things first. What's been revealed here is core to world, is essential to 8 billion people, no localised backyard thing.
Keep our eyes on that and help with it.
While making sober assessments of other matters as facts and time permit.
It seems to tell us that there's something bad happening. Seems to. Fact is we don't know all the ins and outs of these things at all. I mean we see clearly that much is bad. But how much it is an indicator of a whole 'iceberg' of bad we simply don't know. So we should be slow to jump to conclusions.
Let me put it the other way around: Putin has made spectacular improvements in Russia's position vis a vis the whole world in the last two years. It would not be an exaggeration to say he is leading a global insurrection.
So following the logic most often used when seeing something 'bad' such as those things you mention we should jump to the conclusion that Putin is therefore the messiah?
Not so, is it?
We never seem to jump to conclusions that someone is wholly divinely right.
But we seem very liable to jump to conclusions that they are wholly satanically wrong.
And that's what, essentially Rurik etc ( I don't know what to call them overall: the 'Russian dissenters' ?) are calling him. They seriously maintain that everything he does is intended to destroy the Russian State in the interests of Western oligarchs and even more: literally destroy Slavs in the interests of the Jewish State !
There's much hysteria and exaggeration on all sides.
All built on perceiving some little thing as an iceberg tip. We then postulate the iceberg.
To return to your question: 'What does that tell us?' well that's it: what does it tell us? These things tell us only what we see. And even there we are often in doubt. We need to rein ourselves in and properly assess what things do tell us.
Can you hold two contrary opinions in your mind at one time?
I think it is the way to go.
The Russian govt is good and it is bad.
The Russian military machine is good and it is bad.
And so on.
We are better off looking at the preponderance, the balance, I think.
On balance the Russian State in the last three years has brought to light some very clear indisputable facts and has begun the construction of something the world has to have: because it is the nation state parallel to democracy: multipolarity.
Exposed by the pressure the USA and NATO and EU and Israel have shown themselves to be utterly antipathetic to the people, utterly without redeeming features. A filthy truth about the world has been revealed.
Like a mask ripped off.
Now we may suspect that they who ripped the mask off are less than perfect and we may be right. But first things first. What's been revealed here is core to world, is essential to 8 billion people, no localised backyard thing.
Keep our eyes on that and help with it.
While making sober assessments of other matters as facts and time permit.