skells @skells@qoto.org

Hitler always maintained that the power of Fascism was how it forces it's opponents to apply it's methods - our response to history's challenge will have a larger impact on our character as a society than anything Putin could do

internal discord even in the face of outside pressure has been characteristic of European history since the Greeks - Themistocles had no illusions about the power the Persia controlled, and Churchill, little respect though he had for Hitler and the nassis, understood that Germany was not something to be fucked with

@threalist yeah I've been thinking this for a while

if we are to meekly accept the emissions of our government apparatus and associated media outlets, what are the principles we are fighting for other than the interest of our own oligarchy/ruling classes?

we underestimate the intelligence and capacities of the Russians and their allies at our own peril, and those who are most gung ho and aggressive are also the one's who display the most contempt for Eurasian statecraft and the willingness to apply their methods

@dave equipment/troop losses and explanations of underperformance

@dave any good pro-Ukrainain analysis of the war?

not propaganda/hit pieces but sober, logical analysis

we can try
to understand
the twitter-spheres effect on man

@11112011 does it make much difference who wins

@11112011 doubt the sanity/sincerity of anyone who says that

@11112011 now and then you're right on the money

@sullybiker @thatguyoverthere @dave @helene I'm still none the wiser tbh

@thatguyoverthere @dave @helene @sullybiker so I'm told but this thread demands an agonizing reappraisal of the whole situation

@thatguyoverthere @dave @helene @sullybiker wait, you guys aren't paid in organic produce

some people got some catching up to do