Do you normally ignore the bulk of an argument and just go off on a mad tangent to try and win a point?

Does this strategy often work for you?

If you believe NATO is simply a puppet of the US, why didn’t Turkey, France or Germany participate in the war in Iraq? Why didn’t they obey their “emperor’s” orders?

I think you have a problem conflating a voluntary defensive organization with the actions of some of its members.

The US is an evil, imperialist power. So is Russia. For smaller countries bordering Russia, the only protection they have from Russian aggression is NATO.

Ukraine decided to try to join the EU. They even agreed not to join NATO. Russia decided that Ukraine was their imperial property and wanted to deny it self determination so started a war that has caused over a million casualties.

Any attempted justification of that is a justification of fascism and imperialism. And there’s only one thing to do with fascists…

Fast internet is what killed physical games.

Interns don’t actually do shit anyway.

He’d still have nothing to do in the office. Actually most people in an office are doing nothing regardless of title in my experience.

As Ranzispa says, he goes there to chat and bother everyone else rather than actually work.

Looks much safer too. Its also usually a backseat where I am. I’ve seen some nasty accidents with parents dropping bikes or getting hit with kids strapped into the back seat.

At least in the front you have a chance to grab them.

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I’d argue that your view is the simplistic one.

Nobody is responsible except Putin. He’s like Santa Claus, delivering every bullet on the frontline himself in a single night.

This is completely false though.

Out of the three of us, the Russian rando is the only one that can realistically influence the Russian state unless you and I are willing to put our boots on and plan an invasion. He is part of the Russian polity.

Now Putin may rule through fear, but he still only rules with the consent of the average Russian rando. If enough of them decide that they’re no longer “non-political”, Putin will no longer rule and the war can end. Frankly, that’s the only way this war is going to end. So this is entirely their responsibility.

With that in mind, the question I raised above still stands, how many Ukrainians need to die to avoid hurting or inconveniencing the average Russian rando? Can you answer that?

To continue on your train of thought, how many Ukrainian children should die to save the life of a Russian child?

Russian parents can decide to end the war today. Ukrainian parents cannot.

Yep, half of Spain still venerates Franco. A man who should have been dragged outside and shot.

Alcohol reduces inhibitions, but it doesn’t “cause” violence.

People who become violent after drinking were already violent before their first sip.

Sugar doesn’t make you beat up, kill, or rape people

Cool, neither does alcohol.

Or I must not have noticed last night when my beer threw me into a murderous rampage.

Legally.

Tell that to the monks at Lindisfarne.

There’s a good chance your ancestors came to the UK by boat.

critical support

You think that if people understand you perfectly they have to agree with you. The truth is your argument just doesn’t hold water.

You could argue that China is a potential balancing power to American hegemony. Putin’s regime is just a boil on the ass of the world. It starts imperialist wars and uses its military to forcefully extract wealth from countries like Syria and the CAR (like the Wagner operated slave gold and diamond mines).

Supporting Russia (even “critically”) does nothing to further the struggle of the working class, in fact it does the opposite by giving Russia leeway to start wars that kill working class people and entrenches the power of Putin and his fascist oligarchs.

Furthermore, Russian “resistance” (i.e belligerence) only provides justification for the expansion of NATO. Their warmongering causes Finland to join. I’d also argue that the lives of people living under Putin are worse than those living under US hegemony. So what is your goal? Replace bad with worse?

Finally, Russia has no capability for defending third world nations, with civil activists on boats providing more aid to Cuba and Palestine than Russia has in a decade.

Then you started to deny there is fascism in Ukraine

Where did I deny there is fascism in Ukraine? Every country has dickheads that dress up like Nazis. Do the existence of ultras in Poland or skin heads in Latvia justify an invasion of those countries to you? As I mentioned, the Russian state literally operates a neo-Nazi paramilitary group but you don’t seem to have a problem with it.

My point was the hypocrisy and straight up lies you use to justify imperialist wars. A point that is clear to you but you can’t address because it crumbles your worldview.

I’m simping Putin because I’m pointing out basic facts of the situation

You’re literally repeating Russian state propaganda verbatim with no critical thinking.

Tolerance paradox.

We can already feed everyone. We just choose not to. Space travel has nothing to do with it, but we should do it anyway.

Right I can see you have no defense. Keep simping for Putin, you’re just as bad as Americans defending their and Israel’s wars.

Excellent rebuttal.

Supporting the Russian state as an anti-imperialist force is not just wrong but hypocritical.

America can be bad without Russia having to be good.

Just like there’s no Nazi’s in Russia eh buddy. They literally deployed a state funded neo-Nazi mercenary group in their imperialist war (Wagner).

Maybe Russia needs a special military operation for de-nazification.