(October 15, 2023 at 11:13 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(October 15, 2023 at 9:38 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: I support Putin and war in Ukraine for religious reasons.

Religion poisons everything. What religion do you observe that you think killing fellow humans is okay?

Lack of religion caused deaths of 100 million people. Every year American women kill 800,000 unborn babies. Why do you think this genocide is okay?

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(October 15, 2023 at 9:38 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: I still don't understand why it matters to you. If you could convince me or even majority of Russians it still won't change anything because Russia is NOT a democracy.

Nothing is permanent, not even an authoritarian regime. The Communists thought they'd never be deposed too -- but when citizens get fed up with bad governance, the leader will be overthrown. This is the echo of history. Putin's war will probably result in his fall unless he finds a way to get out from under it.

Why do you think I care about Putin's fall? Why do you think democracies are permanent?

You support putins war to save the american babbies, is it? Sure, go with that one.

(October 16, 2023 at 8:32 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:

(October 15, 2023 at 10:11 am)Deesse23 Wrote: And STILL you didn't give your opinion.
But thanks for admitting you "support Putin for religious reasons" 😂😂

So, is bombing hospitals as retaliation for alleged NATO expansion ok, in your opinion? It's a simple yes/no question. Pretty easy to answer, isn't it?

You seem to have unhealthy obsession. Why does my opinion matter to you so much?

And you are having that unproductive habit of trying to troll this forum. Looks like you have nothing beter to do. Im just exposing you for the troll you are.
If you werent such a pathetic troll, you could have EASILY answered my question, like any other decent person would have with something along the lines of: "It was NEVER ever ethical to attack a hospital under ANY circumstance, and it NEVER will be, period". But you dug your hole with this snarky comment about NATO expansion on which i called your trollish ass out, and here we are now. With you weaseling and squirming over a very simple question with a very simple answer.

I love simple questions with simple answers. For example, why does it make financial sense to support ukraine? Simple. The us makes money on every cluster rocket we send..and we have billions of dollars worth to send.

It's super nice of russia to bail us out like that.

(October 16, 2023 at 8:38 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: Lack of religion caused deaths of 100 million people. Every year American women kill 800,000 unborn babies. Why do you think this genocide is okay?

Can you quote the post wherein I approved of any genocide?

(October 16, 2023 at 8:38 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: Why do you think I care about Putin's fall?

Go back and reread the exchange. I was replying to your claim that the Russian people are powerless to change Russia's policy. I didn't say you cared about Putin's fall. Rather, my point was that the Russian people can indeed change Russian policy, so long as they are willing to overthrow their autocrat.

(October 16, 2023 at 8:38 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: Why do you think democracies are permanent?

Again, can you link to the post where I asserted that democracies are permanent?

Dmitry, when you have to misrepresent my positions in order to be relevant in this discussion, you are not only being dishonest, you're also revealing that you really don't have any worthwhile points.. Do not reply to this post of mine unless and until you 1) link to my posts which assert what you claim they do -- or recant your dishonest claims, and 2) you have a reply that is actually relevant to the discussion, instead of trying to lasso me into a discussion about abortion or religious evils.

Lacking that, you will lose readership as I will plonk you onto ignore.

(October 16, 2023 at 8:35 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: The US exports as much as it imports it just happens to be the issuer of world reserve currency.

This claim is factually incorrect. Read the below:

Quote:The US trade gap narrowed to $58.3 billion in August 2023, the lowest since September 2020, and below forecasts of a $62.3 billion deficit. Exports rose 1.6% to a five-month high of $256 billion, led by crude oil; travel, which hit the highest level since December 2019; fuel oil; computer accessories; pharmaceutical preparations; semiconductors and financial services. On the other hand, sales fell for passenger cars; trucks, buses, and special purpose vehicles. Meanwhile, imports declined 0.7% to $314.3 billion, with purchases falling for cell phones and other household goods; semiconductors and electric apparatus. On the other hand, imports were up for crude oil; finished metal shapes; travel and transport. The deficit with China narrowed $1.3 billion to a five-month low of $22.7 billion. Exports decreased $0.2 billion to $10.9 billion and imports fell $1.4 billion to $33.7 billion. source: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

The accompanying graph:



Source: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-stat...lion%20gap.

(October 16, 2023 at 8:35 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:

(October 15, 2023 at 10:21 am)ShinyCrystals Wrote: Also, India and the United States are still two different countries, the latter which is not exporting rice or anything.

They both are market economies. The US exports plenty of goods and services including agricutlural products

Quote:And that article you posted still has nothing to do with the USA, nor does it prove anything about preventing inflation.

The article states that export restrictions were implemented to prevent inflation. You are lying now.

Quote:Since the USA does not export as much as they import, and that the USA is not even doing things in terms of exporting that affects inflation at all, your attempts at talking about inflation and the USA are heavily flawed.

The US exports as much as it imports it just happens to be the issuer of world reserve currency.

Quote:I said before that foreigners can discuss US politics if they have proper knowledge of that stuff. You seem to lack proper knowledge yourself based on your posts.[

I've provided several sources for my claims. You've provided zero sources that support any of your claims.

Neither have you, for your sources, and your interpretations of those sources, are heavily flawed. Even if I have not posted any sources, you have posted bad ones, and you seem to be lying to try to justify your claims.

Also, last time I checked, the US imports more than they export, and since you are not American, I have doubts you would understand that. I would have to say that you do not understand that your article is not saying anything about preventing inflation. Also, just because you provided sources for your claims, does not mean you are right. Plus, I do not think the US is a main exporter of rice or many agricultural goods as much as they import them. You have claimed that your sources and what you say are saying many times now, this is just beating a dead horse at this point.

Quote:Lack of religion caused deaths of 100 million people. Every year American women kill 800,000 unborn babies. Why do you think this genocide is okay?

Lack of religion has never killed a single person .Women exercising the right of bodily autonomy is in is not genocide by any definition of that word. 

Quote:Why do you think democracies are permanent?

Democracy is the most successful system humanity has ever created no dictatorship has even come close to the amount of accomplishments of democracy (no China has  not either )

Apologies for butting in...

(October 16, 2023 at 8:38 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:

(October 15, 2023 at 11:13 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Religion poisons everything. What religion do you observe that you think killing fellow humans is okay?

Lack of religion caused deaths of 100 million people. Every year American women kill 800,000 unborn babies. Why do you think this genocide is okay?

There are two different things you write there...

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Lack of religion caused deaths of 100 million people.
"
What makes you say this? Where does that number come from?


Also, check this: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034...abortions/
It shows that Russia is having more than 500,000 abortions every year. With a population of less than half that of the US, I'd think your point kinda melts away.

Elsewhere (https://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/...ussia.html), we see that, during the great Soviet times, those numbers were closer to 4 million per year.

For extra comparison, the EU (https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/un...ion-europe) stands on ~400,000 per year with a population greater than the US.

Let me try to build a table:
--------- Abortions (x1k) - Pop (x1M) - percentage
US -------- 800 ------------ 330 -------- 0.24%
Russia ---- 500 ------------ 143 -------- 0.34%
EU -------- 400 ------------ 448 -------- 0.08%


So which seems to be the better overall system, purely from the point of view of leading fewer women into aborting?

(October 16, 2023 at 8:38 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote:

Quote:Nothing is permanent, not even an authoritarian regime. The Communists thought they'd never be deposed too -- but when citizens get fed up with bad governance, the leader will be overthrown. This is the echo of history. Putin's war will probably result in his fall unless he finds a way to get out from under it.

Why do you think I care about Putin's fall? Why do you think democracies are permanent?

Democracies are not perfect... But dictatorships are much less so.
Capitalism permeates both systems and makes it all worse.

Quote:You seem to have unhealthy obsession. Why does my opinion matter to you so much?

Considering this is a forum were people exchange opinions his question seems perfectly reasonable

Quote:If government is unethical, refusal to fund it is ethical

 Committing a crime because the government funds something you don't like isn't ethical

Quote:Taxpayers that believe they aren't adequately represented will make such decision. That's how the US was founded after all.

Tax payers don't get to cheat the system because it funds something they don't like. Every citizen gets a vote and gets to a say via their representative you don't get to commit crimes as a solution. 

Quote:Growing the US economy is far more beneficial to its geopolitical hegemony .

Nope growing the US geopolitical hegemony  is more beneficial because it grows the US economy. You don't know shit. 


Also if this war is about NATO why was there no war in the Baltic states? You have no answer because you know this has nothing to do with NATO.