(December 2, 2024 at 8:07 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: BrianSoddingBoru4:
It’s happening all over the planet. Even in places like France and Germany the far right is making serious progress and everyone is scared in one way or another. + Russia and probably China are backing these movements because they think it will help them to destabilize the West.
Still, if we go back some 500 years in history, whenever we wanted to remove a government there had to be corpses lying in the streets of our capital cities or at least a few hundred deaths among high ranking people by poison, strangulation or being thrown into the waters of the Bosporus.
So even with a personality like Narendra Modi in India, if that person has been fairly elected, we have to respect it as the will of the people.
But: Are we teaching our young individuals to understand their huge responsibility as a citizen of this or that country? Do we educate both rich and poor people on issues like critical thinking, skepticism toward all sources of information (especially social media)? And the basic philosophy that is the foundation of our social contract as it is today, that’s a whole different issue.
- I don’t think the Donald Trump will completely give up on Ukraine. Even if he does, Europe is not giving up on Ukraine. I think Zelensky’s proposal is the best one we have. NATO should ensure the security of the remaining Ukrainian territories while the rest is left to whenever the regime change happens in Russia.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/germanys-scho...27004.html
- The reason why I am worried are not missiles. I don’t know why a rather poor country like Russia has 5000 of them. France and the UK have some 250 warheads each (China has 500 of them). Personaly I don’t even understand why they don’t start dismantling at least ¾ of these weapons.
- The real danger is the North-Korean troops. What if France decides to keep its promise and start sending ground troops as well? If that happens, we are technically in a new global conflict. That’s how close we are right now.
Otherwise: Who cares about Iran or North Korea having nuclear capabilities for instance? There is no weapon in this world that can magically transform a rogue state into a strong, modern state that meets the basic requirements of true statehood.
None of that explains why I have to respect a bad decision by American voters.
Boru
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