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Everyone (meaning not the Russian federation or hegemolith) truly wishes that it means the end to this unnecessary conflict.

Truly.

I used to know three homeless people whom I used to talk to on my way home from work. I gave them cash, bought them food. I have no idea if they are still alive today. I know of at least seven more whom I occasionally keep in touch with. And some more who have been homeless previously, but who have survived that through various feats and means and landed on their feet again. Sleeping rough in Sweden, above Skåne, is fucking rough.

Out of my limited and anecdotal experience, I don’t blame a single one of them for getting hooked on drugs. Alcohol got too expensive, tobacco is waaaay too expensive for effect, so the high and low that other drugs could give kept them warm throughout the roughest nights and/or John experiences.

Maybe I should clarify: Oh you spring child who knows nothing of the year, how it turns and how winter turns planted hopes into frozen fears.

Pre-edit: You’re right. Which is why Putin’s death won’t bring much boon. Staying silent, quiet or passive won’t bring much in opposition to the face of tyranny either. But eliminating the current tyranny will be more difficult than what the people tried to accomplish over a hundred years ago, as the dissemination of power is different nowadays. Before, one used to think that cutting the head of a hydra might be difficult, but possible in the long run. Today, well…

I guess you didn’t really read. Just pointing out that you need to do more than kill the puppetmaster to replace all those who he either trained or who learned how to thrive in his absence.

Please. There are hundreds ready to take Putins place. Some politically, but hundreds behind the scenes who also have finger puppets ready for ”power” who can step in for both Medvedev and Putin. The rest of the dog kennel (like Lavrov) will keep barking for their masters sake.

It’s not quite that easy.

Many migrants have drowned en route to the UK, so if the boats are caught before they leave the shore it’s not as if the police are condemning the migrants to death. Some police forces have denied migrant boats or even ruined them on the Mediterranean, causing more direct deaths. Or died in migrant camps just outside the borders of the EU.

What is at fault here is the geopolitical perspective. People are fleeing extreme poverty, injustice, war, genocide etc etc. The border agreements of the EU mean that they get sent back to whatever country they were first “discovered” in, which in its turn sends them back further. Many have lost everything coming here, even loved ones, children perished en route. Many were maybe aiming for Germany, France, Denmark or Sweden. But as they’ve been detected in other countries in the EU first, they will be sent back to those first. So as a last ditch attempt, they aim for the UK. And if they didn’t drown in the Mediterranean, there is a huge risk that they might drown in the colder waters of the Channel instead.

This being said, slashing their last (perceived) hope or reaching safety is cruel. But there are few things that are NOT cruel towards most migrants, sadly.

The headline does not nearly cover what a shitty human being he is.

The difference in approach between the EU and the US is stark. One is evidence based; the other is tied to opinions of talking heads on a television network that styles itself as a comedy channel.

Nice jab at Fox News there.

As my cousins in Ukraine said, they’d gladly drink the water so that they could spit in the faces of both Russian and Israeli forces.

Is ”wake up sheeple!” conspiracy rearing its ugly head again?

Hardly sleepwalking, rather waking up to the fact that we’re no longer strong alone. Would wish for a world without borders, nations or federalism. But naivety in this age gets us swallowed up by bigger fish.

Framing these concerns as NIMBY-ism against green tech is misleading and deceptive. There are legitimate concerns about Chinese investments in European projects, and rightful criticism from the EU of how the governments of Slovakia and Hungary are going against their people’s best interests in order to be more friendly towards Russian and Chinese interests.