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I don't think the US has a whole lot of sway on that one, but I'm pretty sure we would love to if Europe was willing.

I had not realized the "red washing" of Ukraine dates back as far as the early nineteenth century with the changing of native Ukrainian language place names.

Typical Imperialist American Asshole.

I sense a pending asshole revolution.

Wait... What happens if your asshole can't talk?

Not sure what your point is. That was from before Russia invaded and before China also voiced its preference of diplomatic resolutions. Of course China is happy to have Russia invade and pull attention away from Taiwan. Doesn't mean they're going to come to Russia's defense or support the invasion itself, which they won't.

Their political ideologies are asymmetrical too. When you're talking a bloc, you're talking about countries with different administrations and goals but the same basic political orientation like say, Chavez's Venezuela and Castro's Cuba. By comparison, NATO is comprised of countries that all share the same basic administrative, social, and economic structures in addition to their distasted for Mother Russia. Russia, China, and Iran all have widely different social and political goals - they simply share a dislike for the West. Meanwhile, North Korea is as much a threat to them as it is to us. So, the long game is that such an alliance would exist when convenient and wouldn't involve the kind of sacrifice that mutual aid would entail. Russia is more or less geopolitically isolated, Iran is fighting a virtual two-front war, and China needs neither of them to wield its influence and power.

China has already has a lock in Africa, and its outsized influence in Central Asia means that Russia has little to no inroads in that direction. Make no mistake, Russia is a comparatively weaker partner when it comes to China at least in the near term, and China has absolutely no interest in being a part of bloc with Russia or its European allies.

China doesn't need to do business with anybody in Russia.

Paywall. Too lazy to find a way around it.

Only in Indiana, because no one cares if those fuckers die of earthquakes and water contaminated with petroleum byproducts.

He finally came upon a prediction that came true... hours before he predicted it.

I believe we are in fact doing so.

Like this?

Steam basket in pressure cooker for seven to ten minutes.

Who do those stupid mother fuckers think they're fooling?

But you're not framing the issue properly. Money can't both cause and enable greed if greed preexists money. Getting rid of money might expose other contributing factors, but it can't possibly eliminate greed.

Corruption can and does exist in the absence of money because corruption is the peddling of favorable treatment or benefits.

Barter systems can also be corrupted.

Packard? That dude's too dead to appreciate your thread.

Nuh uh. Lol

Somehow, I just assumed you were always cougar bait.

Tsar, it’s not a shriveled dick measuring contest every time I mention “old”…