Comment on "What is the cost of lies?"

• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean it is, but Russia was giving up its resources for pennies ever since the 90s, this framing is a bit weird.

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  • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think if that was true then there’d be no adversarial relationship with Russia, like attention to Venezuela disappeared overnight with them folding to Trump.

    The Arctic thawing is opening up access to a vast trove of natural resources. The fabled Northwest Passage is about to finally become a reality. This is why Trump wants Canada and Greenland. There’s only three nations, and Denmark has already folded.

    Russia has changed quite a bit since Putin took leadership, and for the better. Like it or not, it’s why Russians like him.

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    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Russia has changed quite a bit since Putin took leadership, and for the better

      Well yeah compared to the borderline failed state that was 90s Russia, that’s not a difficult task, accomplished by getting the other billionaires to keep 1% of the wealth they’re extracting in the country.

      This is why Trump wants

      Trump is literally senile. There might be people in his administration who feel that way, but the administration’s policy is so demented I don’t think we can attribute clear motivations to anything.

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      • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I dunno. He got Venezuela and Greenland. I didn’t think either would work, but here we are.

        Do you think a Dem administration would let go of either if they took power? I don’t think so.

        The last days of humanity will be a violent struggle over dwindling resources to feed billionaires’ greed.

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• one_step_behind@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m surprised to not see DR Congo on the list.

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  • Soupbreaker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, it ought to be in there between China and Iran, just based on mineral wealth. Makes the whole list suspect, tbh. Went to check the sources on Statista, but they want me to register before they’ll show me, so fuck that.

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    • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug.

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  • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Congo has much of one of the things listed, rare earth minerals.

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    • one_step_behind@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I knew it was mostly rare earth metals and some amount of oil. I was just surprised to not see them on the list because it seems to be focused on USD value of natural resources.

      Nevertheless it is an interesting chart, so thank you.

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      • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It puts U.S. foreign policy in perspective.

        The thawing Arctic is opening access to even more, which is why Trump wants Canada and Greenland.

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