Comment on "What is the cost of lies?"
alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 2 days agoI mean it is, but Russia was giving up its resources for pennies ever since the 90s, this framing is a bit weird.
Comment on "What is the cost of lies?"
alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 2 days agoI mean it is, but Russia was giving up its resources for pennies ever since the 90s, this framing is a bit weird.
LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world 2 days 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.
alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
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.
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.
LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world 2 days 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.