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| 2 years ago | mod | Removed Comment Simmer down Ted Kazynski, AI is good and actually helps the poor and hurts the rich that's why megacorps like the RIAA want to ban it. Open source non profit models run locally that trvialize violating IP and remove gatekeeping from the art industry is the closest thung to socialism we'll ever see. by  LainTrain ( LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) reason: comparing OP to a terrorist |
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| 3 years ago | mod | Removed Comment Look into Nano. Actually trying to be an alternative currency, instant transfer (0.4s average), no fees, and uses 1KWh per 10,000 transactions.
Lots of different ways to apply this technology, don't assume it's all bitcoin. by astreus ( astreus@lemmy.ml ) reason: crypto currency advertisement |
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| 3 years ago | mod | Restored Comment The article is fine, and I second the recommendation to read it, but from the article to the slogan you present, things do not follow a logical path. Yes, war is both an incredibly expensive activity (diverting money that could be used) and a resource-intensive activity (the money goes into actual materials that almost surely destroy something or get destroyed) and an incredibly stupid activity (and it can snowball)...
...but the problem is that successful unilateral disarmament during a war tends to result in a situation called "defeat". If the defeat is not an attack being defeated, but defense being defeated, that is called a "conquest". Now, letting a conquest succeed has a historical tendency of the conqueror having more experience at conquest, and more resources to conquer with... which has, several times in history, lead to *another conquest* or a *whole series of conquests*. A regional war in Ukraine resulting in Ukraine being taken over by Russia has a high probability of producing:
1) a bigger regional war later, in which Russia, using its own resources and those of Ukraine, proceeds to another country, gets into a direct conflict with NATO and then indeed there is a risk of a global war
2) an encouraging effect after which China, noting that international cooperation against the agressor was ultimately insufficient, and deeming itself better prepared than Russia, decides that it can take Taiwan with military force
However, a war ending with inability to show victory tends to produce a revolution in the invading country. For example, World War I produced a revolution in Russia and subsequently a revolution in Germany, with several smaller revolutions in between, empires collapsing and a brief bloom of democracy in Europe, before the Great Depression and the rise of fascism ate all the fruits. The Falklands War produced a revolution in Argentina. The Russo-Japanese war produced the 1905 near-revolution in Russia.
It is better for Ukraine to not get conquered. It is better for Russia to be unable to conquer Ukraine. That result is also better for everyone around them. It's even better globally because it sets a precedent of large-scale cooperation defeating an agressive superpower, discouraging agressive superpowers from undertaking similar wars until memory starts fading again.
Unfortunately, until we see indications that Russian society is getting ready to stop the war (this could involve starting negotiations on terms palatable to Ukraine, a change of leadership, a withdrawal, a revolution, etc)... the path to achieving that outcome remains wearing out the agressor: producing enough weapons and delivering them to Ukraine.
Ultimately, both sides in a war wear each other down. The soldiers most eager to fight are killed soonest. The people most unwilling to get mobilized or recruited, and soldiers most unwilling to fight - they remain alive. If they are pressed forever, some day they will make the calculation: there are less troops blocking the way home than in the trenches of the opposing side. After that realization, they eventually tend to mutiny. Invading troops tend to do that a bit easier than defending troops, because they sense less purpose in their activity. In the long run, if nothing else happens, that will happen. There is just (probably, regrettably) no particularly quick shortcut to getting there. by perestroika ( perestroika@slrpnk.net ) |
| 3 years ago | mod | Removed Comment The article is fine, and I second the recommendation to read it, but from the article to the slogan you present, things do not follow a logical path. Yes, war is both an incredibly expensive activity (diverting money that could be used) and a resource-intensive activity (the money goes into actual materials that almost surely destroy something or get destroyed) and an incredibly stupid activity (and it can snowball)...
...but the problem is that successful unilateral disarmament during a war tends to result in a situation called "defeat". If the defeat is not an attack being defeated, but defense being defeated, that is called a "conquest". Now, letting a conquest succeed has a historical tendency of the conqueror having more experience at conquest, and more resources to conquer with... which has, several times in history, lead to *another conquest* or a *whole series of conquests*. A regional war in Ukraine resulting in Ukraine being taken over by Russia has a high probability of producing:
1) a bigger regional war later, in which Russia, using its own resources and those of Ukraine, proceeds to another country, gets into a direct conflict with NATO and then indeed there is a risk of a global war
2) an encouraging effect after which China, noting that international cooperation against the agressor was ultimately insufficient, and deeming itself better prepared than Russia, decides that it can take Taiwan with military force
However, a war ending with inability to show victory tends to produce a revolution in the invading country. For example, World War I produced a revolution in Russia and subsequently a revolution in Germany, with several smaller revolutions in between, empires collapsing and a brief bloom of democracy in Europe, before the Great Depression and the rise of fascism ate all the fruits. The Falklands War produced a revolution in Argentina. The Russo-Japanese war produced the 1905 near-revolution in Russia.
It is better for Ukraine to not get conquered. It is better for Russia to be unable to conquer Ukraine. That result is also better for everyone around them. It's even better globally because it sets a precedent of large-scale cooperation defeating an agressive superpower, discouraging agressive superpowers from undertaking similar wars until memory starts fading again.
Unfortunately, until we see indications that Russian society is getting ready to stop the war (this could involve starting negotiations on terms palatable to Ukraine, a change of leadership, a withdrawal, a revolution, etc)... the path to achieving that outcome remains wearing out the agressor: producing enough weapons and delivering them to Ukraine.
Ultimately, both sides in a war wear each other down. The soldiers most eager to fight are killed soonest. The people most unwilling to get mobilized or recruited, and soldiers most unwilling to fight - they remain alive. If they are pressed forever, some day they will make the calculation: there are less troops blocking the way home than in the trenches of the opposing side. After that realization, they eventually tend to mutiny. Invading troops tend to do that a bit easier than defending troops, because they sense less purpose in their activity. In the long run, if nothing else happens, that will happen. There is just (probably, regrettably) no particularly quick shortcut to getting there. by perestroika ( perestroika@slrpnk.net ) reason: Comment does not address intent of original post and promotes weapons industry / war in Ukraine. |
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| 3 years ago | mod | Removed Comment I'm cleary getting under your skin. Not my intent, and I'm sorry for doing so. I'm just trying to point out some pitfalls.
I can entirely empathize with the fear of doing nothing while our world burns to a cinder. Rather than acting individually, though, we are much more effective in organized groups. There are piles of Not for profit NGOs that want to do something and are screaming for volunteers. There are land trusts that manage lands and need people to help find and conserve lands for future gens. I urge you and those who feel hopless to chase these avenues and get involved. I realize it's a lot easier said than done. Who wants to spend a weekend pulling weeds? But it does help, it is what is needed, and it's better than nothing.
Most importantly vote. by  Track_Shovel ( Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) reason: Off topic. Talking at OP / Mod. Replies to things that weren't said at all. Comments become personal and not related to the video. |
| 3 years ago | mod | Removed Comment Steve,
You and I are good, as far as I am concerned. I appreciate you, and your entirely different mind set. I can certainly appreciate your point of view, even if it would take me a lot of personal development to reach the same viewpoints and conclusions you have.
Wish you nothing but the best
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| 3 years ago | mod | Removed Comment I dont think you know what the word practical means. I make a living with art. I sell ideas, expressions of abstract feelings, things for your brain to enjoy. It has value, but not a practical one. Its not a tangible benefit, its not feeding the hungry, its not sheltering the homeless, its not moving people where they need to go, its not supporting anyones physical life. I have great respect for those doing practical work, theyre who solarpunk *need*. Otherwise your utopia will stay imaginary and theoretical. by blazera ( blazera@kbin.social ) reason: Ignored feedback from other member. Coversation becomes personal and language violates server rules on hostility, negativity, rage, etc. |
| 3 years ago | mod | Removed Comment I dont think you know what the word practical means. I make a living with art. I sell ideas, expressions of abstract feelings, things for your brain to enjoy. It has value, but not a practical one. Its not a tangible benefit, its not feeding the hungry, its not sheltering the homeless, its not moving people where they need to go, its not supporting anyones physical life. I have great respect for those doing practical work, theyre who solarpunk *need*. Otherwise your utopia will stay imaginary and theoretical. by blazera ( blazera@kbin.social ) reason: Ignored feedback from other member. Coversation becomes personal and language violates server rules on hostility, negativity, rage, etc. |
| 3 years ago | mod | Removed Comment no one talks like this in normal life. I dont think the word root is being used right to begin with, but it's not very descriptive anyway. And then it's shit like, "deliciously" sustainable? Words like "shade of", and just literally saying artistic view of the future, makes this sound like an art movement, or other words things with no practical value. "Augmenting" "championing" all of this is "fantastical".
Use words like cheap, practical, efficient, easy.
oh no wonder, ETH, it's crypto pyramid schemes, it all falls apart if you talk normally by blazera ( blazera@kbin.social ) reason: saying "no one" is hyperbolic and non inclusive. use of "normal" and "normally" are ableist. violation of server rules against bigotry. |
| 3 years ago | mod | Removed Comment no one talks like this in normal life. I dont think the word root is being used right to begin with, but it's not very descriptive anyway. And then it's shit like, "deliciously" sustainable? Words like "shade of", and just literally saying artistic view of the future, makes this sound like an art movement, or other words things with no practical value. "Augmenting" "championing" all of this is "fantastical".
Use words like cheap, practical, efficient, easy.
oh no wonder, ETH, it's crypto pyramid schemes, it all falls apart if you talk normally by blazera ( blazera@kbin.social ) reason: saying "no one" is hyperbolic and non inclusive. use of "normal" and "normally" are ableist. violation of server rules against bigotry. |
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