“It was the best deal we could have had.” Two years later, a Ukrainian negotiator is still bitter: unveiled by the German daily Die Welt, in an article spotted by Le Figaro on Monday, the deal could have ended the war just weeks after the Russian invasion....
The notion that Biden represents a lesser evil compared to the chaotic reign of Trump is a common argument. However, we must not forget that there exists a moral threshold below which neither choice is acceptable. To suggest that enabling a literal genocide can be considered a lesser evil is a morally bankrupt stance....
China sold a record $53.3 billion of US Treasury and agency bonds in the first quarter of 2024, likely due to escalating trade tensions and a desire to diversify its assets. This move is raising concerns as China is a major holder of US debt and its actions could impact the US economy. Additionally, China has been increasing its...
Ultras are no different from liberals in my opinion. Both favor idealism over materialism. The whole point of scientific socialism is to focus on measurable material improvements that can be realistically achieved. Marxism is not an Utopian ideology. People who reject real progress that existing socialist states make are rejecting the only path towards communism that we’ve found to actually work in practice.
Definitely more than DPRK given that UN sanctions against them have just been lifted. Meanwhile, Cuba is sanctioned by US, and most countries aren’t participating. Meanwhile, Russia is being sanctioned by the US and all their vassals.
I think the other important outcome is that the sanctions are a catalyst for a new economy emerging outside western control. Russia is just too important of a resource exporter, and now that countries can’t trade with Russia using SWIFT, we’re seeing now ways of settlement being developed. However, these will not be restricted solely to trading with Russia going forward. Western sanctions on Russia ended up undermining one of the most powerful tools of coercion that the west had at their disposal.
I doubt it, China can see what’s happening with western economies right now just like everyone else, and it doesn’t take a genius to realize that western advice isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. Furthermore, having savings is obviously important when the global economy is headed for turbulent times, without savings there’s no ability to amortize economic impact of a downturn. So, I think there’s zero chance that China would start cutting their savings rate nw.
Ukraine war: what we know about the secret deal that could have ended the conflict in April 2022 (www.leparisien.fr)
“It was the best deal we could have had.” Two years later, a Ukrainian negotiator is still bitter: unveiled by the German daily Die Welt, in an article spotted by Le Figaro on Monday, the deal could have ended the war just weeks after the Russian invasion....
libs and elections gaslighting
The notion that Biden represents a lesser evil compared to the chaotic reign of Trump is a common argument. However, we must not forget that there exists a moral threshold below which neither choice is acceptable. To suggest that enabling a literal genocide can be considered a lesser evil is a morally bankrupt stance....
Russia seizes more land than Ukraine liberated in 2023 counteroffensive (www.washingtonpost.com)
'Massive' French police deployment arrives to fight liberation forces in the colony in New Caledonia (www.euractiv.com)
China Sells Record Sum of US Debt Amid Signs of Diversification (www.bloomberg.com)
China sold a record $53.3 billion of US Treasury and agency bonds in the first quarter of 2024, likely due to escalating trade tensions and a desire to diversify its assets. This move is raising concerns as China is a major holder of US debt and its actions could impact the US economy. Additionally, China has been increasing its...
Iran and Ansar Allah have defeated the US military (www.telegraph.co.uk)
SMIC achieves success in 5nm node that will make up Huawei Mate 70 processors (www.gizmochina.com)
China Intensifies Push to ‘Delete America’ From Its Technology (www.wsj.com)
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Qualcomm confirms that Huawei no longer need its chips (www.gizchina.com)
BREAKING: Putin weaponized an economist! (www.nytimes.com)
Wall Street investment funds lose billions on Evergrande bonds gamble (www.youtube.com)
Why iPhone Sales are Collapsing (www.youtube.com)
China's CIPS (SWIFT competitor) did CNY 123 trillion (~$17 trillion) in business volume in 2023. (www.cips.com.cn)
Mao Freed Tibet. Period. (lemmygrad.ml)
It finally happened: I’ve been DMed by a smooth ultra
They claim to have recovered from ML brain rot themselves, and they’re here to save me from the only socialist tradition yet to bear fruit....
Biden calls Kim Jong Un ‘South Korean President’, I believe this is called foreshadowing (www.hindustantimes.com)
Life in the most sanctioned country in the world (www.youtube.com)
Huawei is not a remarkable Chinese company. It's a typical Chinese company. That's the problem for US. (www.youtube.com)
Yellen was stumped by the question: Is it possible we’re just being outcompeted by the Chinese in those (electric vehicles, batteries, all of those things.) (www.marketplace.org)
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