Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-25

[crazy canuck]

Top is an odd adjective to use

[The Minsky Moment]

Languish must respond with the most powerful weapon it has:

May have to Czech their privilege
No more blank Czechs.
This is really something to Spring on Prague
I'm not feeling so Rhapsodic about Bohemia

[HVC]

Languish must respond with the most powerful weapon it has:

May have to Czech their privilege
No more blank Czechs.
This is really something to Spring on Prague
I'm not feeling so Rhapsodic about Bohemia

I really want to cross Czech you

[crazy canuck]

Languish must respond with the most powerful weapon it has:

May have to Czech their privilege
No more blank Czechs.
This is really something to Spring on Prague
I'm not feeling so Rhapsodic about Bohemia

I really want to cross Czech you

Czech mate

[Tonitrus]

Ya'll better Czech yourselves before you wreck yourselves.

[Valmy]

May include in his coalition this nifty anti-Mongers/Josq party...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorists_for_Themselves

The party opposes green politics, liberalism and progressivism and wants to abolish all bicycle lanes. It has stated its support for "cars, coal and the crown".

Coal? Margaret Thatcher is spinning in her grave.

[DGuller]

I can't shake the feeling that there is something about the Western cultural vision that just isn't clicking with too many people.  Sure, Russians are spreading propaganda, but propaganda doesn't make something out of nothing, it needs to tap into an existing discontent.  It seems like many people are at least semi-knowingly voting to pare back democracy, and are indifferent about it.  Democracy weathered world wars, it should be able to weather the high price of eggs.

[crazy canuck]

I can't shake the feeling that there is something about the Western cultural vision that just isn't clicking with too many people.  Sure, Russians are spreading propaganda, but propaganda doesn't make something out of nothing, it needs to tap into an existing discontent.  It seems like many people are at least semi-knowingly voting to pare back democracy, and are indifferent about it.  Democracy weathered world wars, it should be able to weather the high price of eggs.

Liberal Democracy takes a lot of work to maintain. For example, it requires a commitment to public education. One of the reasons for that is so citizens don't think the reason why Liberal Democracy is fading in their country is because of the price of eggs.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I can't shake the feeling that there is something about the Western cultural vision that just isn't clicking with too many people.  Sure, Russians are spreading propaganda, but propaganda doesn't make something out of nothing, it needs to tap into an existing discontent.  It seems like many people are at least semi-knowingly voting to pare back democracy, and are indifferent about it.  Democracy weathered world wars, it should be able to weather the high price of eggs.

Liberal Democracy takes a lot of work to maintain. For example, it requires a commitment to public education. One of the reasons for that is so citizens don't think the reason why Liberal Democracy is fading in their country is because of the price of eggs.

it also required the elites, or at least a significant part of them, not to adopt an ideology that can be best described as 'the west is the fount of all that is evil and needs to disappear'. (extremely put but there's a definite streak of oikofobia about)

[crazy canuck]

I can't shake the feeling that there is something about the Western cultural vision that just isn't clicking with too many people.  Sure, Russians are spreading propaganda, but propaganda doesn't make something out of nothing, it needs to tap into an existing discontent.  It seems like many people are at least semi-knowingly voting to pare back democracy, and are indifferent about it.  Democracy weathered world wars, it should be able to weather the high price of eggs.

Liberal Democracy takes a lot of work to maintain. For example, it requires a commitment to public education. One of the reasons for that is so citizens don't think the reason why Liberal Democracy is fading in their country is because of the price of eggs.

it also required the elites, or at least a significant part of them, not to adopt an ideology that can be best described as 'the west is the fount of all that is evil and needs to disappear'. (extremely put but there's a definite streak of oikofobia about)

Agreed, that would be problematic if it were to occur, but the billionaires are funding the fascists and so that bridge has been crossed.  Another good reason for people not to blame the price of eggs.

[The Brain]

I can't shake the feeling that there is something about the Western cultural vision that just isn't clicking with too many people.  Sure, Russians are spreading propaganda, but propaganda doesn't make something out of nothing, it needs to tap into an existing discontent.  It seems like many people are at least semi-knowingly voting to pare back democracy, and are indifferent about it.  Democracy weathered world wars, it should be able to weather the high price of eggs.

Many people are simply not that into democracy. And many people who claim to be into democracy only want democracy when it results in policies that are a reasonable approximation of what they desire.

[HVC]

I can't shake the feeling that there is something about the Western cultural vision that just isn't clicking with too many people.  Sure, Russians are spreading propaganda, but propaganda doesn't make something out of nothing, it needs to tap into an existing discontent.  It seems like many people are at least semi-knowingly voting to pare back democracy, and are indifferent about it.  Democracy weathered world wars, it should be able to weather the high price of eggs.

Very few forms of governments historically  survived once staple foods are a luxury.