Is it so easy to comment on another country or continent taking preventive measures against a possible war?
I'm commenting on a few things from this post below.
"Here for 3 years there has been a heavy war... a war that no one wanted, but Russia broke the signed peace treaties and invaded a neighboring country."
Didn't USA+NATO first break an agreement about limiting NATO expansion to the east? I'm no Russia or Putin fan, but it seems so obvious to me that expanding NATO to a Russian land border is a blatant provocation that can be only seen as intended aggression.
"where about a million Ukrainians died defending the territory of their country from the invasion of the Russians (
Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia)."
Only a general wikipedia comment. Wikipedia is a great resource for technical and nonpolitical historical info. Anything political is likely biased toward liberalism and globalism.
It is not to be trusted.
"Maybe instead of criticizing other countries/continents and copying populist pap - it would be worth taking an interest in what is wrong in your own country. I have been to the USA 10 times, I have traveled far and wide. And believe me, many things are wrong in the USA. Below the level of an average country in Europe."
I have been to Europe many times. There are a lot of things "wrong" that you don't see, possibly because they are just normal for you. And I totally agree about many things wrong with USA. Europe has some wonderful things that I wish were in the USA, and USA has many things that Europe would be better off with. I disagree with the "average level" comment. Both USA and Europe are slowly sliding deeper into socialism, with Europe a number of years ahead. I think the European countries are ruining themselves giving more and more power to the EU. You've thrown away your beautiful identities and cultures for more power and stuff right now. That same disease has considerably weakened the USA.
"You have the most expensive healthcare that 95% of society cannot afford. "
Agreed, but I'd also ask if the European countries would have their current healthcare systems had they been fully paying for their own defense over the past decades? It's a complex mess in the USA, with healthcare companies extorting large profits, then kicking money back to the politicians to allow and support the extortion. USA allows prescription drugs to be advertised on television, and a lot of what I'm calling the extorted money is used to support left-leaning globalist "news" organizations that generate the propaganda that ends up as "news" in Europe. In virtually every case, identical prescription drugs cost much more in the USA than in any other country. A big part of the healthcare system is money laundering for the liberals and globalists.
"You do not have a global pension and disability system where everyone can work for their old age."
That's news to me.
"You have one of the highest levels of social inequality in civilized Western countries. The top ten percent of American families controlled nearly 70 percent of the wealth in the US in 2022."
I don't know that the numbers are correct, but yes, it's a problem. I see it as a combination of corrupt politicians and corporate heads, enables by stupid voters and consumers.
"The current president is implementing a plan to reduce taxes for the wealthiest Americans. And increase profits for them at the expense of the rest of society. "
This is an example of the propaganda you're fed. Yes, the "Trump tax cuts" do help the wealthiest. Proportionally, they help the middle class more. They don't help below middle class because they're already getting a free ride. Then every time a new welfare program is introduced by the liberals, it encourages more people to drop out of middle class into the free ride, an obvious spiral to the bottom.
"And most of society is happy about the fact that in a month the US, which was the best ally of all Western countries, has become the biggest enemy. And a troll and bully!"
Do you mean specifically US society? I'm often embarrassed by Trump's behavior and wish he'd tone it down. Yet, I see a rationale to it. The US has its 2 political parties, which both work hard to keep any others locked out. My estimation is that ~95% of Democrat politicians are corrupt and liars, while 50% of Republican politicians are corrupt and liars. Both parties are taking us to the same place (same place Europe is headed to), just one party is doing it faster. Every time there's an election, the Democrats use fear and lies to increase their vote count. The Republicans (as a whole, there are still plenty of slimeballs) don't lie and attack as much, and lose the elections. The democrats are squealing about Trump's behavior. All he's doing is acting like them, neutralizing their perverted behavior advantage, and they don't like that a bit. So I'm often embarrassed by his behavior, and always embarrassed by the Democrats' behavior.
"It is really worth focusing on your own backyard. And stop pointlessly copying the populist narrative and Russian trolls who flooded Twitter (x.com). And start thinking and being interested in how the world looks from different points of view."
Agreed, for both of us. I can tell you that I have relatives in 2 of the EU countries, the "news" from there is read in our house, and Europe is being fed and originates mostly horsepoop about what's happening in USA. Something that happens too often is some global media organization publishes a totally false huge headline story. Then after they're outed, they publish a short retraction buried when few will see it. In the interim, this story gets propagated by hundreds of other media outlets. The retractions don't get propagated and the totally false propaganda stands unchallenged.
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