Subj : Re: Russia's Endgame
To : MRO
From : Boraxman
Date : Tue Oct 11 2022 09:38 pm
-=> MRO wrote to Boraxman <=-
MR> Re: Re: Russia's Endgame
MR> By: Boraxman to Andeddu on Mon Oct 10 2022 10:16 pm
> What concerns me a lot is our hubris. We stomp all over the world as if we
> own the place, and I think we don't quite understand how much of a threat we
> appear to be to Russia and China. We've been accustomed to thinking that we
> are the world, that our ideas, our actions are the new-normal and the world
> really should follow our example.
>
MR> if you're talking about the usa and allies going to other countries and
MR> getting into conflicts or whatever, we are not doing that just because
MR> we feel like it. we are OBLIGATED via treaties and other agreements to
MR> get involved. Otherwise, such involvement without being asked would be
MR> acts of war. ---
I'm referring more to the business side of things. I read a story just before
about how Microsoft pressured the UK government into abandoning a program to
push Free Software. Microsoft threated to pull out some research site or
development site. America also puts political and economic pressure on other
countries, and American politics gets pushed on us too, mainly through Social
Media..
