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piL posted:Better to use the much more humanizing titles: conscripts, a squad, some Russian soldiers, etc. Or at the absolute minimum, Ivanы
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ZombieLenin posted:So my mom just called me. She’s a 71 year old progressive Democrat and she called me to tell me: Get that mom an account Alchenar posted:He's making a list, he's checking it twice It needs to be said again that Putin justified the war with killing Nazis and is so far levelling the most russian-speaking cities of Ukraine This is after 2014 when he turned the russian-speaking cities of Donetsk and Lugansk into fallout-esque bandit shitholes
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ZombieLenin posted:So my mom just called me. She’s a 71 year old progressive Democrat and she called me to tell me: As an older Gen Xer this whole thing is giving me bad flashbacks to duck and cover drills in middle school in the 70s and everyone freaking out when The Day After first aired. Fatalistic boomers willing to let the world burn because they're dreading their own mortality is not improving the experience.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:For some reason fascists always think that terrorizing people who *can* shoot back wilk work out the same way as terrorizing people who can't. Survivor bias in action
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:You think all those artillerymen are getting spooked and "accidentally" bombarding a city, and accurately hitting the one supposedly safe evac route? I don't believe that they are spooked, I believe that they think they can get away with it and are taking revenge for their fallen comrades, if they fought soldiers from the city before they might feel justified taking out a bus full of people just because some other people fought back. I'm not saying it's right, I'm saying that it would explain why it happened. Radical 90s Wizard posted:Pretty sure Russia has a documented history of pulling this exact same poo poo before. I don't get what they would gain by doing this if it's orders from higher up as I believe it does is make the people inside the city fight even harder because they now know for sure that they wouldn't get a fair treatment even if they didn't fight, it just serves as a justification to fight to the last man standing since there's no possibility of surrendering without getting murdered anyway.
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Looks like credit cards will no longer be a thing in Russia very soon https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-05/visa-suspends-all-russia-operations-l0eegccn?srnd=premium-europe quote:Visa Inc. is suspending its Russia operations and all transactions initiated with its cards issued in the country will no longer work abroad. I'd expect Mastercard to follow suit shortly if they haven't already
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steinrokkan posted:The idea that a whole artillery unit just happened to miss the memo that there was a cease fire between this and this hour - it's just absurd apologia or wishful thinking trying to find a charitable chain of events To be honest, given their state of logistics, it wouldn't surprise me if some of the squads lost all communication networks and are just mindlessly lashing out at anything that moves. If the so called ceasefire wasn't broadcasted properly, that's not the fault of the foot soldiers but rather the high command. Tat being said, I absolutely think that some soldiers shot in there knowing full well what's going on and some commanders might have even ordered them to do that.
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Hannibal Rex posted:It's been a bit that I watched it, so i might get some of his wording wrong, but a pretty glaring mistake he makes is that he conflates America and the EU as "the West". It's easy to declare Russia a regional power that's of no threat to America, and that the real focus of America should be on China. But Russia and Ukraine are very much an existential issue to Europe. Either Europe expands democracy East, or Russia expands authoritarianism West. It's been the assumption that Europe can afford to be patient, eventually Russia would acculturate, and Ukraine could serve as a bridge between them in the meantime. Putin has categorically taken that option of the table, as long as he and his clique remain in power. Europe really, really can't ignore that. The problem with his brand of realism is that he pulls way, way back in a lot of things because that's pretty normal IR, which then ends up reducing his insight to 'putin probably won't like it if its neighbors are not subjugated', which is like 'no poo poo' level analysis that doesn't really add anything. Anything more specific than that, he's just not interested in because IR is really bad at it.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:For some reason fascists always think that terrorizing people who *can* shoot back wilk work out the same way as terrorizing people who can't.  (Although I have no idea if the relevant part of the interview is in the emote)
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steinrokkan posted:The idea that a whole artillery unit just happened to miss the memo that there was a cease fire between this and this hour - it's just absurd apologia or wishful thinking trying to find a charitable chain of events Why not. There are indications that Russian command and control is in shambles
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Chalks posted:Looks like credit cards will no longer be a thing in Russia very soon Are there no domestic alternatives? I know Mastercard and Visa are very much dominant but they can't be the only credit card companies out there.
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Family Values posted:As an older Gen Xer this whole thing is giving me bad flashbacks to duck and cover drills in middle school in the 70s and everyone freaking out when The Day After first aired. It does suck we are on to another 50 years of worrying about nuclear war with Russia. “Just do it already” is crazy but god poo poo or get off the pot already
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Chalks posted:Looks like credit cards will no longer be a thing in Russia very soon Be a might perturbed if I was still stuck there and all I had was my plastic with me.
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Isn't Mearsheimer like the most influential authority of the modern school of Realism in International Relations? If he's somehow a deep cover Russian plant, that would be insane.
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ZombieLenin posted:Phone typing w/autocorrect. Sorry. Don't apologize. That was an autocorrect fuckup to be proud of. Vincent Van Goatse fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Mar 5, 2022 |
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DaysBefore posted:Are there no domestic alternatives? I know Mastercard and Visa are very much dominant but they can't be the only credit card companies out there. Yeah it's called "Mir" (translates as either "world" or "peace") I don't think it works anywhere outside Russia
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steinrokkan posted:The idea that a whole artillery unit just happened to miss the memo that there was a cease fire between this and this hour - it's just absurd apologia or wishful thinking trying to find a charitable chain of events On the other hand if it turns out the Russian army is as inconceivably incompetent as it now appears maybe they were in previous conflicts too… I don’t really believe this btw. You can’t blame cheap retail radios or poor logistics - it’s a deliberate malicious attack on defenceless civilians trying to get to safety.
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tagesschau posted:Is there a difference between these two? The STEP e-mail from the Ottawa embassy about the invocation of the Emergencies Act several weeks ago came 20+ hours after the fact, even though it was plastered all over the news from the moment it happened, so I'm not convinced that those alerts are sent in a reliably timely fashion. No, no difference. The dumbos at the embassy have to "clear" the message with Washington first, before they send it out. So, yeah, it's not as timely as one would hope for.
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Isn't Mearsheimer like the most influential authority of the modern school of Realism in International Relations? If he's somehow a deep cover Russian plant, that would be insane. He's not a russian plant, he's just really dumb because his brand of Realism only has insights for complete morons.
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Chalks posted:Looks like credit cards will no longer be a thing in Russia very soon Has any country been this suddenly cut off from the world-wide economy? Did Visa/Mastercard work in Iraq during 2003? Being in Russia during this must be absolutely bonkers.
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javi posted:Visa and Mastercard are out! Finally, Discover's time has come! You got this! 
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Isn't Mearsheimer like the most influential authority of the modern school of Realism in International Relations? If he's somehow a deep cover Russian plant, that would be insane. A) realism is all post ad hoc justification, it can be whatever you want it to be, that's why it's garbage B) realism really needs a belligerent Russia throwing weight around it's sphere of influence in order to sell the idea that all countries naturally act this way. He is invested in the idea that Russia is strong and a legit near peer adversary. You see a lot of B from the think tank and defense studies types right now as well. They are invested in the myth of Russia.
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Isn't Mearsheimer like the most influential authority of the modern school of Realism in International Relations? If he's somehow a deep cover Russian plant, that would be insane. Yes, the campaign against him is incredibly idiotic, he's been consistent for decades and he's a known quantity for anybody with even a cursory experience in international relations. I don't agree with his theory, but the whole field is based entirely on polemic, and he's been an important and transparent part of it.
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DaysBefore posted:Are there no domestic alternatives? I know Mastercard and Visa are very much dominant but they can't be the only credit card companies out there. Are debit cards commonly used in Russia? In Germany, a really small subset of people actually uses a credit card, because it gives you pretty much the same options as your regular bank card. The only reason that I have one is the fact that it can be easier for international payments like for example to some weird online forum which demands an entry fee. Being unable to use a credit card here would be inconvenient for many, but hardly world changing. Then again, on the whole, Germans prefer good old cash anyway.
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DaysBefore posted:Are there no domestic alternatives? I know Mastercard and Visa are very much dominant but they can't be the only credit card companies out there. finally, it's discover card's time to shine
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cant cook creole bream posted:Are debit cards a commonly used in Russia? In Germany, a really small subset of people actually uses a credit card, because it gives you pretty much the same options as your regular bank card. The only reason I have one is the fact that it can be easier for international payments like for example to some weird online forum which demands an entry fee. Being unable to use a credit card here would be inconvenient for many, but hardly world changing. Debit cards are still a Visa or Mastercard/other. They're the ones that actually handle the transaction between the merchant and your bank account.
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cant cook creole bream posted:Are debit cards commonly used in Russia? In Germany, a really small subset of people actually uses a credit card, because it gives you pretty much the same options as your regular bank card. The only reason that I have one is the fact that it can be easier for international payments like for example to some weird online forum which demands an entry fee. Being unable to use a credit card here would be inconvenient for many, but hardly world changing. Do you not get points for paying with credit? Thom12255 posted:Debit cards are still a Visa or Mastercard/other. Also this. Visa and Mastercard aren't credit companies per se. They're transaction providers. The bank on your Visa credit card is actually issuing you the credit. Visa is just facilitating the transaction.
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cant cook creole bream posted:Are debit cards commonly used in Russia? In Germany, a really small subset of people actually uses a credit card, because it gives you pretty much the same options as your regular bank card. The only reason that I have one is the fact that it can be easier for international payments like for example to some weird online forum which demands an entry fee. Being unable to use a credit card here would be inconvenient for many, but hardly world changing. But debit cards are also Visa / Master?
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While I hope the Nazi menace is absolutely annihilated. I'm fairly afraid of what happens after this conflict. The stabbed in the back narrative is literally readily seen by Russians now. In ten years they will have blurry memories of these things and just remember the suffering the west caused. The crackdown brings forth a new and more insane thing to deal with for the Russian people. I while heartily hope they can embrace socialism and de capitalize their insanely corrupt country. But it doesn't seem like that's in the works yet. The more likely thing is that the country will slip further into ultra nationalism. The question is will they be more or less effective at military projection larger than 1000 guys
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DaysBefore posted:Are there no domestic alternatives? I know Mastercard and Visa are very much dominant but they can't be the only credit card companies out there. https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1500238754438594564 There's a remaining 26% who are someone else, but I don't know how many of the others are domestic or foreign ones that will stick around (also not entirely sure what the definition of "payment transaction" is for this purpose--credit card payments? something broader?). Sir John Falstaff fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Mar 5, 2022 |
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Curious what percentage of transactions use credit/debit. A lot of countries are still mostly cash based (looking at you Japan), but I have no idea what Russia's deal is. EDIT: For non-Americans' context, I'd bet the majority of Americans rarely use cash anymore. I probably have paid for something in cash maybe once or twice in the past six months.
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FishBulbia posted:No, he's just a neorealist contrarian. These people only know him because they saw that Youtube video with 8 million views of a lecture he gave once. Kenneth Waltz was always more eloquent anyway.
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ronya posted:Russia has a severe case of resource curse, it's the no. 1 world example due to the visibility that Gazprom has in its politics and media Yep, this is very true and IMO an underappreciated point. Some countries like Norway and the Netherlands, and even the UK, have managed to mitigate it, but unfortunately Russia never quite did Vincent Van Goatse posted:By this logic we'll have to ban people from saying Yankees, Aussies, Canucks, Brits... Perhaps it could be argued that slurs are not quite as bad when employed against well-off rich people like septics and... hmm What's a slur for a Finn? I'm kinda sad there doesn't seem to be any 
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steinrokkan posted:The idea that a whole artillery unit just happened to miss the memo that there was a cease fire between this and this hour - it's just absurd apologia or wishful thinking trying to find a charitable chain of events you're assuming there was a memo
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China can come into Russia and turn the country even more capitalist with the Russian economy tied to cheap Chinese credit. gently caress
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Sir John Falstaff posted:https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1500238754438594564 Gonna be a challenge to issue new cards to 3/4 of your population with sanctions in place I'd imagine. This adds a really interesting dimension to the bank runs. If cards don't work any more and everyone suddenly needs cash, ATMs are going to run out real quick.
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cant cook creole bream posted:Are debit cards commonly used in Russia? In Germany, a really small subset of people actually uses a credit card, because it gives you pretty much the same options as your regular bank card. The only reason that I have one is the fact that it can be easier for international payments like for example to some weird online forum which demands an entry fee. Being unable to use a credit card here would be inconvenient for many, but hardly world changing. Don't know about Germany or Russia but the two main debit cards in Switzerland are V-Pay and Maestro and can you guess the name of the companies that own them? Hint: starts with V and the other with M
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:It does suck we are on to another 50 years of worrying about nuclear war with Russia. “Just do it already” is crazy but god poo poo or get off the pot already Seriously though, we are nearing the point where an actual functional strategic missile defense system is no longer a pipe dream. Thus, there are now two ways out of this worrying.
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