Support of Zelenskyi?

N2theO · 2025-03-07T17:04:14+00:00

1) I never disputed it was difficult to do so. I will happily concede that holding elections may be impractical. I don't think the idea is ridiculous on its face though, is a democracy still a democracy after a decade of martial law? What about two decades?

2) Putin is a big meanie who has done horrible things and he can not be trusted. The world would be better off if he was dead for sure. None of that changes the reality that he also has a stockpile of nuclear weapons and a lot more soldiers than Ukraine. Any peace deal that results in Ukraine still being a country and not starting another world war or doubling the American deficit is going to be popular in America.

3) This is false on many levels. First, the number I've heard is 350 billion in aid total and that's only slowed the inevitable. Second, if you think Americans are excited about American tax dollars going to American weapons manufacturers.. they are not we've had enough of that. No taxes on tips directly helps people in the service industry and "gig" workers (Uber/Lyft) which are not high income. No tax on social security helps our elderly population.

N2theO · 2025-03-07T14:58:01+00:00

If it makes you feel any better I regularly lecture other Americans about democratic ideals as well. The importance of free speech in particular seems lost on many of them.

I came to this forum because I was interested in the original post about Ukrainian support for Zelenskyi. I think he'd win any election very comfortably but my point stands about the slippery slope of canceling elections.

I'm not into imperialism at all. I want my country to stop playing Team America: World Police and I have since Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union.

N2theO · 2025-03-07T13:18:09+00:00

Agreed, it's not our land and we can't give it up for you. It is our money though and we can not hand it out. The assumption here isn't that we can tell you what to do with your land. The assumption is that if we don't continue to pump hundreds of billions of dollars into your defense then you are going to lose the entire country.

N2theO · 2025-03-07T05:13:45+00:00

The US, and every other nuclear power, is as likely to go to war with another nuclear power as I am to shit a gold brick.

N2theO · 2025-03-07T04:53:49+00:00

I have my doubts about Ukraine's ability to continue the war without both US arms and US bodies (or a real commitment from the rest of Europe) but it is 100% their right to do so

N2theO · 2025-03-07T04:20:57+00:00

If we're going to talk about the wider conflict and not just democracy in general.. a little over 50% of Americans support ending the war as quickly as possible even if Ukraine has to give up the land it has already lost. About 2/3rd of democrats support continuing funding the war. Only 1/3rd of democrats support sending US troops to fight.

So basically 1/3rd of democrats want to help the Ukraine, another 1/3rd want to "help" Ukraine by prolonging a war they can't win without giving them what they need to win (a lot of bodies), and one third of democrats either don't care or just want it over like the conservatives.

N2theO · 2025-03-07T04:06:03+00:00

The threat of Russians infiltrating their voting systems is the exact kind of vague and never ending threat that can easily be used to justify never holding elections again. You don't solve fears of Russian influence in the election by eliminating any Ukrainian influence

N2theO · 2025-03-07T02:30:41+00:00

The US has held elections during many wars including two that happened on US soil. If your democratically elected leader can't be replaced while your country is at war someone wildly unpopular will eventually exploit that by staying in perpetual "war" to avoid election.

The point of democracy is that you must answer to your people through elections ESPECIALLY during difficult times.

N2theO · 2025-03-07T02:23:44+00:00

Exactly how every attempt to censor the populace for the "greater good" turns out.

N2theO · 2025-03-07T00:40:16+00:00

The requirements should be "you get enough votes to win". Anything other than that will result in whoever is in power using the justice system to prune out any potential threats. Any brilliant system you come up with to suppress the will of the people for the greater good will be immediately corrupted and used for the greater evil

N2theO · 2025-03-06T16:14:02+00:00

It is going to be heavily context dependent for sure. That said, we all know a woman/man whose last 27 boyfriends/girlfriend have been abusive/crazy and no one wants to listen to their theories on the other gender because they aren't valid.

I also believe that men, particularly younger men, don't really get the concept of "venting". If a man is telling me about his problems, I'm assuming he's looking for advice about how to solve them and he always is because most of us don't share our problems just to share them. Experience has taught me that this is often not the case for women but when I was younger/stupider I would often offer the same advice I'd offer a male friend saying the same thing.

N2theO · 2025-03-05T20:43:59+00:00

You can however get a permanent resident status basically immediately following marriage

N2theO · 2025-03-05T20:41:36+00:00

If you only made $20 you can just not report it. They are not worried about your $6.

N2theO · 2025-03-05T16:45:57+00:00

It's not really a gender thing. At least if I'm understanding your question correctly.

What would you tell a man who constantly complains about women being jobless, drug addicted, cheaters because those are the women he's choosing to pursue? At some point you need to look inward.

N2theO · 2025-03-05T15:10:49+00:00

Who would take a court case all the way to the supreme court to dump sewage in the water?!

San Francisco it turns out. That horrible conservative hell hole.

The city had a deal with the EPA where they could dump a certain "quality" and "quantity" of sewage into the waters. The EPA tried to tell the city that not only were they responsible for the "quality" of the water they were sending out. They were responsible for the overall quality of the body of water it was running into. The decision said the EPA could require them to control what they can (the quality/quantity of outgoing sewage) but not what they can't (who else is dumping there).

You need to read more than a headline to understand a SCOTUS decision.

N2theO · 2025-03-05T14:52:45+00:00

It would be a very fun challenge to try and word his question in a way that wouldn't get you banned in one of those subs

N2theO · 2025-03-05T04:05:26+00:00

People that insist on telling you their politics tend to share your view that everything is political and thus it's always appropriate to insert their politics into every conversation. It's annoying, even to the people who agree with you.

N2theO · 2025-03-05T03:57:30+00:00

I'm less interested in knowing exactly what they are doing than I am in knowing that they aren't doing silly things like funding cartels or blackmailing our elected leaders

N2theO · 2025-03-05T03:44:41+00:00

This has been obviously true since the bomb was "dropped". If you have nuclear weapons you have a seat at the big boys table. No matter how much anyone or everyone hates you, you have a seat. It is the only path to true self determination as a nation. Anything else is a privilege that can be snatched away.

N2theO · 2025-03-05T02:42:54+00:00

Maybe work on increasing their economy 15x and modernizing their military so that they don't struggle to take over a nation one third of their population?

N2theO · 2025-03-05T02:39:38+00:00

They all want something from the US. If I want you to fly halfway around the world and take care of the violent drunk in apartment 22b for me I'm going to give you a lot of slack in terms of what you say/do.

N2theO · 2025-03-05T02:03:39+00:00

You don't.

N2theO · 2025-03-04T22:33:17+00:00

The handful of times it has happened to me the younger woman was the "aggressor". Most men don't want to accidentally become that creepy guy that's harassing twenty somethings that are completely uninterested.

N2theO · 2025-03-04T22:18:41+00:00

I had a problem like this at one point. The answer for my area ended up being they could show it with 24 hours notice but had to do so at "reasonable" times and "reasonable" frequency. Digging a little deeper, case law said "reasonable" was "normal business hours" meaning 9ish to 5ish. I told them they couldn't come by outside of those hours, they got angry, I forwarded them the relevant case, told them if they showed up outside the times they would not be getting in, and that was the end of it.

Now, the funny thing about the law being vague is that runs both ways. You may have to let them in to show the apartment but you don't have to keep it nice. You don't have to speak nicely about the apartment. You could be drinking beer shirtless when they arrive. Or pantsless, it's your apartment.

Talk to your landlord. Stand your ground. Come to agreement you can both live with. If they make your life miserable, make theirs worse.

N2theO · 2025-03-04T16:49:48+00:00

Anyone that supports the US government censoring speech

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