Kyiv in three days!

we’re pinched for energy and dependent on the US for it unless we diversify our imports (russia) or produce our own (nuclear)

From what I heard, the EU is replacing Russian energy dependency with imports from the US and Norway, and I'm sure there would be other options if we cut off the US as well. Also, plenty of European countries have nuclear plants, and some are building more (UK) and well as increasing renewable production.

Whats even harder to fix is the brain-drain with most academics leaving for US

From what I've been hearing, academia in the US is kinda fucked - probably even more now with ~Republicans~ Nazis in charge - so I'd need a source for that. In fact, in the last few months, by YouTube keeps recommending me videos of (American) people talking about why they left academia.

Says the pro russian

It's not just nice things, but useful ones.

There are people living in poverty that could be brought out of it with this money. Instead it's being used to kill each other.

I am sure the russian/US/whoever will really like all those useful things. Those people in poverty will really do well under the aggressors rule. After all they will be all given a job (disposable soldier, baby machine, etc.) and when they die their family might even get a lada.

And if Putin could calm the fuck down then we could.

Would have needed to start saving 50 years ago for that

True: they could get decent income in a weapons factory.

Pretty sure feudal peasants were living happier than us now.

Yes, not a complaint in the world.

I noticed this too in the last few days and weeks. Fucking russian cunts.

Or they could get decent income in a factory building almost anything else.

Perhaps the best time was back then. The next best time is now.

The sentiment is understandable and in a naive sense I agree, but the paradox of tolerance applies here, and it’s not so straight forward.

Sometimes you just have to punch a nazi in order to stop them getting too comfortable and getting bold. Well, right now the equivalent of the nazi here are, and have been, emboldened for over a decade, and it’s unfortunately going to take a lot of punches to stop them swallowing everyone while and imposing even worse environments and even more poverty for all.

Ensured sovereignty sounds pretty useful to me.

Whoever spend billions in war instead useful things is the aggressor

French nuclear program: Fin!

Putin leverage military spending the same way: "if the west calm the fuck down we could"

USA, Russia, China, Europe they are all corrupted as fuck ruled by maniacs who seek war and power.

We are all humans living in the same planet countries are invisible lines draw on a map

The half that didn't die as kids, you mean?