Post AaBXzJlddBSQ6WcpyS by angdraug@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AaBXzHR0IvlOrwxKXA by angdraug@mastodon.social
       2023-09-14T19:23:03Z
       
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       As a long time socialist anti-fascist pacifist anarchist, I find it very awkward to ask this, but this the the world we live in. If you are a European, urge your government to step up the defence spending. If you are an American, vote for Democrats. Last time we had a war like this in Europe, it killed tens of millions. The only way to not let this one spill out of #Ukraine is to send more arms sooner. The time when you get to pay this down with just money is running out.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/12/ukraine-europe-aid-trump/
       
 (DIR) Post #AaBXzInNFFFf5cQi2a by gubi@sociale.network
       2023-09-27T05:37:44Z
       
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       @angdraug you are right, it is really awkward to see supporters of anarchism embracing militarism and nationalism, the attitude that make people looking at missiles seeing magic wands that bring peace and justice.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaBXzJlddBSQ6WcpyS by angdraug@mastodon.social
       2023-09-27T06:28:34Z
       
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       @gubi Learn from history. Makhnovists put machine guns on horse carriages to defend their democracy. If they had missiles and drones back then, they would have used missiles and drones. They lost the war against the Russian Empire primarily because they ran out of ammunition, and a little because they weren't nationalist enough and turned their back on Bolsheviks. Mussolini and Hitler weren't defeated with flowers, they were defeated by battleships, bombs, and tanks made from American steel.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaBXzKXqjw1QW3BL7Y by gubi@sociale.network
       2023-09-27T06:34:24Z
       
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       @angdraug I prefer to learn from the history of peoples, not from the history of armies, governments and weapons. I like to learn something also from math and calculus: this allows me to compare the military expenditure of the Atlantic imperialism against the military expenditure of Russian imperialism. You too should do your math before asking for a raise in the military expenditure of the “army of good” which is already 15 times greater than the army of evil.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaBXzLCGJgLeXO5c6y by angdraug@mastodon.social
       2023-09-27T06:50:14Z
       
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       @gubi Sounds like the only people you care about is the island nation of yourself. Putin calls for extermination of Ukrainians as a people. Makhno's defeat was followed by Holodomor and genocides of Ukrainians, Belarusians, Crimean Tatars, Chechens, and many other peoples. No amount of money can bring back the dead, but here you have the luxury of being able to spend money to save lives, and instead you're doing... whatever this is. Greed? Glee? Indifference? Not sure I even want to know.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaBXzM1fEZSt6o8fEO by angdraug@mastodon.social
       2023-09-27T07:17:54Z
       
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       @gubi Oh, and the reason Russia spends so little per soldier compared to NATO is the military doctrine Russia used since the times it was still called the Horde: zerg rush with underequipped conscripts, execute those who retreat, declare POWs traitors, raze entire cities to the ground. They call it the "let women make more soldiers" strategy. A military that doesn't value human life, be it their own soldiers or the civilians, is indeed cheap. Tracks that you'd consider this praiseworthy.
       
 (DIR) Post #AaBZWNXaiqKhJlNqN6 by angdraug@mastodon.social
       2023-09-27T07:29:51Z
       
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       @gubi Kozielsk, Novgorod, Kazimir, Stalingrad, Minsk, Aleppo, Mariupol.