it’s not a joke
If you're going to argue that "ethnic groups" aren't the basis of states then you're just wrong and ■■■■■■■■■
pyramid head died because i killed him with a sword LOL
Nevermind that rejecting this premise is extremely problematic for our Greatest Ally.
75% of the "states" in Africa are just completely fake and are better described by the tribes that inhabit them.
I believe there is a passage by de Tocqueville that specifically compares America to a dog breeding operation funnily enough.
You compute a swap between the citizens of Ukraine and Mongolia, that is all Mongolians are now Ukrainians and all Ukrainians are Mongolians: does the state of Ukraine "still exist"?
I posit no, it doesn't: the above transfer produces a paper citizenry who have no incentive to do the basis of the state: manage resources (in respect to the future) and operate a military.
Yeah I don’t know the people of Ukraine largely hate Russians though like most Eastern Europeans
You can call them Russians (they are) doesn’t change the fact the Russians living in Ukraine hate Russia, except for the ones living in areas where they don’t hate Russia
Allow the DPR and LPR to join Russia and become federal districts of Russia, the western part of Ukraine just becomes a gay sex Mecca of europe
War solved
Imagine instead of this invasion, Putin just annex’s the two regions that want to join Russia already, then when Ukrainians shell the Donbas they launch a military operation with the basis of Ukraine shelling Russian territory
Wow kremlin needs to hire me
I mean that almost on the table to begin with putin just wanted to flex
Instead he's caused a national embarrassment and his country appears weaker than ever
It's similar to the balkans and east asia. Others may hate and distrust them but nothing quite like the locals
They'll be able to push back ukrainian defences at will on the open ground where it's a lot easier for russia to screen for their tanks but the first phase of war was nothing short of a complete catastrophe and demonstration of how pathetic russia's military is for it's size
I guess also reaffirmation of the effectiveness of determined defenders supplied with decent equipment
i think im like half swedish, do I qualify?