falserum

(1) Nothing changes over night. (Unless you want explosions; I surely dont)

(2) The most important thing is that power was handed over peacefully. New guy, new team, new ideas and approaches.

Nato bombed Serbia in 1999. Russia is anti nato. Result unsurprising.

Hopefully, wounds are healing, and more productive friends can be found.

If you question was honest, most likely - a dislike for semantic bleaching.

Also, some (not me), have survived regimes like Tito, Assad or Saddam, they definitely would have different perspective on word oppression.

(A thing to get us on the same ground, lets call him extremely corrupt, very few will dispute that)

How come?

One way to look at glorious olden days is that man with one job could feed his whole family.

Other way to look at same times is that panama canal construction cost tens of thousands of lives and US had did not end systemic racism until 80’s.

I posit that no small part of prosperity of middle class was result of having less fortunate helping out due to lesser bargaining power (somewhere else in the country or the world)

It is good that people die less during construction. And it is ok to cost more.

> apex of economic exploitation

A bit self centered take.

Centuries(Millenia) of slaves would probably dispute that.

> were routinely killed

Does that happen now? How often? Are you or your friends at risk?

> why is it laughable to say that there is a need to resist the injustice

It is not, it is normal and necessary.

Thing that is laughable is push for violence expecting a good outcome.

How safe would you feel knowing that yesterday your neighbour killed 3 rich guys (and probably redistributed their stuff)?

Starting tradition of violence is easier than stoping it.

Businesses operate in a world as it is now, not as we wish it to be. Facebook has a lot of people there, and also lot of businesses have it as their only webpage. If we want to change the world we start with this version that we currently have. You will have hard time convincing bar owner start renting server or paying web dev if current facebook-page is good enough already now. (Disclaimer: I do not use facebook and I’m quite frustrated when the only webpage for the business is on facebook :( )

In unrelated topic, each person decides how much to spend spend/borrow/save as it is private decision to make, but to control inflation government manipulates bond interest rates which force public to change their behaviour.

To each their own, but I would not like to be in France during those riots. (Also, does the outburst of violence actually result in more changes being done? If no, then what’s the point; if yes, then the most violent organiser policy wins; does not seem like a winning strategy)

I do know that there are stiff penalties in Russia. (Ranging from official court stuff, to beatings and rape using bottles)

And yes I know that this is far from statistically sound way of gathering data.

But it is quite illustrative.

You can see in interviews some people say: I do not want to comment on this (I guess 90% due to being afraid of those penalties due to disagreement)

Some speak very (incomprehensibly) bravely and strongly against the war.

Others choose words like: we should just use nuclear weapons.

Btw different episodes come from different places, somewhat showing different demographics.

> Artifactory

This name makes me less surprised :)

There is no such thing as bad publicity. (Technically not true, but definitely applicable in this concrete case, as planned P/E ratios are crazy)

There are two side of the coin. Like with sociopath - they have utility if you think you can control/motivate them.