On 15/02/2023 00:45, Michael Benson wrote:
(Why 'we' in quotes? Who're we, anyway?
"We" are of course the free world - for context from today's paper see
for instance:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan
As was noted: Taiwan next.
The overarching context - as context seems to be such a hot term - is
trade war and the electrification of consumer civilization.
Making this about "Putin", i.e. a single person and his "unlawful" acts,
is beyond intellectually lazy reductionism. It is ridiculous, even,
unless, perhaps, performed as a deliberate act of distraction from the
bigger picture.
Indeed, it's probably what that chat robot would say....
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