We can only hope and dream that the day will come when this statement becomes true.
Unfortunatelly, no Western leader has declared this ambition, but if Putin continues his endless series of mistakes and poor decisions, this outcome is not unrealistic.
There are so many potential new states...
Ukraine was not part of Russia. The Soviet Union was not Russia. By the same logic, the EU should have rights over the UK, because at one time the UK was part of the EU. And by the same logic, Russia would also have rights over the Baltic states, because they were once part of the Soviet Union...
Good thing that the vast majority of Europe is not made of countries like Switzerland, Austria or Hungary, where Putinist propaganda has brainwashed people at a large scale.
People in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Netherlands or the UK are much better informed when it comes to Russia and they...
This attitude is so disgusting when coming from a European.
I guess Hitler shouldn’t have spared Switzerland back in the day, so maybe people like you would understand more the difference between aggressor and victim.
You still didn’t understand anything. It’s about changing the top people and their party from power, with someone who presents opposite ideas.
If Gary Kasparov could defeat Putin in an election and become president, that would be democratic. But this cannot happen in Russia, because real...
There is a huge difference that you refuse to see. In a democracy, the public has the ability to change the people in power. The head of state, the head of government, etc.
While the elites, oligarhs and big money are generally safe no matter the elections outcome, the country leaders can be...
The illusion is very important, because it reduces tensions in society and keeps people less angry.
Also, while democracoes have many flaws (I said this many times), they still generate change when the electorate demands it. If Trump wins the election for example, he won’t be able to do...
Democracies have many flaws. They are far from perfect. But their main strength is that they don’t allow too much power to accumulate under a single person or family. By doing this, they prevent the most henious crimes and abuses and result in a more stable society.
Democracies also have the...
Technological and economical development are usually correlated with the respect for private property, which is typical in capitalist societies.
Private property is more respected in democratic societies, because democracies have a set of institutions that abide by a set of rules, and there are...
If we look at history, democratic societies account for a tiny fraction of the total. Most of the times all countries were autocratic, and even when some democracies existed, they were mostly the minority.
Despite the fact that democracies have a tiny share of global history, they account for...
The old history is dominated by autocratic regimes, which are characterized by stagnation and slow technological progress. All those examples of empires you give as success stories are actually zero growth societies where centuries have passed without any palpable technological and economic...
The war in Ukraine is very important for the US establishment, as it is part of the long term strategy of containing and weakening Russia. There is no way Trump would be allowed to ruin their plan which is going so well. If Trump will not cooperate (my bet is he will), there is a quick fix for...
Unfortunately Moldova doesn’t have anything resembling an army, so their best bet would be to invite the Ukrainians to liberate Transnistria. They should have done so long time ago.
All Putin fanboys thought that Meloni will be pro-Putin, because she was part of the so called “far right”. She is much more pro-Ukraine than the previous left wing Italian government.
Putinists will have the same surprises with the other “far right” European parties. They think that Le Pen...
CDU is the party of Ursula Von der Leyen, who is very pro-Ukraine.
Also, the leader of the party, Friedrich Merz is a staunch supporter of a strong EU allied with the US and is not a friend of Russia. As for the war, here is an excerpt from Wikipedia: “Following the start of the 2022 Russian...
Ukraine joining NATO would make sense after the war ends, or as part of a peace deal, because Ukraine will have a lot of NATO equipment and a very experienced army. After investing so much money in boosting the Ukraine military, it would be foolish for NATO not to take them in.
Ukraine in NATO...
He didn’t prevent anything. He just iimposed an unpopular law that will further exacerbate the crisis within Georgian society, bringing a Maidan moment closer.
Russia showed that it has zero respect for its neighbors, and the only way to achieve real independence from Russia is thorugh armed...
Slovakia doesn’t border Russia and is a NATO member. They sit confortably far from Russia, so they can afford such treacherous attitude.
Austria, Hungary and Slovakia are Putin’s Trojan horses in the EU. They benefit from the safety of being inside the EU and having civilized neighbors that...
Sending older people to war will actually have zero effect on the future of the Ukrainian nation. Those are people who will not have any more children, and will soon be pensioners, so actually a drag on the resources of the country.
So if you look at it from a cynical perspective (like you...
