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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.

Why? Because Indonesia is a democratic country? You would support your country only if it was ruled by a psychopathic dictator?

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...

Yes, they are happy to be “neutral” countries, because their neighbors are civilized NATO and EU countries that don’t want to annex their territories. Finland and Sweden wanted to be neutral countries as well, until they realized they are too close to Russia to afford neutrality. After all...

It won’t join tomorrow or next year. It takes time for a country to do the necessary reforms in order to join the EU. The same things you say about Ukraine right now have been said in the past about other Eastern European countries, yet they managed to change and join the EU. Ukraine is in the...

In situations like this, leaders must do what is right, not what is popular with the electorate. Russia has worked hard to spread its propaganda in Europe, and many people (like you and your friends) believe Putin’s lies and are willing to allow Russia to grab land by force. This is when...

Remember that the Russian propaganda is actively trying to discredit Ukraine and create the sensation of futility in its resistance and an inevitable defeat. Those footage we’re seeing may just be isolated incidents that the Russian propaganda is presenting as the norm. There have been plenty...

That’s where the poor strategic vision of Putin has been revealed. He underestimated the situation in Ukraine because he is stuck in his XIV century ways and cannot fully understand the realities of the XXI century. Anyone with a brain knew that Ukraine will not bend over for Putin, after...

With such moves, he may just hasten his own Maidan moment.