Russia Surrounded

[WashYourHands]

good to see you @Leo

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Lol, sure, if you think tankies are "liberals."

New York Times said

 

[DannyL]

To give some background, Ukraine is currently at war with Russia.

Fuck off idiot

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Fuck off idiot

People in a country at war with another country will tend to back their own country, regardless of the rights and wrongs so it doesn't really tell us anything

 

[Clinamenic]

 

[DannyL]

Possibly best analysis of the speech:

 

[craner]

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I know this has become one of my catchphrases, but have you even read The End of History?

 

[Clinamenic]

I know this has become one of my catchphrases, but have you even read The End of History?

No, and I don’t think I will. And surely you can think of a better catchphrase. You’re Oliver Craner, for berlusconi’s sake!

 

[Clinamenic]

My queue consists chiefly of the classics, dear Craner. Fukuyama is a meme, and as a meme I shall handle him, until I am otherwise convinced.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Does anyone else wonder how often his name accidentally gets misspelled as 'Fukyamama'?

 

[DannyL]

Does anyone else wonder how often his name accidentally gets misspelled as 'Fukyamama'?

probably not no

 

[WashYourHands]

 

[craner]

No, and I don’t think I will.

Don't be an ignoramus.

 

[Clinamenic]

Yeah shitposting aside I don’t have any intentions to read him, but that could change. I vaguely recall hearing that Fukuyama was influenced by Kojeve, and kojeves interested me for a while, so if anything that would probably be why I’d read Fukuyama.

 

[craner]

You have a very utilitarian attitude to reading. There's no question of pleasure or knowledge, it's all about finding relevant material to feed into your preconceived systems. Everything else is vanity, or waste.

 

[Mr. Tea]

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I see my biggest fan is still up to his old tricks.

Hi Wash! Have you considered not being severely mentally ill for a change?

 

[Clinamenic]

You have a very utilitarian attitude to reading. There's no question of pleasure or knowledge, it's all about finding relevant material to feed into your preconceived systems. Everything else is vanity, or waste.

True re: pleasure, I generally don’t enjoy reading.

 

[Clinamenic]

Well that’s not completely true, I find reading nourishing and fulfilling, but it’s not something I generally do for fun.

 

[WashYourHands]

I see my biggest fan is still up to his old tricks.

Hi Wash! Have you considered not being severely mentally ill for a change?

 

[Mr. Tea]

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Aww, bless 'im.