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The governor of western Russia's Kaliningrad region blamed the 18th-century German enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant for the outbreak of war in Ukraine. β€œHe is directly related to the military conflict in Ukraine,” Anton Alikhanov, who governs the western exclave of Kaliningrad, said Friday at a local political science forum.

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[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • mr governor, why war was initiated?

  • so it all started in the Plato's cave,

[–] plistig@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Once upon a time, fish left the water. This event was later deemed the root cause for all wars.

[–] trollercoaster@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

[–] trollercoaster@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Don't mess with Plato, apart from being a philosopher, he was a competitive wrestler who would occasionally threaten to beat up people who disagreed with him.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

I think i have an idea who managed to escape the cave and who didn't.

[–] thechadwick@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Remember the time Kant's categorical imperative massed hundreds of thousands of troops for a "training exercise" along the border of a sovereign neighbor state, loudly protesting concerns it was preparing for a ground invasion?

Then when it did invade that neighbor, on the most cynically pretextual grounds imaginable, and began a wholesale slaughter of innocent men, women, and children?

Remember when Kant did that?

Nobody else does either, but it will be a generational memory for Russia to live down now. Hope the good governor gets cancer of the anus talking that kind of shit.

[–] Quittenbrot@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

Hope the good governor gets cancer of the anus talking that kind of shit.

Well. Having to live in Russia and apparently feeling the urge to make these kind of ludicrous comments on a regular basis to please this insane mobster state and ensure it won't be your turn to be dropped out of the nearest window for the next couple of months seems to be a punishment in itself.

[–] PinkOwls@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

Hope the good governor gets cancer of the anus talking that kind of shit.

Nobody respects a man with a bleeding rectum

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish the article went into more detail about the argument. Not because it probably makes sense but because I have a philosophy degree

[–] maorofl@lemy.lol 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://kaliningrad.press/kant-i-ego-filosofija-okazalis-zahvacheny-nechistoj-siloj-gofmana-tezisy-alihanova/ here's the full speech, you probably can run it through google translate to get an acceptable translation. Would love to hear your qualified opinion on his argument.

[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That Kant possibly be true?!?!

[–] trollercoaster@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

It must be, otherwise there would be no good reason why "Kant" is pronounced like "cunt".

[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 10 points 2 years ago

So they are trying to blame the loss of success or the whole war on something else than themselves. Interesting.