Aside from the unacceptable violence, the story here is far more complicated than that.
They were just impossible to work with.
I think PeopleMakeGames did a good YouTube video on it if you've not seen it.
FarceOfWill
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PPP is difficult with defence spending, especially when nations are running a war economy and recruiting prisoners for free
The us spends that much more than anyone, including its enemies.
The us just spends way too much. Matching us defence spending is kind of a lot. Combined the EU current defence spending is second only to the us
Using this money to buy tech from Ukraine would be delicious
The peace agreement between Napoleon and Austria included Napoleon taking independent (but in the coalition) Venice.
It was kind of an awful elitist place but it was also the oldest democracy in the world at the time. Napoleon destroyed that, and all the monestaries. You can see the ruins of them around the lagoon if you visit.
It's a very odd way to frame it.
This is almost entirely a European plan.
The flickering of them in the atmosphere is her so it's just justified enough for a poem
The NATO wargamed expectation for the Baltic's is that Russia invades very quickly ( faster than the planned ukraine 3 day operation as they're smaller), overthrowing the government before NATO can react in the expectation that NATO would struggle to invade a deafeated nation, and so fragmenting the alliance.
If this sounds insanely risky, well Putin never did it. But as a plan it's not too bad. I think you know better than me the state of Europe's readiness to counter this, they are extremely aware of the possibility.
The other point is that for Ukraine support this isn't just a generic issue with size of military in the abstract, Europe as a whole does not have enough factories producing specifically artillery shells to support the artillery dominated land war in Ukraine. Ramping those up would take time, so even if Europe tries to help the forms it can take will differ to the USA and force different (worse? I can't judge) choices on the ground.
You've answered the question of why America doesn't protest, but maybe not in the way you think you have
There have been cases of crypto miners embedded but once discovered they're nuked so quick it's hard to get more than rumours.
C# modding is the most likely vector (rimworld, cities skylines, unity stuff) but Skyrim skse mods are raw code too. All can be misused.
Usually lua mods have a sandbox so they're safe. Eg.factorio. and, um, more but my mind has gone blank.
Subsidise orchards like we do open farm land?
(I am not good enough at this law to know if orchards get the farming subsidies, happy to be informed by Lemmy people)
As a good virtue ethicist I walk away from the lever and live my virtuous life
Probably by trying to beat up Persians. Or some other city state. Or slaves. You know, virtuously