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[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yes, and the taste of what's in most energy drinks is what's being sought for here.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 1 points 1 week ago

BBC News says it was said using a megaphone when talking to a large crowd:

Petro shared a video on social media of him addressing a large crowd through a megaphone in Spanish on Friday.

He called for the formation of a "world salvation army, whose first task is to liberate Palestine".

"That is why, from here in New York, I ask all soldiers in the United States Army not to point their rifles at humanity," he said. "Disobey Trump's order! Obey the order of humanity!"

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You forgot to read the end of my comment.

We are almost completely in agreement.

(Of course Trump's rhyme and reason are irrelevant here. The president of Colombia is not known as a moron and there is a demand for him to act like a diplomat even when visiting a moron. But, Trump, Mussolini and similar make an exception: the charter of Human Rights is the most important piece of rules there is, and it basically requires everybody to behave that way. Therefore: unusual but acceptable.)

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 2 points 1 week ago

In Finland Tampere has been gaining much more relevance, Oulu somewhat. Kuopio, Kajaani and Joensuu used to be more relevant than they are.

And then there are Imatra and Lappeenranta, whose economies and importance are based on them being located at the Russian border and having border crossings to the Russia. Now that the Russia has showed its real face, those cities have largely lost their meaning.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 2 points 1 week ago

I'm a big fan of Shattered Pixel Dungeon!

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's the second most controlled country in the world, right after North Korea.

A mad place!

Also, almost all places on trains are reserved for party members, meaning that to get to another city you neither need to bribe somebody or book your ticket a month in advance.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Not the time I've encountered such a confusion.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 8 points 1 week ago

Cannot speak for all if us Finns, but at least for me the first association was: "Rammstein", and when I continued pondering which song specifically, my brain popped an answer as if it was a self clarity: "Du hast".

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

"Disobey Trump's orders" is what he said. Disobey horrible orders whether legal or illegal.

A ballsy thing for a president to go to a demonstration in another country and tell its military to disobey their own president. If the president of Portugal did the same in Denmark, I would absolutely expect him to be expelled from the Danish territory.

Personally, if any country's president was to do the same in Finland, I would see that as an actual act of war by his country.

This all having been said: whatever is done against Trump is done for USA. The president of Colombia did an awesome thing and I'm happy he did it!

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I almost completely agree with PM_ME_etc. Even to the part that yes, you are afraid of China and Chinese cultures in ways that are not necessary.

At the same time, it is China's goal to turn the west towards authoritarianism. Many parts of MAGA's political goals are coaligned with those of China, even if their goals regarding economy politics are extremely different.

Currently an increasing share of the western consumption is fed by factories in China. We're currently practically completely able to produce mobile phones without China, because even if the phone is made in Mexico or South Korea, it is still made of Chinese components, such as the tiny torx screws not made in scale in a reasonable quality anywhere else than China.
Eventually China will shut down that trade. It will hurt China, but if as a consequence China can get us under its command, they will gain more than they lose.

Currently it would be extremely crucial to support industrial production practically anywhere outside China, some clear cases, such as NK, of course excluded. An amount of sinophobia is very necessary to make this happen!

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

This shows very well to what extent China is communist.

  • nationalizing industries: yes
  • making industries worker-controlled
  • private property partially abolished
  • workers' rights even less supported than in USA
  • capitalist class being steadily empowered (they are getting increasingly rich and disconnected from the workers, even if their companies do have to follow the state lead than in more civilized countries)
  • wealth is being moved to the wealthy (albeit not nearly as fast as in USA)

Of course this only tells whether China is.following its own official ideology, not whether what someone else does fulfills that ideology or not.

[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

the people who hold the other keys are the ones most likely to lead a coup against putin.

They are also ones that will absolutely, unavoidably, get informed if Putin wants to launch nuclear weapons. It's unlikely they will agree, so if Putin ever is to ask them to use their "keys", he will show himself as an utmost danger to their lives, and they will therefore organize Putin to die within the next 15 minutes or so. And if he manages to hide in a bunker, he will be completely isolated there and will de facto no longer be the POTRF.
Someone else will then take over.

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