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frostygrin t1_j6mpgvk wrote

Reply to comment by Ramboxious in Brazil's Lula cold-shoulders Germany's Scholz on Ukraine support by Available_Hamster_44

Then of course I'd say the same thing. I don't think invasions are somehow OK if they don't result in annexations. More importantly, voluntary economic activity is self-justifying and mutually beneficial. When you boycott a country or a company, you're doing it to harm them, yes. Doesn't mean that when you're buying something from them, you're doing it to help them. When you're buying an iPhone, it's not an act of charity towards Apple (or China, where the phone is made).

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SweetLemonCandy t1_j6mpffk wrote

Reply to comment by goodnewbadestnews in UK's House of Commons defence panel calls for expansion of AUKUS to include India, Japan by Kenrockkun

It includes policy advisors to the White House and Senate like Janis Lazda.

“India’s stance on the Ukraine war makes little sense.. The country hasn’t just dumped its democratic principles but is providing crucial financial support for Russia’s brutal invasion.”

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and_dont_blink t1_j6mpei5 wrote

Reply to comment by Rexia2022 in Canada province experiments with decriminalising hard drugs by YoanB

As a caveat, those studies are:

  • Are about outcomes for the addicted, less so the quality of life for others in the community

  • Not as effective as you'd hope. You can find metrics that improve, so you can technically say it's more effective, but not in dramatic ways

>Posturing about being tough on drugs has been a complete waste of money

Have to define posturing, it's one thing for someone to shoot up or rock a pipe in their own home , it's another for kids to get on the bus or train and learn meth smells like cat pee.

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MohamedsMorocco t1_j6moma4 wrote

Reply to comment by LordLurker420 in Canada province experiments with decriminalising hard drugs by YoanB

I don't know, plenty of countries have successful strict drug laws. Drugs just seem to be part of North American culture. A lot of popular NA music is about drugs, they find kids hopped up on drugs after a vist to the dentist to be funny, etc. It's not enough to have intermittent efforts to stump out drug use, which is what you're referring to, there needs to be a sustained effort, which politicians and law enforcement are not capable of carrying because they don't see drug use as a big deal, because it's part of the culture.

It's like trying to fight littering ina developing country, it's difficult because people have a high level of tolerance to garbage in the street. They only care once garbage start stacking up high blocking streets and sidewalks and things start to smell really bad, just like how North Amricans only care about hard drug use when people start dying in droves.

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capybara_from_hell t1_j6moh1f wrote

Reply to comment by Ramboxious in Brazil's Lula cold-shoulders Germany's Scholz on Ukraine support by Available_Hamster_44

Brazil's bilateral trade with Russia is already relatively small (compare it to China, US or Argentina and you'll get what I mean), and joining sanctions would hurt agricultural production since the most important type of import from Russia are fertilisers.

So, having crop failures leading to famine just to please some other country's foreign policy? No, thanks.

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miamigrandprix t1_j6mnxt1 wrote

Reply to comment by ceboja in Brazil's Lula cold-shoulders Germany's Scholz on Ukraine support by Available_Hamster_44

So tell me, how can Ukraine or the West unilaterally declare peace when Russia doesn't want peace and has annexed 5 sizeable regions of Ukraine as its own?

It wants to rebuild the Russian empire and Ukraine is one of many countries in its path of military annihilation towards that. The only way towards peace is physically stopping Russia.

Western leaders have talked to Putin tens of times about 1) not starting the war 2) ending it. Putin never gave a fuck. He wanted war and if he is rewarded with land then he will come for more soon enough.

West doesnt't want this war. Ukraine doesn't want this war. Only Russia does. When the invaders walk back over the border into Russia the war is over. Russia could do it on a whim if they wanted to. But Ukraine can do it only with weapons. Those weapons are needed for peace.

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Indus-ian t1_j6mnw75 wrote

Reply to comment by hansobolo in At 6.1%, India to be fastest-growing economy, projects IMF; China at 5.2% by Gopu_17

There are charts which plot how many people were pulled out of poverty, it has consistently been on the increase over the years. Way more than when india was wallowing in socialist policies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India

> India has achieved annual growth exceeding 7 percent over the last 15 years and continues to pull millions of people out of poverty, according to the World Bank. The country has halved its poverty rate over the past three decades and has seen strong improvements in most human development outcomes, a report by the international financial institution has found. Growth is expected to continue and the elimination of extreme poverty in the next decade is within reach, said the bank, which warned that the country's development trajectory faces considerable challenges.[1

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autotldr t1_j6mnvq2 wrote

Reply to Olympics-IOC Rejects 'Defamatory' Criticism From Ukraine by mulitu

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 74%. (I'm a bot)

> The International Olympic Committee on Monday rejected fierce criticism from Ukrainian officials, who have accused it of promoting war after the body said Russians could potentially be given the opportunity to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

> "The IOC rejects in the strongest possible terms this and other defamatory statements," the IOC told Reuters in a statement.

> The IOC said last week that it welcomed a proposal from the Olympic Council of Asia for Russian and Belarusian athletes to have the chance to compete in Asia.

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