And he can back that up with the fact Russia has lots of money under the mattress to finance an arms race….oh wait

Time for European countries to deploy their navies to patrol the waters around these facilities and pipelines.

>not completely crazy

He's probably not as crazy as Putin is behind closed doors, but anyone that can spew the type of ridiculous nonsense he does with a straight face is pretty crazy.

Ukraine gets invaded by Russian troops stationed in Belarus

Ukraine stations troops on border

Belarus "This is a clear provocation by Ukraine!"

Where are all the people who were convinced the NS attacks were done by the U.S. to push the EU away from Russia? I'd love to hear their nutjob take on this one.

The invasion by Russia from Belarusian territory didn’t threaten Ukraines security one bit…. How dare those Ukrainians prepared for war that was started upon them.

I would say there are significantly higher % of non-billionares who care about the climate crisis than % of billionaires, but that's not the point. The point is that 1 billionare in a capitalistic system has millions of times the power to change the dynamic on how we address climate change than the average person does. We could have 10 million people march on D.C. to pass legislation that gets us moving toward a more sustainable future, but 5 billionares could determine what is in that legislation because of their lobbying power. It makes regular people feel powerless.

Same reason you don't pick a fight with a scrawny kid with a gun. But if he starts a fistfight, you punch back.

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Oh I wouldn’t doubt it for a sec.

While I’m alive at least one billionaire runs the risk of experiencing what the rest of us will be forced to endure because of their greed. They should save everyone some time and effort and baste themselves in butter, salt and pepper now while they still have the choice.

Wow you managed to confirm the assumptions you already held. How scientific

It’s already built.

It’s not just about Russia though. There’s a developing coalition of autocratic states supporting each other. We need to take that seriously and develop diplomatic countermeasures

I'm not sure if you're missing the point here or for unknown reasons protecting billionaires. These companies make billions in profits. Profits are after all employees, bills, and taxes are paid. Many corporations don't pay their employees enough to eat or be housed and then make even MORE in profits. I don't really care if the CEO's net worth is based on nonsense stock prices, they still have WAY too much and don't pay nearly enough in taxes.

The point was people with a ridiculous amount of money are not worried about the effects of climate change because they think they have the wealth to protect themselves from resource insecurity.

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A conventional war would be bad enough. Mainly my worry is a simultaneous war in Europe and Asia, or another war following an intensified rivalry with all the involved parties. There’s no backing down from aggression here, but even if we win that, it doesn’t mean it won’t suck.

So is this the downfall of the Putin Union?

Guess that confirms the suspicions about those Russian citizens suddenly looking at various bits of infrastructure with drones and having encrypted photos on their cameras when trying to leave the northern countries back at the outset of the war.

GRU DTF?

Unfortunately there will be a lot of sad, butt-hurt Russians that will need to be "dealt with" when Ukraine kicks them out.

They there to stop you from invading.

What? Why do you think they are there you fucking oaf? Russians are attacking them and building up forces in your country. This is going to be a false flag I can see it a mile away.

Shut up and get fucked by the lover of your dreams, then jog on and lead a lovely and full life.

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