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There was a big show of

Orion — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 01:42:40 +0000

In reply to With Pizza Hut pulling out of

There was a big show of American fast food restaurants showing up in Russia, IIRC.

related to Synder's analysis,

artappraiser — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:21:46 +0000

related to Synder's analysis, here's a statement from the "Workers' Front of Ukraine", they're going for the classic Marxist line - "it's all the capitalists' fault, don't you see? workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains...."

I translated this brief statement by the Workers' Front of Ukraine, which is unequivocal: The war is fuelling reaction across the country. pic.twitter.com/o8ikUBb12J
— Paweł Wargan (@pawelwargan) March 8, 2022

With Pizza Hut pulling out of

artappraiser — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:15:54 +0000

In reply to "A More Unified West"

With Pizza Hut pulling out of Russia, this old commercial came to mind. https://t.co/PhrdThnOV2
— Fr Alexander Laschuk (@byzkanonist) March 8, 2022

for those who don't know

artappraiser — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 19:23:23 +0000

In reply to Yes. Leftists have created a

for those who don't know Snyder, he is a longtime left liberal voice,. amplified by essays in elite publications like the NY Review of Books, but also a prestigious scholar, a Yale historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe and the Holocaust, over 50, not a naive newbie, been around the block some.

Check out his full tweet (that Noah Smith retweeted) and article he recommended by Volodymyr Artiukh on "U.S.-plaining"

"the Western left is doing what it has been doing the best: analysing the American neo-imperialism, the expansion of NATO. It is not enough anymore as it does not explain the world that is emerging from the ruins of Donbas and Kharkiv’s main square" @R2khV https://t.co/epKYqUsgrm
— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) March 6, 2022

Yes. Leftists have created a

artappraiser — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 19:08:03 +0000

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Yes. Leftists have created a whole Grand Theory of why wars happen -- the military-industrial complex, the Blob, imperialism, Israel, etc. -- and just none of it applies to this war at all. Yet they keep trying to use it. It's just utterly broken. https://t.co/ECAiwnJxrr
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) March 6, 2022

And this is just one of the utterly broken Grand Theories that leftists have insisted progressives swallow over the last 7 years or so. The others being their theory of change, degrowth as the organizing principle of environmentalism, and NIMBYism as a form of resistance.
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) March 6, 2022

Yes definitely time to see the writing on the wall, time for new theories & ideas...

Francis Fukuyama in the March

artappraiser — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 07:49:12 +0000

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Francis Fukuyama in the March 4 FT (no paywall for this):
"Putin’s war on the liberal order Democratic values were already under threat around the world before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Now we need to rekindle the spirit of 1989"

"The Ukrainians, more than any other people, have shown what true bravery is, and that the spirit of 1989 remains alive in their corner of the world. For the rest of us, it has been slumbering and is being reawakened."
https://t.co/4w3UhFE1z8
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 5, 2022

well it appears the "more

artappraiser — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 05:20:35 +0000

In reply to "A More Unified West"

well it appears the "more unified west" thing has finally sunk in with the Drumpf as the new populist meme du jour, as opposed to "MAGA". so here's his idea to soothe his cognitive dissonance:

Former President Trump told donors that the US should put Chinese flags on America's F-22s and then 'bomb the shit' out of Russia, leading to conflict between Beijing and Moscow while 'we sit back and watch'. - Josh Dawsey of The Washington Post
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 6, 2022