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[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago

It’s a no-brainer, if NATO was the imperial profit generating machine you claim it to be, Trump would have been all over it. Trump would have expanded NATO, expanded the borders, made more wealth. That’s what Business men like Trump do. That’s why Nazis, like Tankies, are anti-NATO. Nazis don’t want to pay to protect other countries, Nazis want more power. Nazis would just invade a country, like Russia does, not tried to maintain an expensive treaty.

That very clearly frames NATO as a good thing since otherwise the orcs would invade you. Never mind the fact that NATO expansion was the reason for the war and that NATO is the primary destabilizing force in the world today.

You can’t have an empire without an emperor - a single unchanging authoritarian leader that decides the movement for the rest of the country.

You used so many words to say you're historically illiterate. Late stage empires have always looked precisely the way US empire looks today where the oligarchs put in political puppets to do the governing. Late Roman empire often had demented old men as emperors who didn't actually make any decisions.

I just love how you flaunt your ignorance with each and every comment.

[-] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

That very clearly frames NATO as a good thing since otherwise the orcs would invade you.

I wouldn't call anyone an orc, but Russia is an imperialist power trying to expand its border through a military invasion, so that is always something you need to consider. I don't consider it to be a good thing to lay down and let colonizers run over you.

NATO is not good, but Putin gives reason for NATO to not disband yet.

Never mind the fact that NATO expansion was the reason for the war

Lol, no. Did it influence Putin? Sure. Did it make the decision to lie about invading and then immediately after invade like he's a helpless little puppet on strings? No.

The $1 billion question is why isn't Putin reaching out to create defensive treaties with his neighbors first. Why not a defense treaty with Ukraine?

Once you can figure that out, your worldview will start to be a lot more sane.

Late Roman empire often had demented old men as emperors who didn't actually make any decisions.

The US is not a late state empire like Rome. That's a * hits bong * "what if history is just like repeating itself over and over again man" kind of take. Not that no similarities exist.

Just list for me for how many years the US has a demented old man in charge.

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