A regime like Putin's is stable until it suddenly is not. Russia has a lot of dark times ahead of it.
well, they had it coming
Is this the company that was criticised for banning adult content?
How long before they go bankrupt?
GDPR violation.
F you, Uber.
They tried to bypass taxi laws in our main city and the municipality just kicked them out. Never thought I would say it, but here am I:
Good job, government. Well done.
True and accurate.
I just want to add that we need to rein in capitalist greed, reduce car reliance, mitigate climate change, stand with our LGBTQ friends, and allow for fair distribution of wealth, so that the 1% don't hoard all resources built in the economy.
What is not clear?
For history:
Revolutions by Mike Duncan. You can start with the Haitian and the Mexican revolutions. Then just listen to whichever season you want.
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History.
The History of Rome by Mike Duncan.
These are absolutely amazing.
Honorable mentions for Behind the Bastards and Lions Lead by Donkeys, if you like some banter along with the story telling.
Edit: someone in here reminded me about Your Undivided Attention. It is, literally and without irony, the most important podcast you could ever listen.
This cannot be said enough times: Russia is a terrorist state. Nothing excuses Russia's war of agression. Failure to help Ukraine amounts to complicity in genocide.
IQ scores, in the way they are currently used, are absolutely useless and cannot tell you who is smart and who is not. They tell you who is good at taking tests.
I highly recommend the podcast series "My Year in Mensa" - it is a nice little story showing that high IQ probably does not account for much.
To your question - the answer is humility. Be humble and understanding. Everyone has something to offer.
I am from Eastern Europe and I share this sentiment when I see anyone from the West defending communism. The issue is complicated but, to put it bluntly:
No, Timothy, communism didn't fail in Eastern Europe because it was implemented wrongly. This is a very complicated topic but the tldr summary is "It is a broken idea, it did not work and it will never work. The natural and logical outcome of any attempt at Marxism is a bloodbath followed by autocracy."
That being said, communism isn't the only way to achieve a more equitable society. You have social democracy (in Lennin's words - communism's greatest adversary); organized labour movements; collectivist anarchism; communitariasm, etc.
Communism, as applied in the 20th century, violently fought against or oppressed all of these movements and is incompatible with any of them.
Not to mention that in most countries nowadays orthodox communists have been hugely discredited for excusing the Russian war of annihilation against the Ukrainian people.
In conclusion, if you live in the USA or Western Europe and you are unhappy with how corporate greed has ruined society, don't look to communism for answers. There are many other proposed solutions out there - go and research these. Communism is very well known, which makes it easily accessible to people who want change - but it is never, ever the solution.
The fact that they seem to really have expected a Biden "pardon" is absolutely hilarious to me.