I want to watch foundation and silo, but want to try reading them first. Unfortunately, I don’t think I have any good sci-fi to watch at the moment other than those two.
That’s a false equivalency. Genocide is core to Nazi ideology. And communism didn’t cause the death of millions any more than capitalism caused the deaths of millions. It gets pretty messy when you try and attribute unintentional deaths to an economic system. And frankly, kind of gross when you conflate unintentional deaths with the very deliberate and systematic execution of people.
Yup, my understanding is there is a lot of oil in Ukraine (I think donbas specifically but don’t quote me on that). And arguably more importantly, a major pipeline runs through Ukraine. My understanding is the EU is currently very reliant on Russian oil and they would very much like to not be. Hence, why Ukrainian membership to NATO is so attractive.
I think a lot of people in the West dismiss Putin as a nutjob, but I think there is a rational reason for controlling Ukraine. Oil is Russia’s largest export after all.
All of that isn’t meant to excuse Russia; it’s unethical to murder for oil. But it’s intellectually lazy to dismiss a rational actor (albeit an unethical actor) as crazy. But capitalism gonna capitalism. And until we put an end to capitalism, people are going to continue to murder for money.
Yeah, no shit, that’s what the police, military, and judicial system exist for, state sponsored executions. But if you want me to believe that Obama is personally putting hits out on his sous chef, I’m gonna need some evidence.
These rich and powerful fucks do all sorts of evil shit right in the open, for all of us to see. They don’t need to be killing chefs to keep things quiet. They go on national tv and brag about their fucked up “accomplishments”.
Occam’s razor says the dude was either drunk or a bad swimmer or both.
What are you Watching? (August 2023) (lemmy.world)
Hello /c/sciencefiction lemmies. I’ve put together an image of some of the most discussed shows from July 2023....
Communist parties are banned in Ukraine BTW. (lemmy.ml)
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Lenin (programming.dev)
Obama family chef dies in paddleboarding accident on Martha's Vineyard (www.latimes.com)
Empress forgot to take her meds again (lemmy.world)
The Story of Factorio, the Game that Only Increases in Price (youtu.be)