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Zelensky: 'Our partners fear that Russia will lose this war'
(kyivindependent.com)
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Fuck.
I understand the math but disgusted at the moral/ethics.
Destruction would potentially cause post WWI vibe, could create a massive migration issue, cause further suffering or the development of horrible black market bullshit or anything in between, that power vacuum would be awful.
Burn out would probably cause more revolutionary thinking and inspire a change in direction.
Fuck. I honestly just want people to not fuckin die.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
As long as there are people willing to kill to oppose it, death is an unfortunate necessity for democracy's preservation.
I wonder whether it's possible to fight wars without – ideally – having casaulties at all.
For example, sedating instead of killing. Afterwards prison camps or something like that. Admittedly, given the scale, it is financially and logistically a tremendous effort. But how much must a human life "be worth" in order to be spared?
There are other obvious issues like civil unrest, if the other party keeps killing soldiers of one's own military.
Still, it's better than to end lifes from my perspective. One side must be the bigger one.
We spend so much effort and resources into specialising how to kill each other. But we don't use that resources for finding alternative ways.
If there are people who really want to kill each other, throw them together and leave the rest alone.
That's one interesting concept of future wars. I like it. Walking down the streets and bam sleeping gas!
Wake up in some waiting room with thousands of others, massive headache, getting water and pain meds handed by enemy military personnel. Watch the latest statistics on which nation got most people in possession. Get sent home, learn new language, get used to new religion. War is exhausting but also fun.
Reminds me when I was a foreign exchange student
I guess you can deseibe many experiences with 'exhausting but fun'
don‘t follow people who say stuff like that, too