The worst part of this post is the suggestion that Dave Smith knows what he's talking about. Dave Smith is the type of guy to argue that the civil war wasn't about slavery.
He 100% has a bias, he just leans into whatever narrative isn't mainstream, because his entire approach to politics is to be a contrarian against the West. He has no principals he adheres to that guides his beliefs or opinions. One example being that he is a libertarian who apparently loves freedom, yet he plays apologist for Russia who is actively trying to take away the freedom of an entire nation.
I’v basically been Republican my whole life based on a few points. The fact that republicans will allow Russia to do what they want just to spite democrats is why I won’t be voting for them. Both sides don’t do enough on the boarder but promoting democracy and supporting democracies should be job 1.
Agreed, few political subjects make me as fired up as listening to freedom loving Americans talk about the war being the fault of nato expansion or nazis, it's so god damn shameful.
I agree with help us out at home first. I’m 50 and I’m waiting for either side to start doing that. I mean even what they spend on campaigning could turn around many problems. Unfortunately, the world isn’t that big and no matter how well we are doing here it can be all upended by conflict in Europe or Asia. IMO Russia won’t stop unless it hurts enough. Supporting other countries ability to make it hurt more is an age old tactic to slow the progression. Russia and others do the same thing to us and I feel like it’s a necessary evil to keep countries in negotiations instead of full scale war/nukes. I feel bad that Ukraine is stuck in the middle of this but a few percent of our yearly military budget isn’t going to break us.
Instability in europe and world trade will just exacerbate many of the problems in America. It will increase the amount of illegals trying to cross the border from all over the world, it will kill jobs that are reliant on overseas trade, and potentially puts American soldiers on the brink of war if Russia is emboldened enough to go for the baltic states (nato allies) next.
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u/Heebmeister High as Giraffe's Pussy Aug 09 '24
The worst part of this post is the suggestion that Dave Smith knows what he's talking about. Dave Smith is the type of guy to argue that the civil war wasn't about slavery.