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FSF voting member ascribes blame for russian invasion of Ukraine to, uh, Europe: https://snac.lx.oliva.nom.br/lxo/p/1740529517.639475 (in response to a tankie meme that kind of fails to take into account that the USSR sphere of influence was RATHER A LOT LARGER than Russia is today)
Like fuck WHERE WAS THE WARSAW PACT BORDER ON THIS MAP BEFORE 1990 https://ursal.zone/users/austra_lopiteco/statuses/114064746376798913
The only actual change near Russia's borders since *2004* was as a result of Russia invading Ukraine this is a map that aims to just fucking lie to people
@mjg59 I am starting to get the feeling that this guy is a professional dumbass whose job is to just have bad takes all day (he seems great at it, no notes)
@mjg59 Heaven forbid other European countries be afraid of Russia's imperialism and wanting to make sure they can actually defend themselves. Russia totally proved they don't need that by checks notes proving they do. Hm.
@mjg59 haha apparently Croatia was in NATO in '90?
@tintvrtkovic @mjg59 ... as was the western half of Czechoslovakia. Great map indeed.
@tintvrtkovic @mjg59 While only exiting Yugoslavia in '91. Yeah, it's impressive.
@mjg59 Perhaps so. But I find the analysis of Jeffrey Sachs he did a couple of days ago extremely unsettling. As in: how to fuck did we get here !?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD_KEFpuIro
@mjg59 it is also totally factually wrong. All these countries btw. joined nato by their own wish, unlike they were forced to be Warsaw pact members before.
@Nfoonf @mjg59 not sure how easy it is to say "they" joined against their will. The degree to which governments aligned with popular sentiment varied historically from country to country and government to government. One of the reasons it's important today to ensure countries today express clear and transparent democratic decisions and why Trumpism is so dangerous.
@stark @mjg59 nato membership comes with obligations you have to fulfill for help in case of attack through another country that’s not a member.if you look at this map, it is pretty obvious why all these countries decided to join and which country they had in mind. Why does Russia have such a problem with countries getting allies in case of an attack? Why not Austria? Austria has a small military force and is nearly encircled by NATO Countries? I never heard Austria complain.