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  1. 57 minutes ago, mistral53 said:

    ChatGPT thinks there a some subtle, but significant differences:

     

    'In short, China and Russia are not colonizing Africa in the traditional sense. Instead, they are heavily involved in the continent through economic investments, trade, political engagements, and military cooperation. These activities are sometimes criticized for creating economic dependencies and exerting significant influence, but they do not constitute colonization as historically defined.'

    Well, just what is ChatGPT's historical definition of colonization? I don't use it so can't look it up. I mean, Russia "colonized" the whole of Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Eastern Ukraine (the Donbas), Crimea, and vast swathes of what it claims as Russian territory.

  2. 5 hours ago, johng said:

    To the person who does not know what wars the US have instigated  please go and do some of your own research..I repeat again that  doing your own research does not turn you into a MAGA moron

    and in your case Google is most certainly your friend (CIA  NSA)

     

    What evidence do you have that the CIA or the NSA sponsor or influence Google search results? Are you familiar with their algorithms? If so, you'd better keep quiet. NDAs and all that. And if somebody challenges an assertion made by you, you either provide evidence or withdraw it or see it dismissed. Why should we do your homework for you? That which can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. If you're too bone idle to come up with your links, why should we?

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  3. 5 hours ago, bradiston said:

    Oh ok, let me be as plain as I can be. Without Putin there would be no war in Ukraine, no oil, gas, animal feed, grain and fertilizer crisis. No sanctions. No threat to Russia. There never was one in any case. He just invented it all.

    Yes, for the confused, get rid of Putin, problem solved. Nothing to do with NATO. He's been attacking Ukraine since 2014 when he stole Crimea.

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  4. 4 hours ago, Hummin said:

    What you obviously forget, Russia did not attack any Nato countries, but Nato countries choosed to take part. Now France threatening putting French boots in Ukraine.

     

    They are already there from Nato countries as instructors, but combat troops will change the game. 

     

    What is right or wrong is a different matter, and should said Russia attack Nato? 

    The Russians are all over Africa. And Belarus. Do your homework.

  5. 2 hours ago, Hummin said:

     

     

    Nato War against Russia becomes more and more a likely scenario, and Thailand? What do they have to gain continue relationship with the west against their Neigbhourhood? 

    Oh yeah, NATO war against Russia. You're reading from the Putin playbook. Paranoid delusions. But he used them to justify a preemptive strike against Ukraine. Complete invention.

  6. 55 minutes ago, connda said:

    And the BRICS nations are becoming an economic force dejure.  Western oriented commenters will interject that China and Russia plan Neo-Colonialism of BRICS members.  The attractive part of the BRICS charter is that member states do not interfere with the domestic affairs of other member states.  Of course Western ideologues who promote Western exceptionalism will huff, puff, and snort as they declare all BRICS nations as corrupt dictatorships.  Time will dissect that particular trope and scatter it to the winds.

    This summary is by world renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs:
    "The World Bank figures make clear that the economic dominance of the West is over. In 1994, the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, U.K., U.S.) constituted 45.3% of world output, compared with 18.9% of world output in the BRICS countries (Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Russia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates). The tables have turned. The BRICS now produce 35.2% of world output, while the G7 countries produce 29.3%.

    As of 2022, the largest five economies in descending order are China, the U.S., India, Russia, and Japan. China’s GDP is around 25% larger than the U.S.’ (roughly 30% of the U.S. GDP per person but with 4.2 times the population). Three of the top five countries are in the BRICS, while two are in the G7. In 1994, the largest five were the U.S., Japan, China, Germany, and India, with three in the G7 and two in the BRICS."
    -Jeffrey Sachs,
    https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/emerging-multipolar-world

    And this is just the beginning as the BRICS alliance become the major economic powerhouse driving global commerce as it pulls the third-world and developing world out of poverty - at the same time as the West imposes austerity on it's middle-classes cum Neo-impoverish-classes of citizens.  The future bodes not well for Western economies or its citizens which have literally shot themselves in the feet by attempting to sanction the rest of the world into submission.  It isn't working.  In fact, it's driving non-Western-aligned nations to join the BRICS+ alliances.  Keep an eye on the Saint Petersburg International Ecomonic Forum which directly competes with the Western Davos Forum, as well as the BRICS summit coming up in October 2024.  The world is changing rapidly.  And Western nations are basically screwing themselves.  They could cooperate and compete, but unfortunately they only want to dominate.  That's a losing strategy.


    https://forumspb.com/en/

    https://brics-russia2024.ru/en/

    So what? Big deal.

  7. 1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

    Thailand approved its first spot in Bitcoin ETF, with One Asset Management joining the growing list of jurisdictions approving regulated Bitcoin funds.

    https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/thailand-approves-the-first-spot-bitcoin-etf

    Well, I'd agree the links between hackers and crypto are pretty well established, but buying coin can't really be called investing in hacking. Wait. Yes, I suppose it can! Ok, point taken.

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