This isn't a proxy war. Russia is a main actor here being a bully.
Ukraine is not a member of NATO ( yet?). But it's a neighbour+trade partner.
Ukraine is not a member of NATO ( yet?). But it's a neighbour+trade partner.
"A proxy war is an armed conflict between two states or non-state actors which act on the instigation or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities. In order for a conflict to be considered a proxy war, there must be a direct, long-term relationship between external actors and the belligerents involved. The aforementioned relationship usually takes the form of funding, military training, arms, or other forms of material assistance which assist a belligerent party in sustaining its war effort." — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_war
I see much more cooperation now to say: "it's enough." Merkel led Germany always preferred trade before blaming. Increase trade with a malicious actor and it will work out in the end.
There's a huge shift currently happening and if you didn't realize it yet. The position of Putin was one of weakness, not of strength and the west knows this.
And it's not a proxy war, Russia is literally invading a country.
Ukraine doesn't prefer the Russian model to keep people poor and stupid, so they wouldn't protest.
Are you saying Europe and US and NATO aren't scared shitless of what's going on in Ukraine? I am. Still, what's happening is the definition of proxy war, and I don't see the point of discussing semantics.
The recent western model is one of the most debilitating model mankind has ever known.
Putin is the richest in Russia. I think that says more than what you are claiming ( without proof).
And the politicians in the west are in the hands of the richest.
I’m not saying Russia is better. Only that the west is dumber and dumber. Less and less educated.
We should not be arrogant.
Which metrics are you even using? It's not universities for sure.
50% of Russia is under propaganda and can't even talk English. The ones that can speak English and have engineering degrees, a large part of them are currently fleeing Russia. The other halve doesn't even know what is going to hit them ( jobs, economy, ... ).
Favorite destination seems to be Europe, Canada, US, ... According to what I see in preferences of resumees. And I'm seeing a lot of resumees coming in.
Turkeye and Georgia is pretty popular too, but I'd think it's easier to get there too ( flights), could be wrong about this though.
Edit: removed links to 3 GitHub resumees of Russian engineers uploaded within the last 2 hours ( in English). From engineers that worked at zg. Google/Yandex and want to get out of the country.
I’m talking about huge IQ drops. About the language skills in all the western world. Just listen to cnn, fox news, to the charts’ lyrics and so forth. It’s staggering.
Also, speaking English is in no way a prerequisite for a good education.
Fyi. I speak dutch, french, English.
I'm able to communicate in German and I understand Spanish a bit (pero no habla ).
Most people here speak at 2-3 languages by default.
So I would say it counts as education level :)
And while we are discussing the sex of the angels as byzantines, to an incredible toxic degree, even in our top universities, we might lose some clout.
Also: I know some elders who read Cicero in Latin but do not speak English.
Classical teachings matter.
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