1) russia wasn’t our enemy until we made it our enemy
2) ukraine is going to lose and it’s not really hurting Russia (russia got to modernize their entire army and work out supply chains under sanctions. The bill will be less then 1% of population as casualties, many prisoners and other lowlifes)
3) defection bonuses are already offered to Russians but there isn’t much uptake
4) low end immigrants are a net drain. Babysitters collect Medicaid, send their kids to public schools, and vote democrat. It only seems cheap because it’s the cost is externalized to your taxes and cost of living
5) people understand that this was a needless war brought about by nuland and the neocons.
2014 liberals were smart enough to get this but then they convinced themselves that putler elected trumpler by hacking the voting machines or whatever (also he doesn’t like fags enough, which wasn’t yet sacred in 2014 but is now a commandment).
It will end when the Ukrainians are too exhausted to fight. Either because we cut them off or because they run out of people.
I don't think it's in the national interest to expand America's empire into Eastern Europe. China will be the first country since circa 1870 to have an economy bigger than America's in nominal terms, and it's already bigger in PPP. This implies even without changing the percentage of spending on defense it'll surpass America in military spending at some point naturally. On top of that, in PPP-adjusted terms its military budget's already bigger than it appears on paper because each dollar spent goes further for their conscript military than on an all-volunteer force. If America's military resources are strained through imperial overreach all over the globe, there's no way it'll be able to maintain a favorable balance of power against China in the latter's home region where the PLA will be almost entirely concentrated. Thus, America should transfer the burden of European defense to the EU so that the US can throw all its resources into Asia and the western Pacific. With hindsight, it probably would've been better for Washington to have accepted a concert of great powers during the unipolar moment wherein Russia could dominate the former USSR, Europe could run its own continent, and China could be given a free hand in inner Asia. But since this never happened, we're heading towards a G2 world. The weaker Russia gets, the more it becomes a Chinese vassal even when there's public backlash in Russia because they have no alternative source of capital. This secures vast natural resources for Beijing and gives it a tool to distract and drain US military attention and political capital. The only semi-realistic alternative to the dollar is the yuan, and cutting out a country as significant as Russia from the dollar economy has incentivized other countries to look towards the yuan. It's still unrealistic to expect the dollar to lose its status though it's possible for there to be a trend away from it.
Perhaps my ainoco brain's too Asia-centric, but that's my opinion of the Russo-Ukrainian War and foreign policy based on national interests rather than on universal values.
The implication is that any Russians want to move to the cultural dead zone that is the US. Only the poorest pesants from the outskirts would want to because quality of life for average immigrants in the US sucks.
You're a very imaginative fellow. I'm assuming this is lé seriousé with a delicate side serving of là trollê.
Have you considered the problem of civilité that the resulting melange would occasion in a society with failing Anglo norms? Russians en masse are considerably coarser and tougher minded than the middle class, Anglo(-coded) American average.
What of the possible effects on middle class wages? In this connection I ask you to recall the effects of H-1B immigrants.
Also, why the overall antagonistic attitude to Russia?
I could go on but others will push back on other points.
We should also do this to Israel. All Jews move into the USA and let the Palestinians have the place. We'd free ourselves from the Middle East completely, stop paying billions and sacrificing our diplomatic credibility for zionism, and gain a few million conservative, low-crime, high-IQ citizens.
Tell me in advance when this is about to happen so I can insider trade some Adidas stock.
Good idea. GOP Is probably too stupid to try it. Worth promoting anyway.
1) russia wasn’t our enemy until we made it our enemy
2) ukraine is going to lose and it’s not really hurting Russia (russia got to modernize their entire army and work out supply chains under sanctions. The bill will be less then 1% of population as casualties, many prisoners and other lowlifes)
3) defection bonuses are already offered to Russians but there isn’t much uptake
4) low end immigrants are a net drain. Babysitters collect Medicaid, send their kids to public schools, and vote democrat. It only seems cheap because it’s the cost is externalized to your taxes and cost of living
5) people understand that this was a needless war brought about by nuland and the neocons.
2014 liberals were smart enough to get this but then they convinced themselves that putler elected trumpler by hacking the voting machines or whatever (also he doesn’t like fags enough, which wasn’t yet sacred in 2014 but is now a commandment).
It will end when the Ukrainians are too exhausted to fight. Either because we cut them off or because they run out of people.
How about Chechens and Dagestanis? And China too maybe.
An even more troll proposal is to only have open borders for WOMEN from Russia and China. Punish them by exporting our incel problem over there.
(lol)
I don't think it's in the national interest to expand America's empire into Eastern Europe. China will be the first country since circa 1870 to have an economy bigger than America's in nominal terms, and it's already bigger in PPP. This implies even without changing the percentage of spending on defense it'll surpass America in military spending at some point naturally. On top of that, in PPP-adjusted terms its military budget's already bigger than it appears on paper because each dollar spent goes further for their conscript military than on an all-volunteer force. If America's military resources are strained through imperial overreach all over the globe, there's no way it'll be able to maintain a favorable balance of power against China in the latter's home region where the PLA will be almost entirely concentrated. Thus, America should transfer the burden of European defense to the EU so that the US can throw all its resources into Asia and the western Pacific. With hindsight, it probably would've been better for Washington to have accepted a concert of great powers during the unipolar moment wherein Russia could dominate the former USSR, Europe could run its own continent, and China could be given a free hand in inner Asia. But since this never happened, we're heading towards a G2 world. The weaker Russia gets, the more it becomes a Chinese vassal even when there's public backlash in Russia because they have no alternative source of capital. This secures vast natural resources for Beijing and gives it a tool to distract and drain US military attention and political capital. The only semi-realistic alternative to the dollar is the yuan, and cutting out a country as significant as Russia from the dollar economy has incentivized other countries to look towards the yuan. It's still unrealistic to expect the dollar to lose its status though it's possible for there to be a trend away from it.
Perhaps my ainoco brain's too Asia-centric, but that's my opinion of the Russo-Ukrainian War and foreign policy based on national interests rather than on universal values.
Why hurt Russia? They could be your greatest ally if you’d just stop letting your politicians be horrible to them.
The implication is that any Russians want to move to the cultural dead zone that is the US. Only the poorest pesants from the outskirts would want to because quality of life for average immigrants in the US sucks.
Why should we care about Russia?
I have nothing against them. Sure, invading Ukraine was not being a good neighbour but it's a regional concern.
You're a very imaginative fellow. I'm assuming this is lé seriousé with a delicate side serving of là trollê.
Have you considered the problem of civilité that the resulting melange would occasion in a society with failing Anglo norms? Russians en masse are considerably coarser and tougher minded than the middle class, Anglo(-coded) American average.
What of the possible effects on middle class wages? In this connection I ask you to recall the effects of H-1B immigrants.
Also, why the overall antagonistic attitude to Russia?
I could go on but others will push back on other points.
You definitely have some mutt kid the sombrero fetish is disgusting
We should also do this to Israel. All Jews move into the USA and let the Palestinians have the place. We'd free ourselves from the Middle East completely, stop paying billions and sacrificing our diplomatic credibility for zionism, and gain a few million conservative, low-crime, high-IQ citizens.
Since the GOP is the enemy of its own voters, I don't see why anyone in America would want to create more of them.
This is just more liberal nonsense that one group of people is just the same as any other group of people.
They're not.
This is what happens to one's politics when it ceases to be about ethnic identity and starts being about everything else.
It's like watching a cat chase a laser pointer.