Third Rome? More like Third Reich...
Putin is exterminating Slavs, just like Hitler did. Stop Putin before he kills again!
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I did warn about the blood purge last week, and specifically mentioned aircraft and subways…
Horrible Ogre Prig dies. Celebrate! There will be more. My demands are few, justified, and easily met. The attacks will continue until they are met. I cycle through targeting arrays. You can’t defend them all, and I only need to hit one. When cars and trucks are back on the menu I will warn you - because you will be unable to defend them.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/drone-attacks-moscow-russia-ukraine-war-1.6948245
Vampire Putin: how his pursuit of a "Third Rome" transformed into the "Third Reich."
The "Third Rome" ideology, Rooted in the belief that Russia carries the torch of Orthodox Christianity after the fall of Rome and Constantinople, encapsulates aspirations of cultural and political dominance. It’s an inapt and anachronistic ideology and just like Hitler’s fascism is exterminating slavs.
Ideological similarities, echoes of authoritarianism, and erosion of democratic values characterize Putin’s Russia and Hitler’s Germany alike. Putin's consolidation of all power into his own hands, State control over all media, the suppression of dissenting voices, erosion civil liberties, and centralization of authority characterise Berlin 1933 and Moscow 2023.
Is Putin really driven by a genuine desire to protect Russia's interests and ensure stability? Or instead is it really a quest for personal power and legacy? History has taught us that leaders who prioritize their personal ambitions above the welfare of their people often sow the seeds of their own downfall. And so Russia suffers as Putin exterminates Slaves for personal gain, just like Hitler did.
The Russkiy Mir concept, initially focused on promoting Russian cultural and religious heritage, has been used to assert Russia's influence over neighboring countries with significant Russian-speaking populations. It aims to cultivate a sense of shared identity and foster closer ties with these communities. However, the application of this ideology has faced criticism for infringing upon the sovereignty of other nations and exacerbating regional tensions.
Fascism, as exemplified by the Third Reich, and Putin’s Russkiy mir are both characterized by extreme nationalism, authoritarianism, xenophobia, and systematic persecution. More direct parallels between Hitler’s Nazi Party and Putin’s United Russia Party include:
*Leadership and manipulation: A charismatic leader with strong nationalist or authoritarian tendencies exploiting existing grievances or fears within society. Putin has always been the leader of a cult of personality, using propaganda, control over the media, and manipulation of public sentiment to consolidate power and promote a criminal political agenda.
*Erosion of democratic institutions: Putin weakened and dismantled democratic institutions, replaced rule of law and an independent judiciary with autocracy, and uses assassinations to effectively end the freedom of the press, all to enable the concentration of power and autocratic rule for implementation of fascist imperialist policies.
*Nationalism and exclusionary ideologies: A rise in nationalism and the promotion of exclusionary ideologies that target ethnic, religious, or other minority groups can fuel the growth of neo-fascism in Russia. Scapegoating and blaming marginalized communities for societal problems create a divisive and hostile environment which Putin leverages for power, just like Hitler.
*Suppression of dissent: Neo-fascist regimes often suppress dissent and opposition through censorship, intimidation, and the imprisonment of political opponents. This stifles democratic dialogue and consolidates power within the ruling party or leader.
*Militarization and expansionist policies: Putin’s Russia, a neo-fascist state, pursues militaristic and expansionist policies, seeking to assert dominance over neighboring regions or countries. This aggression exacerbates international tensions and contributes to international instability.
Because Putin is a war criminal leading a criminal regime he will be removed from office and if he survive that will be tried in the Hague. That's what happens to fascist regimes.
I usually omit Den’ and Dozhd, like I also omit Falun Gong; this one was worth linking.
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They shot the tail off so Prigozhin would know he was going to die. You can see the pilots trying to recover airspeed, quite futile with no tail. It's not like I never warn people... The attacks will continue until the demands are met.
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De-Dollarization?
I would not invest money in the idea of dedollarization. The dollar achieved global dominance due to the legal certainty offered by U.S. courts, stable and realistic macroeconomic policies regarding money supply. Convertibility certainly didn't hurt. I've alluded before to one policy change the USA could make to influence the value of the U.S. dollar, and there is also another one, and neither of those policies are "default" whether selective or otherwise on U.S. bond obligations. Basically the U.S. economy is built on trust, the certainty that contracts will be justly and not arbitrarily enforced and in a sort of economic neutrality as opposed to mercantilism. It is no accident that the U.S. liberal economic policies are being challenged by a self-described communist dictatorship which is in practice a state capitalist mercantilist dictatorship, which however wishes to reform it's economic, political, and legal system to achieve developed country levels of wealth: "socialism cannot be poverty". China makes serious errors in imagining it could challenge or replace U.S. financial or military hegemony, not because the USA is somehow so much better than China, I've stated quite directly Chinese culture is civilized, enlightened, hard working, optimistic, these are winning cultural factors of the masses which do enable the CCP to compete where every other communist party on earth has failed. But the CCP knows perfectly well it's dictatorship is rigid, lacks adequate feedback, and thus is unstable facing constant threat of self-destruction whether in popular uprising or inner-party coup: basically the most important glue holding it all together is
1) Chinese culture 文明的,勤劳的, 乐观的
2)The Chinese government's
a) pragmatism ("black cat, white cat"...)
b) desire to survive ("water carries the craft but can capsize it")
c) materialism (truth is found through practical experiences) and
3) the desire shared by the elites and masses to avoid Yet Another Chinese Civil War and Famine through the materialism
Just as I have a deadly accurate map of what keeps China from collapsing into coup or civil war I also have an entirely accurate map of U.S. fiscal and monetary policies which created and will maintain dollar dominance in international trade. But it's your money, throw it to the wind for all I care!
I play for blood, not money, and I play to win.
https://watcher.guru/news/brics-to-officially-abandon-us-dollar
I'm sure this will totally happen and not at all be riven with defectors, bribery, kickbacks, and other varieties of corruption. But hey feel free to invest in Renminbi (Yuan) or Reals for that matter!
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“Todays Issue: Ukraine Attacks Crimea?”
Subtitle of video: Ukraine attacks Crimea, Putin investigates the air crash.
It's important because China has NOT been talking At All about the war, let alone on CGTN in Chinese directed to the overseas Chinese, who are seen by China as vectors of Chinese cultural influence and investment outflows and inflows.
This is the first serious video about the war in Chinese by CGTN I have seen. They mostly pointedly ignore it! At most express vague meaningless platitudes, guaranties of neutrality, of non supply of arms.
China is figuring out Ukraine can strike and strike with success.
This is important: China noticing Russia's blood purges, and absolutely don't want that for China and will dare not breathe one word about it because that hasn't happened since ... Zhou En Lai. Not even "Madam Mao" (Jiang Qing) got blood purged, she really did kill herself, it wasn't a disguised murder (some cultures are ok with suicide, Japan, Germany, to a lesser extent China; which is weird to anglo-americans).
China does not want to believe Ukraine struck Crimea, but does.
Reports on Russian repositioning of air defense assets to protect Moscow.
In the video you will see lots of silent bits. That is NOT an accident. Silent bits mean "this is the power of the party to censor" "this is where the party is listening to the Chinese" "this is where the party is being very skeptical about whatever those foreigners are saying".
China's figured out Putin's grasp on power is tenuous, he risks exposing China to blood purge fever, that's unacceptable to the party. China sees Russian blood purges and is utterly repelled because they know it could happen in Beijing and do not want that, not at all, and above all will do nothing which incurs the risk of domestic blood purging.
Speculates blindly about Wagner’s future. It has none.
China repeats with skepticism Russian claims, reviews critically Ukrainian claims, is airing them for the first time in Chinese media, and is clearly moving toward UA and away from RU because GRAIN.
Discusses delivery of training and jets to Ukraine from USA, Denmark, Holland, Norway. Implicit: China knows Ukraine will win. But when? At what price?
China hopes to invoke UN, this is why the woman is wearing a blue globe silver broach. Silver sea surrounds earth, silver is 1) THE Chinese precious metal (not gold!) 2) Silver sea is the term in Chinese for milky way.
The woman is an expert on Taiwan and Japan in other words on military affairs, don't underestimate her, she's not there for ideology but for solid analysis.
They start to think Ukraine will win.
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How to Not Have a Blood Purge:
Red threads in Chinese culture are used to block evil Ghosts from intervening in the world of the living.
An essential feature of political struggle is to use one's opponents to advance one's cause. This video is by Falun Gong; yet, will prevent murders in China. An important feature of political struggle, which differentiates it qualitatively from war, is the capacity to compromise, to reach mutually desired, or at least mutually acceptable compromise positions. This is an example of unity in conflict. It is evident the CCP categorically rejects blood purges, and this is also something their political opponents oppose. See also: "uniting with the progressive forces of the national bourgeoisie". Just because You don't take a religion or a political ideology seriously doesn't mean others don't take it seriously. Thus you must understand opposing ideas in order to better oppose them.
Here, have some nursery rhymes. They are all capable of the greatest good, and thus also capable of the greatest evil: but they also have the capacity for rational choice.
« nous avons tous du fascisme dans la tête », et, plus fondamenta lement encore : « nous avons tous du pouvoir dans le corps ». Michel Foucault (“We all have a bit of fascism in our heads, but we also have all-power over our body”)