controversies
It seems every time one racially-charged incident ends, a gender or religious controversy takes its place; Ruminate on the issues dividing our nation and world.
Undocumented Migrants
It only takes a few issues for an individual to start the radicalization process and turn down the path of terrorism. These may be extreme cases of seeing one’s family murdered in their homes by Soldiers or just feeling like they are not being heard. Moghaddam’s staircase to terrorism states that individuals on the first staircase feel disgruntled and seek solutions, while individuals on the second staircase begin to feel they have had grave injustices (Moghaddam, 2005).
By The Clarkbar844 years ago in The Swamp
Putin’s Ukraine invasion emulated many key features of erstwhile Soviet state
In the late 1980s, as then Washington Post reporter David Remnick travelled around the USSR, he found that opinions varied on when and where the old regime died. Uzbeks in Tashkent and Samarkand told him that the exposure in 1988 and 1989 of the haphazard manner in which Moscow had turned all of Central Asia into a vast cotton plantation — “in the process destroying the Aral Sea and nearly every other area of the economy” — was the turning point. In the Baltic states, Remnick says the official “discovery” of the secret protocols to the Nazi-Soviet pact was the key moment. But, as he writes in Lenin’s Tomb, it was in Ukraine that he found the most “unifying event, the absolute metaphor for the explosion of the last empire on earth.” On a trip to the western Ukrainian city of Lvov in 1989, he met with small groups of nationalists who promised that “one day” their republic of over 50 million people, the biggest after Russia, would strike out for independence (that came two years later in August, 1991). Quoting from history, they told Remnick, “’For us’, Lenin once wrote, ‘to lose the Ukraine would be to lose our head’.” In his speech on February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin, justifying his military action in Ukraine, blamed Soviet leaders, especially Lenin, for the disintegration of “historical Russia”.
By Abhi Saini4 years ago in The Swamp
The Ukraine conflict exposes the US's power constraints
Ukraine's sovereignty and international law have been breached by Russia. The US response has been economic: the United States has imposed the strongest sanctions against Russia in history, but they are unlikely to change the form of Russian President Vladimir Putin's hostility.
By Anirban Bose4 years ago in The Swamp
REASONS WHY RUSSIA INVADE UKRAINE
In this article, we'll try and understand the ongoing Russia Ukraine conflict. See the first thing that you have to understand is that the tension between Russia and Ukraine is primarily because of two reasons. One Ukraine is a matter of strategic importance to Russia. Look at the size of Ukraine. It is a big country that is right in between the European Union and Russia. So this is very straightforward and I will tell you more about it in a while. And the second reason is there is also a territorial conflict between Russia and Ukraine. As you may know, currently Russia is in control of Crimea and then there are two region on eastern Ukraine which is called Don Isx and Luhansk. So these together combine to form Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. So Ukraine was once part of the Soviet Union after 1991. Ukraine became a separate country and declared itself an independent country on 24th August 1991. As you can see, this map Ukraine shares borders with both the European Union and Russia. But as a former Soviet Republic it has a deep social and cultural ties with Russia and Russian language is widely spoken there, especially on the eastern side of Ukraine. Now if you look at the eastern Ukrainian regions which are bordered with Russia, it has more Russian speaking people and that is very natural, right? If you go near the border areas of any country or state you will see that people from both sides of the border exist. Here also you will find both Ukrainian as well as Russian people. But then as we know Ukraine was part of Soviet Union. Naturally after Ukrainian ethnicity, Russian ethnic group is the largest and Needless to say there will be more Russian speaking people on the eastern regions of Ukraine. Now with that one more thing that is very common at body areas is that there will be groups who are both political as well as armed, who will have their own regional interests. That means there are political as well as armed groups in eastern Ukraine who are pro Russian. Naturally, when politics is involved, definitely Russia will have its own interests secured.
By Dwayne nembhard4 years ago in The Swamp
War of Ukraine And Russia
I was born and live in a country bordering Russia. Every day I hear about how good life was in Soviet times. Substantially I hear from people of withdrawal age. Youthful people like me no longer remember those times, we grew up on European values. We grew up with Harry Potter and Marvel icons and believe in republic, not illiberalism.
By Abdulbasit4 years ago in The Swamp
My half of a random, politically charged text convo w/ an old Bud
29JAN2022; 2111, SAT Not bad. Have you bought one yet? To protect yourself and [Redacted for privacy] from all the sickos, I mean. They're likely finna use what is arguably impending/inevitable, and what'll be known as The Crisis/Meltdown as an excuse to go full "A Clockwork Orange" on (Heaven forbid) y'all; as well as the other upstanding citizens.
By Nefarious Darrius4 years ago in The Swamp
Open letter to the best pod in the uni.
15FEB2022; 1436, TUE Dearest Mr. Curry & Mr. Dvorak, ITM (In The Morning), gents! Boots on the ground report from Washington, "Don't Come" DC; while in a VA (Veterans Affairs/Administration) medical center parking garage, and listening to episode #1422.
By Nefarious Darrius4 years ago in The Swamp
Ukraine, Russia, and The U.S.
The current Crisis in Ukraine can be explained in many ways. It can be seen as a potential conflict over material values demonstrating that the strong do what they will while the weak suffer what they must. Simultaneously it could be argued that the conflict is stoked by the flames of institutions. NATO being the main institution in question. NATO’s very presence in the Ukraine is causing a major upheaval in the peace in Europe. Russia being outside and opposed to this institution (NATO) is outside the realm of institutional moderation, showing how international institutions are key in maintaining peace but can also be the catalyst of conflict.
By Arjuna Fournier4 years ago in The Swamp
