Pretending

[Mark Kohut]

Been reading Dostoevsky and about him and the times...the times that gave
us the word Nihilism.

At the core, Joseph is a nihilist, imao.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 11:33 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Gee whiz, Joseph. You sound positively giddy about it all.
>
> Jerky
> (who understands how "apt" his nickname is, seeing as he's the one who
> chose it, so please don't bother telling him what he already knows)
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 10:26 AM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>
> > "Five months ago, on February 24th, Russia began what she called a
> > “special military operation” (SMO). In very simple terms, this is what
> > Russia has achieved so far: Ukraine has lost about 20% of its territory,
> > about 3 thousand towns and villages, half of the gross national product,
> > and a third of coal production. It completely lost access to the Sea of
> > Azov, and traffic through the Black Sea ports froze due to fighting and
> > mining of waterways. The number of refugees has reached 7 million.” The
> > Saker
> >
> > Pretense is not needed.
> >
> > As Ukraine refuses realistic negotiations the Russians steadily seize
> > areas where ethnic Russians predominate or American weapons present a
> > threat.     In Ukraine the facade of democracy is gone as opposition
> > parties and leaders are outlawed or arrested; corruption is rampant and
> > worker rights are disappearing.  Europe,at first gung-ho to sanction
> Russia
> > has changed its tune to get Russian gas. Regime change is more likely to
> be
> > visited on democrats in the US than Putin.
> >
> > > On Jul 24, 2022, at 1:19 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > on
> > >
> >
> https://twitter.com/timothydsnyder/status/1550884649303408640?s=21&t=gAdxPhb-ashul_Hoez0hCg
> > >
> > > The old communist joke went "we pretend to work and you pretend to pay
> > us.
> > > In Russia today the reality is something more like "you pretend to win
> a
> > > war and we pretend to show enthusiasm."
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> > >
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