Same where i live. In the 90s there were huge cuts to balance the deficit. Then, combined with the rising cost of housing throughout the noughties and after, massive numbers of homeless in tents you never saw before.
Don't forget the people who voted for "Get the Government off the [rich] people's back". Ronald Reagan and every subsequent government since. Neoliberalism. The rest of the Anglosphere followed suit.
It (Neoliberalism) was supposed to re-energize American Capitalism. Instead it gave birth to Rentier-Capitalism. See Brett Christophers for a more detailed analysis.
Meant to say "react equivalent". And no, I don't use either. IMO they're not quite mature enough for me to match my productivity in javascript with them. They're getting there though. I just use rust for the actually difficult logic and have javascript as a thin layer for the UI.
The USA has a long history of bullying Canada, long before tRump. He's just more blatant and obvious about it.
There is such a concept of carrot and stick. If the USA wants Canada to be a "good" (in the eyes of America) neighbour then for the love of God why don't they start using a carrot instead of the stick?
Norway, a founding member of NATO, has always shared a border with Russia. Before Finland and Sweden joined NATO, they'd already developed operational compatibility with NATO going back decades. NATO encroachment was an issue only insofar as it took away local targets for Russian expansion.
Bring Russia into NATO.
Putin desired NATO membership because then, any hostilities with another NATO member would become an intra-alliance conflict that NATO couldn't deal with. When Greece and Turkey fought over Cyprus, they were both in NATO, so neither side could invoke article 5 for help. Russia in NATO wouldn't prevent Russian wars, it would neutralize NATO.
For the same reason that the USA would go ape-shit if Canada allowed Chinese military bases on Canadian soil.
Given the fact that tRump has threatened Canada it would be justified on Canada's part to invite those military bases but it would definitely antagonize the Americans. Would that be wise?
We're talking Real-Politick here not "how it should be".
They do invite military bases they just happen to align with the same politics.
I just don't get why Russia sympathizers act like Ukraine must absolutely be some kind of DMZ or neutral state. It doesn't make sense. They can do what they want and it's not an excuse to invade their country.
If Scotland had won independence and then later invited Russian bases on Scottish soil, would England see that as a threat or "Scotland is an independent nation and can do whatever it wants"?
They were not offered NATO membership. Putin hinted to Clinton he would like it. Clinton didn't respond. Came back later (after consulting with his staff) and declined the offer.
Putin is smart enough to know that Russia is in no position to be an imperialist power.
The goal of keeping Russia and Europe (Germany) apart is not a secret. Please see Zbigniew Brzezinski.
And I'd like to point out that the Soviets kept Germany divided for a justifiable reason: 27 million Russians died at the hands of Germany's imperial ambitions.
And while we are on the subject of "bullshit", the war in Ukraine did NOT start in Feb 2022. It started long before that.
Helmut Kohl's was the one snubbing Putin ambition of NATO membership, not Clinton.
> And I'd like to point out that the Soviets kept Germany divided for a justifiable reason: 27 million Russians died at the hands of Germany's imperial ambitions.
And it lasted for generations, from 45-89, that's at least 2 generations of Germans who went through a divided nation. Has Germany been a problem to Russia afterwards? Doing what, buying petrol, and nat gas from them?
> And while we are on the subject of "bullshit", the war in Ukraine did NOT start in Feb 2022. It started long before that.
I never stated that, I live in Europe, the annexation of Crimea is very much in recent memory. The subjugation of Georgia previously as well.
Putin had support for decades to participate in Europe as a peer nation, even after Georgia in 2008. If Putin really wanted to be in NATO then why did he created an issue with Georgia becoming closer to the rest of Europe in 2003 transforming into a full blown invasion in 2008?
tRump is a bully. Bullies don't pick on those who are strong enough to fight back. That's why he doesn't say anything about Russia or China. If Russia was in the position it was in the early to mid nineties tRump would very much be bashing Russia.
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