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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by simias on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:22AM (#16212125)
Do you think hacker news is the good place to find the answer to such a question? This is the place where you ask about Javascript libraries and Go vs. Rust comparisons, not geopolitical advice. That's why I tend to dismiss any comment in this thread that's not properly sourced.
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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It by WillReplyfFood on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:33AM (#16212725)
You are propably right. But sometimes such discussion can meta-stasize into intersting ones.

For example- what is the definition of a good guy? Is a good guy something stable, reliable, someone behaving reproducable?

Is a good guy somebody who gives you a short term reward, and costs you dearly in the long run? Or can a good guy be someone who costs you short term, but becomes a long term positiv force. What if somebody is hostile, but stabilizes out of self-interest a otherwise negative are in the world.

Its all very complicated, and the dynamics playing into it, can be horrifying for anyone idealistic.

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