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Re:Economic costs of war by fighterpilot on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:06AM (#28206130)
That's right. I don't have existential dread about Putin or Xi. They want total power, wealth and stability. They're corrupt pragmatists, not zealots who are going to die in a nuclear Armageddon. I fear the ideologically committed madman much more.
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Re:Economic costs of war by Yoric on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:48AM (#28207276)
You have a point.

However, they are also empire builders whose agenda requires weakening the power, wealth and stability of every entity that they consider targets and/or competitor. As someone who lives in one such entity, I consider this threatening.

Not glorious-nuclear-self-destruction dreadful, but still potentially life-threatening.

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