Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia invades Ukraine?

Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by alfanick on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:01AM (#30344608)

My personal opinion: it will change in the same way as it changed when Russia invaded Crimean Peninsula - almost no one remembers, no one cares, it changed nothing outside of Russia/Ukraine. The world forgot.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by afarrell on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:29AM (#30344791)

Huh? The world did not forget. I did not forget. What leads you to say that?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by jesterson on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:40AM (#30344868)

Are you suggesting that if you didn't forget - the world didn't forget as well? Isn't it a bit presumptuous?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by afarrell on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @06:07AM (#30345036)

I'm stating two things:

1. I individually thought about if many times over the years.

2. I read or heard other people talking about it over the years.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by tunap on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @07:01AM (#30345359)

And the world's largest natural gas wells still flow under Russian control. The world may not have forgotten, but it still stood aside & did(does) nothing.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by afarrell on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:56AM (#30347225)

It does more than nothing, but less than necessary to play rescuer to Ukraine.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by dookahku on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @10:35AM (#30347824)

I thought a lot about it since then, and I still think about it even before this whole crisis...

You're being overly pessimistic saying nobody cares or remembers... We just can't do anything about it so we don't talk about it

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by auxfil on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @07:06AM (#30345394)

You're putting words in other people's mouths. Are you some kind of Russian propaganda shill?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by alfanick on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:44AM (#30344883)

As you can see I also remember. Not that it anyhow matters.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by afarrell on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @06:09AM (#30345046)

If people caring about you does not matter, that is a sign you're heading towards nihilism. You likely need to go for a walk and choose to do something in the direction of finding a sense of community or spiritual rejuvenation.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by marc_io on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @07:17AM (#30359050)

It does. In a small way, maybe, but it does.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by tunap on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @06:59AM (#30345347)

Just like the Russo-Georgian War of '08. Interesting coincidence, it happened while the Chinese Olympics were going on. Are we due for a repeat while all(most) eyes are on China?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you expect the world to change if Russia i... by wozer on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:29PM (#30350599)

Europe certainly didn't forget. Russia's reputation has suffered a lot.

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