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Reply #15 - Jun 30th, 2024 at 10:52pm
 
JC Denton wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 8:54pm:
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russia has been the biggest recipient of ukrainian refugees



Russia has a lot of Ukrainians aligning themselves with Russia.
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UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 10:52pm:
JC Denton wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 8:54pm:
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russia has been the biggest recipient of ukrainian refugees



Russia has a lot of Ukrainians aligning themselves with Russia.


Palestine has a lot of people of all persuasions aligning with Palestinians.
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Re: Western values hypocrisy never been more blatant
Reply #17 - Jul 1st, 2024 at 9:26am
 
UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 10:52pm:
JC Denton wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 8:54pm:
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russia has been the biggest recipient of ukrainian refugees



Russia has a lot of Ukrainians aligning themselves with Russia.


that's a really weird way of writing 'ethnic russians'
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Reply #18 - Jul 1st, 2024 at 1:33pm
 
JC Denton wrote on Jul 1st, 2024 at 9:26am:
UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 10:52pm:
JC Denton wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 8:54pm:
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And where do they go?


russia has been the biggest recipient of ukrainian refugees



Russia has a lot of Ukrainians aligning themselves with Russia.


that's a really weird way of writing 'ethnic russians'


Much of Ukraine has ethnic Russians. Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, after all. It is just that for the last 30 years or more, Ukraine has claimed and fostered their independence from Russia. Some Ukrainians are changing their minds and want to be part of Russia. If that did not happen, Russia would not be at war with Ukraine.
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Re: Western values hypocrisy never been more blatant
Reply #19 - Jul 1st, 2024 at 5:34pm
 
Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 8:47pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on Jun 29th, 2024 at 11:44am:
Laugh till you cry wrote on Jun 28th, 2024 at 9:01pm:
Ukrainian refugees are transported and coddled in Western countries while non-white refugees from more dangerous regions than Ukraine are treated as the public enemy and often drowned and denied entry.

That is Western values.

Four legs good two legs bad.


Western values are largely fraudulent, eg,  the "fundamental right" to vote in democratic elections, while the abiity of either party to stop the decline in living standards is non-existant, and the rich are laughing all the way to the bank as always.

Hence total disillusionment  in the current French and UK elections; in the UK a young protestor  asked Starmer why aren't you supporting us in climate change and housing, and he said "we don't won't to be a party of protest, we want to be a party in power".

The implication being he has to pander to the City of London financial goons who demand "balanced government budgets and low taxes" to gain power,  rendering him unable to properly fund public needs. 

Hence no change. Useless.

Easier to demonize desperate refugees  than fix the economy.   



Hush - then would you prefer we vote in non-democratic elections?   Grin  Grin  Grin


Actually I don't mind if you vote in democratic elections provided you (ie, we) can actually "make change happen" - as per Starmer's latest piece of bs to the long-suffering and disillusioned  British electorate, many of whom won't even bother to vote....while Macron is saying there will be a civil war in France unless everyone votes for his party....

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Arrrgh - a long leap from fixing the economy to demonising refugees.... nah then - are they REAL refugees .....?  Just a question here.... unlike you I've studied this at uni.... my quite different views on refugees and mass immigration are well known.....


Not a long leap: there is a global economy (trade, finance) as well as a national economy; the former needs to be functional to enable the latter to be functional  without needing border guards to shoot or turn desperate people away. 

The immigration/refugee problem is THE reason why RW populist parties are ascendent, especially in the EU which has extensive land borders (and short sea distances) for people fleeing war and poverty.

All part of "Western values": every man - and nation - for himself...aka "freedom".
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Re: Western values hypocrisy never been more blatant
Reply #20 - Jul 1st, 2024 at 5:46pm
 
UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 1st, 2024 at 1:33pm:
JC Denton wrote on Jul 1st, 2024 at 9:26am:
UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 10:52pm:
JC Denton wrote on Jun 30th, 2024 at 8:54pm:
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And where do they go?


russia has been the biggest recipient of ukrainian refugees



Russia has a lot of Ukrainians aligning themselves with Russia.


that's a really weird way of writing 'ethnic russians'


Much of Ukraine has ethnic Russians. Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, after all. It is just that for the last 30 years or more, Ukraine has claimed and fostered their independence from Russia. Some Ukrainians are changing their minds and want to be part of Russia. If that did not happen, Russia would not be at war with Ukraine.



Diversity is their strength.


Some Slavs are just blinkered and stupid. Like the Eastern (Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians)and southern slavs (Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albans).

Some are civilised, like the Czechs and Slovaks who managed a Velvet revolution and an amicable divorce
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Re: Western values hypocrisy never been more blatant
Reply #21 - Jul 2nd, 2024 at 5:16pm
 
Yeah - one of the Western values thrown out so far is 'equal treatment for all..... equally' ..... so when it comes to Judgement Day for the likes of LTYC there is the same standard of proof as ... say ..... Deuce (you know) .... guilty as not charged, never convicted but guilty anyway.... piggy eyes... no need to waste time on 'due process' or looking at 'evidence' (that Western myth) - move straight to the assumption of guilt ....

A lot easier that way..... the gates of Gondwanamo Bay yawn wide for that kind... better still.. let's just fling all the Western values into the sewer and make everyone guilty of something, put them in the labour camps, and see if any can prove their innocence while toiling away on a bowl of soup and a slice of bread a day ...... easiest way to go about things....
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Reply #22 - Jul 2nd, 2024 at 5:24pm
 
I love it - 'you can vote in democratic elections as long as you can make thing happen' - so - errrr.. now every single voter has the absolute right to dictate what will happen?

So .... errrrr.. what kinds of things have dictators and despots 'made happen' .... apart from countless needless deaths and immense suffering and eventual revolutionary internal warfare....

You English is very strange..... so each individual voter should now 'make things happen' - as opposed to - for example - the MASS of individual voters voting down a 'voice' and then finding that the dictatorial 'government' is refusing to accept that verdict but intends to go ahead with its plans anyway ... I take it you figure the RIGHT of the mass of voters here in our Democracy should simply be over-ridden by those who 'know better'......

Jeez - even when that guy wrote 'A Majority of One' - he didn't suggest that meant a majority of one dictator - he suggested a majority of one man who was right in his belief .... an 'eccentric' if you like...

Now then - we need to be looking at Lawfare more deeply with 'Saggy Kanga' ... and try to get hir mind around ASSYMETRIC Lawfare as an included part of Lawfare... such limitations in the intellects of some here.....and elsewhere...
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Re: Western values hypocrisy never been more blatant
Reply #23 - Jul 2nd, 2024 at 7:11pm
 
Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Jul 2nd, 2024 at 5:24pm:
I love it - 'you can vote in democratic elections as long as you can make thing happen' - so - errrr.. now every single voter has the absolute right to dictate what will happen?


See how blind ideology blinds you? (Of course you can't...)

I'm complaining about democratic elections because they CAN'T and don't create change to enable everyone to participate above poverty level. 

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So .... errrrr.. what kinds of things have dictators and despots 'made happen' .... apart from countless needless deaths and immense suffering and eventual revolutionary internal warfare....


Few dictators and despots have achieved good outcomes, but one-party states like  Vietnam  and more spectacularly China are achieving rapidly inproving  outcomes for their citizens, in contrast to falling living standards for many in the democracies.

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You English is very strange..... so each individual voter should now 'make things happen' -


(sigh...your blindness noted above)

It was Starmer in the UK trying to convince a sceptical UK electorate he "can make change happen". 

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as opposed to - for example - the MASS of individual voters voting down a 'voice' and then finding that the dictatorial 'government' is refusing to accept that verdict but intends to go ahead with its plans anyway


The mass of individuals cancel one another out in a blind, L-R, adversarial-party contest,  which is why change for most people  doesn't  happen in democracies.

Successful "democracies" are likely to have displayed  strong authoritarian leaders, eg Singapore.

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... I take it you figure the RIGHT of the mass of voters here in our Democracy should simply be over-ridden by those who 'know better'......


Your error already exposed above: the mass of voters are divided roughly 50-50, eg, currently 51/49 Labor/LNP in Oz.

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Jeez - even when that guy wrote 'A Majority of One' - he didn't suggest that meant a majority of one dictator - he suggested a majority of one man who was right in his belief .... an 'eccentric' if you like...


Explained above; if everyone accepts the  dysfunctional global financiual system - a sad reality - then even a larger majority than a 'majority of 1' to the winning party can't change anything. Albo's been in power for 2 years and housing and  hospitals are still going backwards, (and the gap isn't closing), same as under Morrison.   

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Now then - we need to be looking at Lawfare more deeply with 'Saggy Kanga' ... and try to get hir mind around ASSYMETRIC Lawfare as an included part of Lawfare... such limitations in the intellects of some here.....and elsewhere...


SK is also deluded by the present system which entails private financiers fundind the public sector (governement)  via "taxpayer money"  and the private sector,  with interest bearing debt-money.

Resulting in democracy maintaing warfare between rich and poor taxpayers.

("Lawfare" is often based in cultural sovereignty bs).

Hope this helps...
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So dictatorship in any of its guises gives everyone a fair and equal chance at the big time?

ok ...................... see where your blind ideology leads you?
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Reply #25 - Jul 2nd, 2024 at 8:46pm
 
thegreatdivide wrote on Jul 2nd, 2024 at 7:11pm:
Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Jul 2nd, 2024 at 5:24pm:
I love it - 'you can vote in democratic elections as long as you can make thing happen' - so - errrr.. now every single voter has the absolute right to dictate what will happen?


See how blind ideology blinds you? (Of course you can't...)

I'm complaining about democratic elections because they CAN'T and don't create change to enable everyone to participate above poverty level. 

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So .... errrrr.. what kinds of things have dictators and despots 'made happen' .... apart from countless needless deaths and immense suffering and eventual revolutionary internal warfare....


Few dictators and despots have achieved good outcomes, but one-party states like  Vietnam  and more spectacularly China are achieving rapidly inproving  outcomes for their citizens, in contrast to falling living standards for many in the democracies.

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You English is very strange..... so each individual voter should now 'make things happen' -


(sigh...your blindness noted above)

It was Starmer in the UK trying to convince a sceptical UK electorate he "can make change happen". 

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as opposed to - for example - the MASS of individual voters voting down a 'voice' and then finding that the dictatorial 'government' is refusing to accept that verdict but intends to go ahead with its plans anyway


The mass of individuals cancel one another out in a blind, L-R, adversarial-party contest,  which is why change for most people  doesn't  happen in democracies.

Successful "democracies" are likely to have displayed  strong authoritarian leaders, eg Singapore.

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... I take it you figure the RIGHT of the mass of voters here in our Democracy should simply be over-ridden by those who 'know better'......


Your error already exposed above: the mass of voters are divided roughly 50-50, eg, currently 51/49 Labor/LNP in Oz.

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Jeez - even when that guy wrote 'A Majority of One' - he didn't suggest that meant a majority of one dictator - he suggested a majority of one man who was right in his belief .... an 'eccentric' if you like...


Explained above; if everyone accepts the  dysfunctional global financiual system - a sad reality - then even a larger majority than a 'majority of 1' to the winning party can't change anything. Albo's been in power for 2 years and housing and  hospitals are still going backwards, (and the gap isn't closing), same as under Morrison.   

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Now then - we need to be looking at Lawfare more deeply with 'Saggy Kanga' ... and try to get hir mind around ASSYMETRIC Lawfare as an included part of Lawfare... such limitations in the intellects of some here.....and elsewhere...


SK is also deluded by the present system which entails private financiers fundind the public sector (governement)  via "taxpayer money"  and the private sector,  with interest bearing debt-money.

Resulting in democracy maintaing warfare between rich and poor taxpayers.

("Lawfare" is often based in cultural sovereignty bs).

Hope this helps...


Now that we've got you by the balls here - which precisely of these 'values' you discuss are peculiarly Western and which peculiarly Chinese or Vietnamese? Which specific business principles, for instance, or social principles, do you think apply only to one or the other of these 'sides' you see here?

Are the 'values' of the Chinese hierarchy any different from the West?  HOW?

Are the 'values' of Vietnamese hierachy any different again, same-same?  HOW?

Ha, ha - all have same 'business' mode.... ha, ha - you onry measure by what you consider 'success'... all have same-same social mode .... top dog deserving what can get... ha, ha... many at bottom eat fried snake ..... if can catch cobra in rice paddy...

Remember discussion with Indian eye-checker?  She say "Aborigines badly treated in past!" ... then say - "System here great - get what you can get from it is the way!" ..... so ...

... all right for New Australian Indian to get cream from Australia using 'system' ...... that's the way it is, right?   But any past getting cream of future dream for family etc with Aborigines lagging behind no good?  Good for modern day Indian import - not good for past day English etc import......

THAT is how these people in schools are taught here these days..... to be stupid is as stupid does... I think she began to realise what she was saying.... she went quiet...  OOPS ....

I can come here, study, 'invest' in property portfolio etc excluding and over the top of others etc to get what I want - that is the 'system' here ...... all well and good..... in the past an Anglo (etc) coming here and hacking a 'property portfolio' of a homestead out of the wilderness over the top of the local itinerant inhabitants was no good... even though it created the situation I can now enjoy to the max in my cunning Furrun way where all family know value of money and work under Patriarchy and gain massively over what they could ever do 'back home' where - apparently - things are more 'civilised' than being here in a colony torn from the Aborigines....

Bizarre thinking... truly bizarre...

When will Australia wake up?   Cool


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Reply #26 - Jul 2nd, 2024 at 9:01pm
 
Far king hell. Does any other casual reader of tgd see how utterly reliant tgd's belief that people living in poverty have to be dependent on the government doing things for them? Poverty can be eliminated or mitigated through the efforts of those affected participating in the community.
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Reply #27 - Jul 2nd, 2024 at 11:09pm
 
UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 2nd, 2024 at 9:01pm:
Far king hell. Does any other casual reader of tgd see how utterly reliant tgd's belief that people living in poverty have to be dependent on the government doing things for them? Poverty can be eliminated or mitigated through the efforts of those affected participating in the community.


In his ideology every individual must be a vassal of the state... the state knows best and the betters in the state management know best of all - you see a lot of that with modern Labor ... including in their appointed flunkies in departments and such... it's the absolute form of anti-socialism - neo-Feudalism at its very best - and they are so blind they cannot see it through their piles of dollar bills - like the 'governor-general' who's finally made it through the time-honoured back passage of upholding the party line etc until slotted into a prime earner with lifetime benefits...

By jingo - most of us have been in the wrong business  - or are too honest with ourselves.... or are not just naturally abysmally stupid....

Now you listen to me you rotten little freeholder on Fraser ... you'll take what we give you and you'll like it!!  Or see how you go taking this department on!!!  WE have the power and your money to back it up!!

An unjust law, or regulation or policy - is no law or regulation or policy at all........ bring on the lynching ropes!!
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Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Jul 2nd, 2024 at 8:31pm:
So dictatorship in any of its guises gives everyone a fair and equal chance at the big time?


No; otoh, an authoritarian meritocracy MAY actually engender common  prosperity, ie no-one living in poverty, unlike democracies where rule by 50% + 1 of the most competitive individuals who win the election by voting for their own self-interest, NEVER eradicate poverty.   

eg, successive Oz  governments have failed to lift the dole to above-poverty level: the upper 50% of taxpayers don't want to  eradicate poverty among the lower  50%, usually blighting around 10% of the nation's population.

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ok ...................... see where your blind ideology leads you?


O dear....it's mirror time......


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Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Jul 2nd, 2024 at 8:46pm:
Now that we've got you by the balls here -


In your dreams....

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which precisely of these 'values' you discuss are peculiarly Western and which peculiarly Chinese or Vietnamese? Which specific business principles, for instance, or social principles, do you think apply only to one or the other of these 'sides' you see here?


Intelligent questions always welcome:

Western values are based on the  "freedom" of the individual; one-party Marxist states are based on the wellbeing of the collective, ie, all individuals in the collective, regardless of differing capacity to compete: "from each according to his ability".

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Are the 'values' of the Chinese hierarchy any different from the West?  HOW?

Are the 'values' of Vietnamese hierachy any different again, same-same?  HOW?


Described above. Of course every nation is differnet so different outcomes are to be expected, but still  engendering common prosperity.

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Ha, ha - all have same 'business' mode.... ha, ha - you onry measure by what you consider 'success'...


You tripped-up again: 'business mode' is determined by government, success is above-poverty particpation for all (you can still be very rich if you play your cards right - hopefully in a way beneficial to the nation).

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THAT is how these people in schools are taught here these days..... to be stupid is as stupid does... I think she began to realise what she was saying.... she went quiet...  OOPS ....


Yes, blind attachment to cultural, racial, and other identities, is responsible for much idiotic teaching in schools - including your "absolute national sovereignty" bs which is destroying the world.

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I can come here, study, 'invest' in property portfolio etc excluding and over the top of others etc to get what I want - that is the 'system' here ...... all well and good.....


No it's not "well and good": one in 6 kids are living in poverty and housing and cost of living for many is in a state of crisis.

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apparently - things are more 'civilised' than being here in a colony torn from the Aborigines....

Bizarre thinking... truly bizarre...

When will Australia wake up?   Cool


Not while your conception  of 'personal responsibility' is evident, and the system pits self-interested taxpayers against self-interested taxpayers, resulting in government 'austerity' (as all taxpayers want to pay less tax).

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