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On the note of the Will of the Force from Star Wars always seeking balance between the dark and the light, if the dark is using the force for your own will, and light is letting yourself be used by the force, on the surface you have few options. While we could explore the idea of your will being the Will of the Force as all return to the Force on death, unfortunately we have a clash of eastern and western thought which is not easily reconcilable. It's better to simply study philosophy.

It helped me understand why the operation of government bureaucracy is as it is and why in some ways it must be the way it is.
There is no solution to "fix" bureaucracy as it is merely a method of management. There are only means to limit the potential for corruption and arbitrary rule within it.

To everyone who happens to read this post, I highly recommend listening to the free audio book or reading the print version of Ludwig von Mises, "Bureaucracy".

(Links where PDF and audiobook can be sourced for free: https://mises.org/library/book/bureaucracy)

It gives amazing insight into the incentive differences between the profit and bureaucratic methods of management.

Divine Justice (A cooking channel)

Non-Ukraine war views/video: 1k-25k (There are hundreds of cooking videos)

Average Ukraine war views/video: 194k (there are only FOUR of pro-Ukraine videos)

24 hours ago they switched to pro-Ukrainian content and now they're racking up the views. I'm not kidding on this.
Their bio doesn't even mention their cooking content which is only 3 months old; so, it's not like they left for a year and decided to change channel direction.

Kings and Generals (a decent channel for all kinds of history):

Non-Ukraine war views/video: 150k-600k

Ukraine war views/video: 200k-500k
(rough ranges with napkin math)

William Spaniel (pre-Ukraine war, a channel about game theory and international diplomacy in abstract):

Pre-war views/video: 1.5k-5k

Ukraine war views/video: 600k-3M

Three videos appeared in my feed from channels that are perfectly fine on other matters. They now all have videos shilling hard for Ukraine:

I'm also not saying that "Russia hasn't had their facilities destroyed yet; therefore it will never happen."

Obviously, Russia could allow their critical infrastructure to be bombed, but they might also not.

Given all that is happening, I don't see why their present actions indicate so strongly that they are simply going to allow it. What am I missing? It is my inexperience with geopolitics? Do I rely to heavily on what is happening vs looking forward to what is implied by actions?

Furthermore, why does it matter what the media is saying, even if the media is an accurate reflection of the Regime's thoughts on the state of the world?

They're effectively a wife telling her friends that she wears the pants in the relationship. Who cares what she says? Who pays the bills in this analogy: Who still has the economic and strategic advantage right now? BRICS.

I hope someone can explain this because I don't know what I'm missing with why TFM took this angle.

BRICS can win economically if they have the infrastructure to do so. What has NATO done to destroy Russian critical infrastructure?
"Ukraine" has done things such as hit oil refineries nearby with drones, yes. (e.g. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/several-people-injured-drone-attack-industrial-sites-russias-tatarstan-agencies-2024-04-02/)

I can see why TFM would be disheartened, but if Russia is winning strategically as he said, why would they feel the need to rush to end Ukraine? They aren't at risk to lose infrastructure yet. To me it seems they're not worried about winning the larger war.

I was listening to the show from last night, and I don't understand something that TFM was saying: I don't understand the logical leap made from what is currently happening to BRICS will fall to the West.

If I understand correctly (correct me if I'm wrong), because Russia hasn't dropped the hammer on Ukraine and because the western media is talking openly about tactical nukes and how Iran is smart for not attacking Israel, therefore the non-west will not retaliate and surrender.

@Tfmonkey @Shlomo You comment in the MMM about taking impressions with a grain of salt is exactly what I mean.

@Tfmonkey @Shlomo
Russia is doing exactly what they've been doing; they haven't cucked just because they haven't brought the hammer down in 1 week to smash the forces which invaded Kursk.

Don't trust old sources just because they've been reputable in the past. Examine everything fresh each time for validity.

@Tfmonkey, Ukraine is not beating the Russians back. Check some of the maps and live footage that folks like @Shlomo posts.

I was skeptical at first about the situation in Kursk and Ukraine when channels like Kings and Generals and other history or military analysis channels broke for Ukraine, but this is exactly what the regime does. They hit the big channels that people who are potentially interested in strategy and war watch.

This is a reminder to each of you who may not know: empty your dryer's lint trap every time (or at least check it). It might save you from causing a house fire.

Some Lofi lute for you lads and ladies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfzfIo99Toc

Some Scandinavian folk music with text for three languages:
"Herr Mannelig in Old Norse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dxW9ENax2o

To clarify: her home was stormed, but not until after she had fled.

In my opinion, it is more likely that a deal was cut with her to flee the country and the military was bribed or otherwise brought on the side of the soon-to-be PM. The larger point is that the overturning was NOT a people's lead revolution. This was implemented behind the public's eye.