• SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Finland has been in an alliance for less than a year. Sweden hasn’t been in an alliance in centuries.

    Do people actually talk this enthusiastically on subjects they have no knowledge of? Scary, but explains a lot

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      1 year ago

      There are more types of alliance than military, dude. Global capitalism be like that.

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              1 year ago

              Deterrents are not absolute. Also, I don’t know how you’re not aware of this, but it was Ukraine’s announcement they’d be joining NATO that provoked Russia. That doesn’t sound like an alliance preventing war, does it… As I said - deterrents are not absolute. They never are. Police and prison (allegedly) deter crime, for instance.

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                it was Ukraine’s announcement they’d be joining NATO that provoked Russia

                Boggles me how some people actually think this. Finland’s announcement they’d be joining NATO that provoked Russia into a second war, right? No wait

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                  1 year ago

                  Yeah, it’s a stupid fucking reason but it’s the one Putin gave. It was a convenient excuse for his imperialist ambitions.

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                    Eh? What putin says is irrelevant to reality, please stop using him as a source. If you’re about to tell me joining NATO is a reason for wars to break out please make sure it’s real first lmao.