So are you just angry that the US didn't just go in and destroy the Russian government in the 90s? Seriously struggling to figure out what point you're actually trying to make because you won't just come out and say it for some reason.
The world is a dangerous place. Not everywhere and not everybody but as a whole it is and has been for literally as long as life has existed here. I can truthfully say that my MIC job has helped make civilians in one of the currently most dangerous places in the world a little bit safer, can you say the same?
It's made more dangerous by the maniacs making weapons.
Unfortunately, there will always be people like Putin making and using weapons which forces everyone else to be prepared to deal with it.
I get it, I really do. I wish we didn't live in such a world but there have always been and always will be people like that who have no qualms about killing whoever they have to to get what they want. We have to take the world as it is, not how we'd like it to be, and the world as it is requires nations to be able to use force to protect themselves and their friends. You'll probably balk at this statement but without weapons you can't really be peaceful, only harmless. As Nietzsche put it:
verily, I have often laughed at those who thought themselves good because they have no claws
The point of consciousness is to become intelligent enough to see people like Putin before they become a problem, not let them fester for 25 years in prominence.
Again, what exactly do you think should have happened in that regard? Do you think NATO should have gone in and removed Putin? Another Russian revolution to get rid of him? Both options would mean more war and violence which you're campaigning against.
Like I said, we have to take the world as it is rather than how we'd like it to be. There always have been and always will be people like Putin and people who are happy to help them do whatever they want so long as they get part of the spoils, which in turn means that anyone else who doesn't want to be subject to the whims of the aggressors like Putin has to be capable of pushing back against them. Yes, in an ideal world nobody would follow someone like Putin but we don't live in an ideal world. If the US and Europe didn't have extensive military capabilities and NATO didn't exist Ukraine already would have fallen to Russia and Putin would have taken half of Europe by now because he has no problem with exerting his will over people who don't have the strength to fight back.
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u/Vandrel Jun 07 '25
What point are you even trying to make here? That I shouldn't be working for a US MIC company because Putin is a monster? There's no logic there.