05-10-2022, 02:40 PM
I agree that I am mainly seeing war news that is not complete. Maybe that's partly my fault for the sources I look at, but I suspect that distortion is probably being seen by the majority of Americans (including those who provide media such as news). It is too easy to fall into the trap of only looking for news that supports what you want to see happen. And, if your government & news media want to sell that to you, it is an easy sell.
I don't support the thought of "What would we miss if Russia simply vanished?" First off, that sounds too close to speculating about if the country were destroyed by some unthinkable holocaust. I don't think anyone meant that, but still... So I think the question is what if the Russian government simply vanished. Obviously, the geographical Russia has millions of people, just like you and me They need some sort of government so I'll presume we're talking about the situation in which a totally new government were in place (of course, that can't happen).
Separate from this 8-year-old war by Russia against Ukraine, I would celebrate the loss of the cybercriminals who seem to have a haven in Russia. (Did you see that Lincoln College (Illinois) is shutting down after 157 years from the combined effects of the pandemic and ransomware attack.)
I would hope that we would see fewer Olympic athletes who are given or are taking drugs. (That's not to say that the US hasn't had such athletes in its sports.)
I guess I'm myopic and am simply not aware of what has come out of Russia that has helped the world since WWII. Maybe the space race (BTW, I think the creation of the ARPAnet in 1969 has had a bigger impact on the world than the landing on the moon 3 months earlier.)
Philosophically, I wonder whether the world is more stable with three super powers or with two.
One view is that two can potentially keep a third from trying to take over everything or do something irrational.
Another view is that any two can form a pact to take out the third.
Yet another view is that one will happily sit by and watch the other two beat each other up.
I'm not sure.
I don't support the thought of "What would we miss if Russia simply vanished?" First off, that sounds too close to speculating about if the country were destroyed by some unthinkable holocaust. I don't think anyone meant that, but still... So I think the question is what if the Russian government simply vanished. Obviously, the geographical Russia has millions of people, just like you and me They need some sort of government so I'll presume we're talking about the situation in which a totally new government were in place (of course, that can't happen).
Separate from this 8-year-old war by Russia against Ukraine, I would celebrate the loss of the cybercriminals who seem to have a haven in Russia. (Did you see that Lincoln College (Illinois) is shutting down after 157 years from the combined effects of the pandemic and ransomware attack.)
I would hope that we would see fewer Olympic athletes who are given or are taking drugs. (That's not to say that the US hasn't had such athletes in its sports.)
I guess I'm myopic and am simply not aware of what has come out of Russia that has helped the world since WWII. Maybe the space race (BTW, I think the creation of the ARPAnet in 1969 has had a bigger impact on the world than the landing on the moon 3 months earlier.)
Philosophically, I wonder whether the world is more stable with three super powers or with two.
One view is that two can potentially keep a third from trying to take over everything or do something irrational.
Another view is that any two can form a pact to take out the third.
Yet another view is that one will happily sit by and watch the other two beat each other up.
I'm not sure.