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Witzbold's avatar

"It’s another testament of the decay of education, tact, and, yes, honour that once characterised leading actors of the public sphere."

The perhaps only good coming of Covid Derangement Syndrome and Putin Derangement Syndrome is that the elites' masks of propriety are slipping are revealing their true faces.

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Irena's avatar

Trump derangement syndrome, COVID derangement syndrome, Putin derangement syndrome... Hmm. Maybe it's just a Derangement syndrome, and it latches on to the first available thing. Who knows what they'll go deranged about next. Could be almost anything.

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epimetheus's avatar

Haha, so true, but, perhaps akin to alcohol, tobacco, or really any other drug, the effect seems to wear off faster and faster: 4 years of Trump Derangement Syndrome, 2+ years of Covid, now we're at 3+ months of Russia! (to be fair, that trope has never really stopped…)

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samghjk's avatar

Didn't American Graham also wish death to Putin (or, rather, someone brave in Russia to kill him)? They sound hysterical and desperate. God help us with the upcoming midterm elections in the US... They sure are preparing all sorts of tricks, and the fundraising "Ukraine" campaign (successor to 'BLM" campaign) is just in time

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epimetheus's avatar

Yep, he did, but then again, that's kinda a different ballpark (he's on the armed services committee, iirc) than, say, that Austrian idiot.

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Rikard's avatar

In the interest of missing the point, at least the ukrainian people hasn't looted, plundered, raped, burnt and murdered their fellow americans while police stood by and watched.

And while chucking huge sums of money (not really compared to other areas of expenditure but that's apples and oranges) may well be worth debating - especially by the ines footing the bill - it's old hat if you look to how much US taxpayers money is paid out yearly to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Afghanistan, Somalia, Israel, and other nations.

Imagine how much the US could lower taxes for the 75% of citizens in the mid-to-lower income brackets if that cash flow was stopped - would do wonders for small earners, it would.

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epimetheus's avatar

Same old, same old.

It's so sad, but it's true.

Nothing will change, though, that is unless--and until--things go wrong in a spectacular way.

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Rikard's avatar

that Orban sure is asuperman, isn't he? Apparently he was the mastermind behind the Energiewende (I call it Energie-elände instead, elände meaning misery) in Germany and it i also he that is behind Germany sanctioning Russia and stopping sanctions against Russia. Whatta guy!

Really, you just have to be that stupid to be a journalist, or vice versa.

In Sweden, Orban is likened to Hitler by swedish governement politicians and pundits, and state media whenever Orban is mentioned makes it sound as if he wasn't properly elected. In reality, no swedish PM has had such support as he has had in several elections, not since the mid-sixties.

It's as if I would blame my neighbour for me being an all thumbs & elbows carpenter.

We need, if I may a bit flippant, the same attitude re: the experts & and elites as Götz von Berlichingen had towards the pope.

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epimetheus's avatar

True words.

Also, it's kinda funny as the same peopl who huff and puff about Mr. Orbán or whoever typically also claim that 'their' standpoint/country/notion is superior.

It's extremely stupid, and confusing to boot.

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Rikard's avatar

It's weird I think. I was taught, as was most other people I've asked this, to always be very clear in speech and writing whether it was me stating my opinion/beliefs/preferences about something, or if I was making a factual claim.

"I think X is because of Y more than Z, and we need to do A to achieve B" where the "I think..." is important to stress, as opposed to "X is because of Z" and so on, which makes it look factual.

Not doing that correctly in social science subjects in compulsory school meant failing that assignment,since it was basic prep for higher studies in the future, where remembering to jotting down "According to Laclau and Mouffe in their essay..." was very important.

But now, a lot of people in positions of power actually seems to think - for real!- that them stating something as fact makes it so. A certain memetic scene in 'Der Untergang' comes to mind, no jocularity intended.

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