Posts by Jonathan Murphy5

Socialism is being revitalized daily; it doesn't require an archaic relic like the USSR to sustain itself. Ever since Stalin—with his misguided obsession with "socialism in one country"—botched the concept, the movement hasn't been tied to any single nation or its whims. What I see here is just a pre-modern attempt to weaponize national insecurity. While Americans certainly bear responsibility for inciting tension through their unilateral policies, this is shameful. Destabilizing lives like this is simply wrong.

I see zero reason for Ukraine to be pushing for NATO membership, but frankly, I can't find any justification—even if Vladimir Putin were right—for solving this through mass casualties. In my view, the unilateralism practiced by the USA has been distasteful since the days of Theodore Roosevelt, but this current situation is equally repulsive...