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they're banging obvs, just a pain to get to

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have you ever bought the berries, like the full size capers? total rubbish, 0/10 avoid at all costs

doesnt say on the jar. maybe salt?

but nevertheless, the geopolitics doesnt go away, absent putin, and the feeling amongst russians that Ukraine and especially Crimea is a part of russia doesnt go away either. its similar to how china thinks about taiwan or argentina thinks about the Falklands. it's not dependent on a particular...

like a tiny cocaine spoon, but for capers

I've been thinking that maybe I need a dedicated caper spoon

#lifehacks

luka, have you ever bought capers where the neck of the jar is smaller than all of the spoons you own? literally the worst thing ever

that's doubtless true as well

I feel like it's the same as with the tinker tailor mess where unless you actually know the story it makes no sense

this question doesnt have anything to do with putin, necessarily - purely in geopolitical terms, what are russia's interests? obviously they're the same with or without him. what are you thinking will change if putin is replaced?

we already know what those limits are, it's not a question of will at this point

ok, but you must also recognise that its not simply a matter of will, capability is also a factor

it's also worth adding that Putin's presence doesnt change the geopolitical reality around the importance of the Crimea for russia or the relevance of its pipelines, transiting through ukraine, and so whoever replaces putin will orient themselves in a similar manner, in those respects at least

there are a number of issues here. the first is that, ukraine as a country is really being constituted by this war, it doesnt exist outside of it. so the war is on some level the birth pangs of ukraine, and that isnt going to go away, irrespective of the outcome. the second issue is that it...

I'm not sure whether you're reading that comment correctly. you think europe can supply ukraine on it's own, without the us?

one issue wrt russian geopolitical power is its energy surplus - in terms of natural gas, oil and nuclear russia is and always will be in a favourable position wrt europe

and that tells a tale about europe's potential to be a hegemon in the multipolar order

being objective, russia doesn't have the military capability to take ukraine, but neither does europe