Self-Aware Wolves

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German foreign minister will put Ukraine first, "no matter what my German voters think" (nitter.net)

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So this is still considered a democracy?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When I see that the family next door gets robbed, raped and murdered, I do what I can to help them. This is not only in their but also in my interest, because then I may reasonably expect that the society would also help my own family should they have to experience the same hell. I don't want to live in a world where someone can commit the worst crimes and no one cares because "it is not in their interest". I guess that's part of what is called civilization.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I, a citizen and one of her voters, do not want a Europe in which we concede a sovereign nation, the Ukraine, to a totalitarian dictator. Putin will not stop at the Ukraine. Now, I'm the first one to prefer a diplomatic solution. Problem is: There is no diplomatic solution. Everything diplomatic would mean giving in to Putin and giving up at least part of the Ukraine. So, yes. Some of her voters may be unhappy. Not all of her voters though. And democracy is when we decide at the next ballot if we agree or not. I have a lot of qualms with the current government. Ukraine is not one of them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I believe it is preferred to refer to the country as Ukraine (without the). There's no direct translation, but Russia refers to Ukraine (but not other countries) as if it were an internal territory of Russia. The way they refer to territories translates roughly to prefacing them with "the".