I wonder if he's just as staunchly pro-Russia since the invasion began. Wouldn't surprise me of course, he's getting old and more and more set in his narrow viewpoints. So for contrast, here's a documentary about Putin's long history of corruption and how he seized power:
For some reason I'm doubting that documentaries made in 2016 and 2019 are going to answer my questions about Stone's viewpoints in 2022. They're only relevant at this point if you're willing to believe that Ukraine had a hand in starting the conflict with Russia, and I'm not willing to believe that type of propaganda.
Lol, Tim Pool as a source. This would be headline news everywhere if it was actually true.
But it is clear to see, the entire collective of mega corporations are taking it out on the Russians, most heads of state (China aside) are taking it out on the Russians, but it's only Putin, his buddies, and the Russian military that are actually doing this. So why must the Russian people suffer because of the convictions and actions of some others?
Because we have no other means of putting pressure on Putin. He's got hidden resources and dark money stashed all over the world. It's kind of inevitable that an amoral dictator who's allowed to declare war unilaterally is going to cause problems for his country eventually, so the preferable outcome would've been a revolution the moment he dropped the facade and declared that Russia was no longer a democracy. Second best time to give him the boot and/or put a bullet between his eyes would be right now.
The KGB. He used the techniques he learned there to stage a false flag attack which killed many of his own countrymen, and that's what allowed him to seize power in the first place.
I mean...you just described capitalism, and every major economic power on the planet is already capitalist, so trying to get people to accept one global government seems like a whole lot of unnecessary effort.
Totalitarianism isn't built into Capitalism though, besides, we are a Republic held together by a Constitutional Democracy, which in principle is supposed to protect us from the Greed that often comes along with the act of Capitalizing (we all have this temptation, we are human), and is also supposed to protect us from bare bones Democracy aka MOB RULE, not unlike we are moving towards today.
You don't have to build totalitarianism or authoritarianism into any economic system, they inevitably emerge unless you build in safeguards against them.
Yep. The root causes go back even further, but Reagan kicked off class warfare proper, and the rich have been winning that war ever since.
Yes, the Constitution was supposed to be that safe guard, and that is why we have the bill or rights, because when the constitution was finally written, certain entities tried to revoke certain intended rights, and so we have the Bill of Rights which is a very shortened version of the original proposal.
I would gladly be inconvenienced if it means pushing Putin's Russia back into the dark ages.
The origins of Capitalism were 13th to 16th Century. You're millions of years out.
Hold on let me get you by the record.
