Geopolitics

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if you're wondering why russia attacked Ukraine — it's this

dictators don't start wars to win them

they start wars to divert larger portion of wealth towards the most corrupt part of govmnt — military — so that their cronies can enrich themselves more

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Or, maybe, possibly, Ukraine joining NATO was a red line 🤷🏾‍♂️

This was John Mearsheimer’s view (rightly or wrongly, IDK) on a recent Lex podcast:

This was John Mearsheimer’s view (rightly or wrongly, IDK) on a recent Lex podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/id1434243584

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Direct link to the episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/id1434243584?i=1000635266947

I listened to a couple of the shorts on YouTube