Geopolitics

finally some deeper journalistic work into how telegram got a billion or so $ from russian government in 2017-2018

+ durov has visited russia over 50 times in the last 7-8 years

telegram is built on lies, there is no privacy there

finally some deeper journalistic work into how telegram got a billion or so $ from russian government in 2017-2018

+ durov has visited russia over 50 times in the last 7-8 years

telegram is built on lies, there is no privacy there

https://istories.media/en/news/2024/09/06/telegrams-muddy-money/

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any sane person living in proximity to russia knows what's up. the wave of support to durov after the french fiasco made me realize how disconnected people in the west really are. 🙂‍↔️

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hard to blame them, it kind of sounds reasonable. the problem of political affiliation is a problem of scale and even very smart people struggle with it.

i often think about this quote from taleb (i think he also "borrowed" it from someone else)

People are so delusional and out of touch here that they put up posters around the city to try and rally support for communism. Yes, really.