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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Close but not quite. Russia invaded Ukraine because all Russian energy exports flow out of Eastern Ukraine. If Russia doesn’t dominate Ukraine their economy relies at the goodwill of what government happens to be in power in Ukraine

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not "close" but literally on point

read Dictator's Handbook — you'll see what i see

I’ve read it and the logic of political survival. Doesn’t detract from my point — Russia invaded ukraine for geo-strategic reasons, not to indirectly enrich cronies

yet the only result is enriching cronies and cleaning up the government from any disloyal people