Yeah I’ve thought it was the US, or at least US sponsored/advised. The article says apparently the US knew about the attack in advance and told them not to do it, but doesn’t give any sources for that that I could see.

The article states that Germany stopping support for Ukraine would be out of the question. I can’t see them doing anything even if it turns out it was directly order by the Ukrainian government.

I think partially it was an admittedly masterful use of liberal ‘we need more ethnically diverse billionaires’ grift. Also coming after Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and the other one, it probably helps that he looks like he knows what he’s doing.

Fucking Sunak man. That guy is almost a parody of an out of touch hyperwealthy wanker.

‘I have friends who are aristocrats, I have friends who are upper class, I have friends who are working class. Well, not working class.’

What a prick.

I would seriously consider only having a home phone if I can ever afford to buy a place. Maybe a lightphone or similar to carry that only direct family have the number for in case of emergency.

Ha! Your valid and well thought out response is ruined now because you said maybe the US has also done some bad things! Whataboutism, Russian bot, CCP shill.

It’s an interesting scenario. Would it lead to a withdrawal of forces back to the homeland to prosecute the war for either side? Or would it lead to petty warlordism both in and outside of the US?

Obviously I don’t want the people of the US to suffer in a horrific civil war like has happened to so many countries the US has meddled in, and a destabilized US is probably more visibly dangerous than one that suffers a slow relative decline into multipolarity.

It’s clearly because we need more female CEO’s and drone pilots, not more women that help humanity improve themselves. How are you meant to girlboss on the cutting edge of science when you can’t write witty LinkedIn productivity hacks or make propaganda enlistment videos?

If you like role-playing games but not so much the combat maybe check out Age of Decadence and Colony Ship by Iron Tower. The combat in those games is intentionally brutal to incentivise thinking ways around it if you can, and I’m pretty sure you can make it through the whole game avoiding combat entirely.

Age of Decadence especially is complete and has many branching paths depending on your build, and Colony Ship is still early access but planning on releasing fully later this year.

The settings are pretty awesome for both, with AoD set in a post apocalyptic land with tech analogous to the late Roman Empire, and Colony Ship being set sometime during a centuries long generation ship voyage.