The US and the West welcomed Russia into the community of nations after the Cold War. Investment poured in. The G7 turned into G8. The idea that Poland, Estonia, etc. forming their own foreign relations was so unfair to Moscow that Russia is entitled to murder Ukrainians 20 years later is insane.

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I have seen this exact interaction play out at least a dozen times and it never gets less funny

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I’ve honestly been wondering where Sky went and this explains it perfectly. If you care about data, if you care about policy - if you care about *reality* - it’s hard to even express how depressing it is to see everyone mutually agree that facts simply don’t matter anymore.

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Don't get me wrong, that people often need to make it a part-time job to get providers and insurance to fulfill their obligations sucks absolute shit, but, like, there's a world of difference between "I had to send strongly-worded emails to get what I deserved" and "I owed catastrophic debt".

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if we’re getting this from mcwhorter then it looks like the worm is turning

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