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Comment Re:Blaming a single cause (Score 1) 25

can the researchers really say with confidence that the civilization would still be with us today?

Nobody claimed it would otherwise still be around. You are putting words in their mouths. It only solved, or at least partly solves a mystery. Usually declines of ancient cities can be traced to invaders, civil war, damaged soil, plagues, etc. This one had no known comparable cause.

Comment Re:Those who cannot remember history (Score 1) 160

The big invasion didn't occur until 2022 because in 2021 it became apparent to putin that there was no other way to contain the dissatisfaction of his populace with the rotting economy, but war powers.

Also, let's not forget that trump is viewed as an asset by Moscow. There's enough evidence of that, from the "Tramp - nash" campaign run by Moscow since 2015 to the campaign against supporting Ukraine that trump's been running ever since Zelensky refused to give him dirt on Biden, to the last leaked phone call of Comrade Vitkov to his SVR handler Ushakov.

What's the point of starting a war if you're sure your asset will, as we've seen, always be ready to hand to you all you ask for on a silver platter anyway?

Comment Re:Those who cannot remember history (Score 1) 160

For the US, Europe has always been the buffer zone between them and the Soviet Union, that theater on which that war that luckily didn't grow hot would happen.

Let's not pretend it has ever been otherwise.

Claiming that you're protecting your shield and getting angry that your hands have gone too little and weak to carry it is funny, but pathetic.

Comment Re:Puppetmaster is hidden (Score 1) 47

Agreed. Also the amount of waste, concentration of money that then does not cause productivity, significant parts of the population losing access to education, medical care, etc. are a factor in a society descending.

Let's hope this goes without a major war. That is at least a possibility, since global dependencies make wars much, much more costly than they used to be.

Comment Re:Not that new (Score 1) 36

Agree to all of that. While, say, a machine-learning enabled gripping tool is "AI" in some sense, it is not the current hype AI, but an entirely different breed that you can actually rely on, no hallucinations or other crap.

The other thing is that China tries to push its industry, and for good reasons. But eventually, this will need to be reduced and then they become another regular player. The question is who of the other players will be left standing at that time. It will not the ones that maximize short-term greed.

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