One of the interesting things about the "no generalizations" rule (which I largely agree with, although maybe it should have some wiggle room to allow for the making of broader points) is t… (View Post)

I mean - this is exactly the point. Was there election meddling by Russia? The US intelligence has said there was Did Russia aim to benefit one of the candidates in particular? Yep - Putin himself ha… (View Post)

Sure I'll take a stab at this: On multiple occasions, the US Congress has passed laws issuing sanctions on Russia. Rather than implement them, Trump has consistently either failed to enact them (happ… (View Post)

@Ardanis I appreciate the insights about the Soviet Union. I wont argue about it since I never had any first hand experience there. I will discuss the second part of your statement: There are a treme… (View Post)

On the whole, I think I agree with this. I think there's this idea that we must compare the two, because we (most of us, anyways - I assume) live in a capitalist society that has at some point in the… (View Post)