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Putin lamented the collapse of the soviet union from a russian perspective, as it resulted in millions of ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers finding themselves living outside the Russian Federation. With a relatively poor economy, ageing infrastructure, local insurgencies like Chechnya , and demoralized troops not getting their salaries for months, russia is not in any position for imperialist ambitions if any even before the war, and Putin is not a fool to ignore it. Like other western nations, russian population is also ageing and reducing in numbers due to low fertility rates and are depending more on immigration for its manpower needs. Many russians have settled in western countries due to religious, cultural and racial similarities and have intermarried with the peoples over there. The likes of Carl Sagan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Winona Ryder, Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Peter Ustinov are of russian origin. With the world's second largest economy, and largest army, navy and air force on earth, I would say China is in a better position for imperialist ambitions as shown by its inclinations towards taiwan and neighboring countries. It is also because of massive Chinese support along with brics countries of asia, africa and south america, that Russia has been able to support itself during the duration of the war, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

I am glad that Zhelensky has shown the necessary backbone to resist western pressure to lower conscription age for men from 25 to 18, as well as to draft its women compulsorily in war. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-draft-women/ https://kyivindependent.com/as-us-pushes-for-ukraine-to-lower-draft-age-why-wont-ukraine-conscript-younger-men/ But I wish he had showed similar statesmanship in being a neutral entity in the midst of two foolishly hostile blocs with the potential for nuclear war and holocaust, and instead create bridges between the russians and west for regional harmony , and get the best of both sides. I am also hoping that Putin might stop the war as well and avoid being a foolish pawn in this geopolitical chess game waged by vampirish unscrupulous operators behind the scenes with eyes on profits alone.

Issue is that journalism in the west has ceased to be independent and are now blurting out media narratives favorable to their capitalist owners and policies set by the deep state, and not performing their original job of providing the reader with facts and dispassionate analysis of the same covering all sides and angles, and reaching informed conclusions. Rather than educating the masses, they have mainly become indoctrination mechanisms instead with lowered standards of objectivity and fairness which they had ironically criticized in the media of dictatorships and theocracies. These sayings by renowned western leaders corroborates what I am saying here... So unless media agencies in democratic countries are independent of external controls that can dilute its objectivity and standards, truth is bound to be a casualty, and improper policy making and administrative measures unaccounted for, as well as creating an ill-informed and misdirected public.

Communist ideology does not need to always have a dictatorship framework. It can work well in a democratic setup as well. Communist parties were elected by voters to power in Nepal,Moldova, San Marino, Chile Cyprus and in some states of India like Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. In India itself, regions where the communist came to power by elections resulted in much needed empowerment of the masses through mass education, healthcare and property rights, and reduction in feudalist/casteist and capitalist privileges of an exploitative nature. It empowered the lower classes through class consciousness and by virtue of organization so as to protect themselves from predatory feudalists and capitalists. However when the communists themselves descended to complacency, corruption and incompetence levels, they were voted out of power by the voters themselves for superior political parties and better quality political leaders. Imho, Marx made a huge theoretical mistake in organizing a communist government under a dictatorship, as a dictatorship with huge unaccountable power in its hands can get poor results as Stalin showed. Communism can work well in a democratic setup as well with the necessary checks and balances, and Marx possibly did not study the possibilities as such. Since the proletariat is the largest majority in any country, democracy can also lead to empowerment of the proletariat without any need for dictatorships, provided the proletariat or masses does their homework is assessing which political party and leader have their best interests at hand.

Do your research before making half-baked conclusions. There are many democratic parties in India competing with each other, such as the AAP, BJP, Congress, Communist pary, and others which caters to almost every spectrum of the political bandwidth. Competitiveness between them has noticeably increased with time rather than decreasing, and this is visible during the elections when the voters are bombarded with brouchures, social media influencers, visits by political party leaders, canvassing campaigns, large posters and flex boards, and so on. The US has only two parties, whereas there are many parties in India, which increases the competition and hence the quality as well. Every flaw or error of the government is pounced upon by the large opposition, which keeps the government on its toes rather than being complacent. It's very hard for pompous guys like Trump to be voted to power in India, and it is usually guys from the lower classes like Lincoln or Jimmy Carter who can be elected to power in India as they are more relatable to the majority. In the US, it is usually the rich and wealthy who can get into elections and be the senator or president due to the high costs of campaigning. The poor from the middle/lower classes have no chance no matter how idealistic and competent they may be. India's voter turnout in the 2019 national elections was the fifth best in the world at 67.1 % ahead of the UK (62.0%), US (55.7%) , Canada (65.1%) and EU parliament elections ( 51%) . India is an ancient civilization many milleniums old that is still standing when the persian, egyptian, assyrian,babylonian, mayan, and other ancient civilizations have collapsed. Emperor Ashoka the Great (304-230 BCE) has been recognized by world historians as one of the greatest sovereigns the planet has had, and a model for political leaders at present. Just as the ancient greek and roman civilizations collapsed in europe due to the invasions of other countries, similarly India had been invaded by other nations during the later phases of its civilization even though India has an ancient martial tradition. These invasions happened because Indians became arrogant, intoxicated with power and decadent after enjoying sovereignty and prosperity for milleniums and felt that they had nothing to learn from other nations whom they considered barbaric and uncivilized. Consequently they were invaded by much younger nations who had superior tactical and technological doctrines. After independence , India has developed its conventional and nuclear weaponry, and now stands as the fourth strongest military power on earth after the US, Russia and China. It has the second largest army on earth and its air force is placed at third position globally ahead of the chinese. However it is true India has adopted a non-aligned stance with respect to the global superpowers during the cold war. This is because a nuclear war and holocaust can wipe out the US, Europe and Russia from existence any moment, so we felt that a non-aligned stance would help to create a dispassionate space favoring dialogue and diplomacy through neutral third parties. Also India has nuclear weaponry as well but has adopted a no first strike policy due to ethical and humanistic reasons. This is in sharp contrast to the US, UK, France, Russia which has a first strike policy which makes the situation very volatile and unstable. Hence a non-aligned neutral stance does not mean passivity but indicates better self-regulation and space for due process and nuanced judgement instead of relying on broad generalizations that has the potential for strategic failure.

Russia has its BRICS partners which encompass 50 % of the world population and 35% of world gdp and is fast growing as well with a higher percentage of youthful population. Consequently it has a bright future economically and politically,provided it has good capable leaders in the future. Nato countries account for a mere 12% of the world population and is suffering from a fast ageing and reducing population due to low fertility levels and incessant warmongering that had greatly reduced its population growth, and has poor leadership as well, individually and collectively speaking. Due to past issues of political and economic colonialism, nato countries are heavily despised around the world as well, and this is why they are not able to get the diplomatic clout which russia has in asia, africa and latin america due to its communist past when it actively supported freedom movements in these continents. Consequently they have heavy support officially and clandestinely from these continents. The only way Nato countries can get some diplomatic clout in the world is by developing the quality of its leadership, increasing aid to the third world, and reduce its warmongering and military alliance expansion for a substantial period of time so that the rest of the world would have reason to believe that nato is sincere about world peace and harmony. The two world wars which originated in europe on the basis of military alliances killed over a hundred million people, and historians have stated that poor and incompetent leadership and diplomacy brought about this unwanted disaster to europe which has spilled an ocean of blood and traumatized europe. So obviously the west needs to keep away from military alliances, warmongering and foolish leaders for a major period of time to heal its trauma and get healthy again. Otherwise it will continue to make mountains out of molehills and then keep crying over spilt milk again and again foolishly.

Perhaps, but I would say it is his egoic motivation to emerge as a winner that motivates him, and not to become an eternal loser and failure in the event of a nuclear holocaust. His drive comes from his self-image which is addicted to the idea of being a winner and not a loser, and he will do anything to protect and enhance it.

Musk himself had demanded Zhelensky to step down as president. https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261014-musk-says-us-govt-responsible-for-any-starshield-restrictions-affecting-ukraine There could be a number of reasons for this, starting with staunch chinese support for russia and China's influence on western capitalists. Second factor would be Musk's fears of a nuclear war and holocaust that can wipe out the nation states of the US, Europe and Russia permanently and derail his dream of going to Mars. Musk might be okay with the conflict if he can get to Mars first and end up as a survivor and winner, but not before that.

I don't think the earth is under any kind of danger of an invasion from malevolent alien species at this point in time considering the possible military resistance that can come from various countries that would view them as a threat. Alien technological advantages can be offset by human numerical superiority and tactical methods. However the aliens can excel in manipulation of perception, engineering destructive wars and conflicts between the most powerful nations on earth, and ensure their annihilation. This would soften up any potential resistance and would set up the foundation for a successful alien invasion later on. Any abductions and theft of earths biological and mineral resources would cease to be clandestine any more after such an invasion, imho. I have been reading reports of alien hybrids infiltrating influential political circles and penetrating the deep states in some powerful nations for decades now, possibly in pursuit of some agenda of their own. I used to think it was fantastic imaginary yellow press and reporting for mere sensation-mongering, but now I feel that perhaps there maybe some substance to the same in the light of the above hypothesis.

This is true. Around two decades back, the Indian police warned me not to stay outside on the streets after midnight. I think they suspected me to be a robber or something, but I was innocent. And there is no general law in India that bans citizens from going out or roaming in public places after 10:00 PM.

India is considered to be the only country on earth which has never persecuted its jewish population. Similarly the Persian Zoroastrians were granted refuge in India by Indian kings after they had to flee Persia due to persecution during the arab invasions. Even now you can see a large flourishing persian community in India with their zoroastrian temples intact. The Indian jews and persians live together in harmony, which is a microcosmic model of integration that Israel and Iran can emulate at a macrocosmic level. The Persian emperor Cyrus the Great is also mentioned in the bible and honored by the Jews as a dignified and righteous king. The humanistic code of Cyrus the Great is recorded on the Cyrus Cylinder, a baked-clay artifact dating back to 539 B.C. Discovered in the ruins of Babylon in 1879, this text is widely celebrated as the world's first charter of human rights. So the ancient Persian civilization has made a lot of contributions to the world civilization and culture.

Have no idea what you are talking here ! Russia did not allow Napoleon or Hitler to have bases in russia and defeated their invasions back then. Why should a neutral Ukraine allow Nato to march to russian borders ! It would be infringement of ukrainian sovereignty and needlessly would subject Ukraine to a possible conventional and nuclear attack !

The Self, our Being, is awareness. ~ Sri Muruganar If human beings become conscious, the need for domination and conflict will dissolve. ~ Sadhguru To remain unconscious of Being is to be trapped within an ego-driven wasteland of conflict, strife, and fear that only seems customary. ~ Adyashanti The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself. ~ Byron Katie “The moment you become aware of the ego in you, it is strictly speaking no longer the ego, but just an old, conditioned mind-pattern. Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist.” ~ Eckhart Tolle "If you are driven by fear, anger or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by courage, awareness, tranquility and peace nature will serve you." ~ Amit Ray

I reach samadhi or nondual perception speedily in high prana environments like the beach or forests devoid of pollution and unconscious human company. I also reach samadhi faster in meditation spaces consecrated by meditation experts and enlightened sages. Keeping excellent koans or nondual teachings in notebooks and referring them regularly also helps me stay oriented, focused on the Self/Awareness and undistracted from the chaos and multiple stimuli of the material world around me.

On the contrary... https://www.reuters.com/world/china/putin-says-russia-doesnt-oppose-ukraine-joining-eu-2025-09-02/ https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2004-12-10-voa48/308427.html https://www.dw.com/en/vladimir-putin-comments-ukraine-eu-nato-membership-v2/a-73877328 Putin maintains that while the EU is an economic bloc which countries have a sovereign right to join, NATO expansion into the post-Soviet space is a direct security threat to Russia that Moscow strongly opposes. Putin had himself suggested in the 2000s of Russia joining the EU as a western country itself.

The armies of Napoleon and Hitler used Ukraine as the neighboring base to attack Russia. Over 25 million Russians and Ukrainian Slavs died during the Nazi onslaught of eastern europe, as nazi racial doctrine considered the eastern europeans as racially inferior, similar to the gypsies and jews. The incredible counter-attack waged by the russians in stanlingrad however ended the nazi genocidal plans as well as war machine, and ensured the survival of the Slavs, Jews and gypsies later on. The russian counter-attacks ended permanently the Napoleonic and Nazi regimes, which were the most powerful militaries on earth in those times. However they sustained heavy damage during the invasions especially the nazi one. This is one of the reasons why the Russians are paranoid about hostile military alliances on their very borders. Hungary does not border russia. The russians are not hostile to these countries including ukraine joining EU, as it is an economic alliance, and the russians are also open to joining EU as Russia is a white european christian nation itself . The russians themselves were open to joining Nato many times, though this was rejected by the western leadership even under the times of Yeltsin, who was a staunch western ally back then. Imo, the only reason the western leadership rejected Russian membership in nato could be due to lack of a bogeyman or perceived external threat back then to raise fears against, that would justify high defense budgets and the existence of Nato itself at the expense of western taxpayer money.

Obviously prevention of conflict is considered to be an attribute of superior leadership skills than mere cures through military responses! If you were a leader of the west, what steps would you have taken to prevent the devastating two world wars which originated in europe and the present ukraine war as well !

Yes, but Yeltsin also vehemently opposed nato expansion as such. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/02/world/yeltsin-opposes-expansion-of-nato-in-eastern-europe.html https://jamestown.org/yeltsin-repeats-opposition-to-nato-expansion/https://cdclv.unlv.edu/pragmatism/ds_nato.pdf https://cdclv.unlv.edu/pragmatism/ds_nato.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/12/russias-belief-in-nato-betrayal-and-why-it-matters-today So you can see here poor and incompetent leadership in the west is responsible for needlessly making an adversary of a staunch western ally like Yeltsin, and which is reminiscent of the incompetent and poor western leadership responsible for the devastating two world wars which originated in the west and which could have been easily prevented if competent leaders with good judgement and character had been at the helm, as per historians.

See, the true culprit in this regard is Yeltsin, not Putin. Everyone is condemning Putin but not Yeltsin who was the man who installed Putin. After the western leaders decided to expand Nato eastward dishonestly inspite of their verbal promises to Gorbachev and Yeltsin on "not one inch eastward", Yeltsin made many diplomatic and friendly trips to the west to remind them of their promises and found that he was ignored because he was considered poor and weak by the wealthy and powerful west and not worthy of much consideration. So consequently, Yeltsin himself installed putin as his successor due to Putin' s military background, and also supported by the russian military and bureaucracy who saw Nato expansion a threat. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50807747 If the west had honestly observed its promises to Gorbachev and Yeltsin, checked its Shylockian greed for new weapons markets in eastern europe, and not expanded eastward to eastern europe and finally to the very borders of nuclear-armed Russia, I don't think this mess would have happened. Seeing that the west was honoring its promises on "not one inch eastward", Yeltsin would have relaxed and would have promoted an economist or diplomat or sociologist or lawyer or even a baby-sitter as the next president of Russia. He and Russia would have trusted the west more and would have become more aligned to it. However the dishonesty of the west created a trust deficit with Russia and also destroyed their credibility in front of the rest of the world as well. Until the west develops honest and competent leaders who can manage the situation properly, I don't think they will see an end to the incessant warmongering in europe and the west over ludicrous issues. This is consideration of the fact that the two world wars which originated in europe killing a hundred million people , were said to have been largely preventable as per historians, provided there were competent, capable and far-sighted western statesmen, leaders and diplomats involved.

A long war is profitable to the western military complex, not Russia which is losing its own weapons markets to western competitors due to sanctions and so on. Ironically the US, France and Russia are the top three weapons providers in the world at the moment. As the war progresses, it is possible that Russia will slide more down the ladder though it can later make a comeback with its brics partners which encompasses over 50 % of the world popuation and 35 % of the world's GDP. Even though the US-Nato was defeated by the Taliban in afghanistan after twenty years of fighting, heavy casualties and trillions of dollars down the drain, many weapons contractors made plenty of money during the duration of the war. So it is possible that the ukraine war will be similarly milked till optimal profits are obtained with western taxpayer money as in afghanistan.

The longer the war wages, the more widows and orphans are created, and the greater possibility of a nuclear war and holocaust. The only one's profitting from this war is the western military industrial complex with high weapons sales and profits and skyrocketing share prices. They have also successfully captured weapons markets in Sweden and Finland after these two joined nato recently. A long war would also boost profits greatly. As Julian Assange stated, " A long unsuccessful war is more profitable than a short successful war." So I don't see any chances of this war ending until all the profits are milked out.

This was based on a book of naturopathy authored by gandhi, and you can find books on naturopathy yourself with natural and inexpensive healing methods. For example, decades back I once had a boil on the back of my neck. The allopathy doctor I checked out with prescribed around 300 rupees of antibiotics which I did not buy then as I found it too expensive for a minor issue. Later at home, I remembered a natural healing method I read in a book and practiced in an another country, and just applied salt water on the boil. It broke and never caused any issues to me again. So I felt happy I saved 300 bucks back then. I similarly know of people who successfully recovered from major ailments using cheap alternative medical treatments, after getting a poor prognosis from modern allopathic doctors of being incurable.

I did not have jobs that aligned with my passion. I worked these jobs because they financially supported my passions, creative endeavors and further career growth. There was a time when I was jobless that I used to live in cheap farmhouses, and slept outside on the grass due to lack of working fans inside the room at night. However the next day when I woke up, I found myself much healthier and energised which puzzled me. Later on, I read of Gandhi advocating in naturopathy manuals of the virtues of sleeping outside in the midst of raw nature rather than the confined walls of a house, and I understood the reasons why I felt pretty good when I slept outside. I similarly sleep in the beaches at night and feel refreshed and rejuvenated waking up. So there were some positives I reaped when I struggled with adversity.

I have enjoyed success to the extent I did my due diligence and came out of my comfort zone.

These two european neighbors have been shedding blood for the last five years in this conflict . The two world wars which originated in europe came about due to incompetent leadership and diplomats, as per historians. Hopefully, the UN and NAM (non-aligned movement) can bring about diplomacy and negotiations between the two and end this issue, and nip any prospect for nuclear war and holocaust in the bud.