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Lately I also wonder about the geopolitical lock-in and balkanization of the internet. US won't have this problem I guess. But with all that's happening in the world right now and the current trends, for the rest of us we need to think hard what AI company we trust with our data or trust to still have access to once we're on the other side of the wall.

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Exactly, this type of economy feels like it's built for the peace and globalization times. Sadly, lately it seems like those times are over.

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This NewsGuard's Reality Check website [0] claims it is currently being done by Moscow. I think it's only a matter of time before we see the internet flooded with this kind of activity.

[0] https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow...

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Sure, you can tell now when looking back. But at the time, it tremendously surprised everyone, both inside and outside.

The country could have continued like this for years, if not decades, were it not for a few men and coincidental events.

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Such resets are sometimes followed by civil wars, economy crashes style "there is no food for tomorrow" and a generational trauma. As the one who has been through it, be careful what you wish for.

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Just be careful when using analogies. The massive ship named USSR sank in a matter of months.

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I don't think there are many people who believe the state shouldn't intervene at all and that humanity will blossom without it. I'm sure most people strive for some kind of balance.

For those of us who are old enough and were born in the USSR, it feels like we've seen how a similar scenario with too much state intervention has played out before. On one hand, we were so proud of putting a man in space before anyone else; on the other hand, we used to hoard a year's supply of toilet paper and other basic necessities.

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If you read the full report by The Insider, it's not just the new eyewitness testimony: https://theins.ru/en/politics/270425

More discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39889517

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Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39889517

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The tactics of Russian operatives have always been more nuanced than simply "eliminating the adversary". Typically, such extreme measures are reserved for traitors, like Sergei Skripal or the helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine.

In certain instances, they opt for psychological warfare techniques, similar to those employed by the Stasi in East Germany during the 1970s and 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetzung

Guess where Putin was stationed in the '80s during his tenure as a KGB officer?

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Russia doesn't allow ukrainians back to the occupied territories, they deport the non-complicit ones and the remaining ones are heavily oppressed. That should be the excuse for Poland or the rest of EU to not let the refugees in?

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