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Reddit felt like a massive echo chamber
Lemmy is a way bigger echo chamber, it's as "no matter who vote blue" as it gets tbh (with very few exceptions).
Where people aren’t pushed away for respectfully voicing their opinion. Is Lemmy the answer?
Nope, it's the opposite if anything.
I'm constantly getting attacked with ad hominem (my favourite one - getting called a fascist) here despite voicing opinions as respectfully as it gets, as well as providing sources for my claims whenever people ask.
Gotta have really thick skin if you are not left-leaning, but if you are - you will feel right at home :)
crimes against Ukrainians
Surely this also applies to current USA administration turning Ukraine into prison that is almost impossible to escape and where men are treated worse then dogs?
proof of stake
well, already addressed that in my comment :)
proof of weight
seems to be mostly the same thing as PoS.
less resource-intensive schemes
Tell us about the options.
And I sure hope you are not talking about "less resource-intensive schemes" that are based on "let's give money to people who have the most money" thus making the cryptocurrencies that use it not only unfair but also even more centralized than bitcoin with its ASICs, right?
Ah, so justification is - they do something bad, so we will do something bad as well (not towards them tho).
Got it
You cannot tell the difference between Russia and the Free World? What is wrong with you man?
Is it Russia that kidnaps Ukrainians on the streets and sends them to die? The last time I checked it was Zelensky's regime.
There's nothing I can say to arguing that "killing Ukrainians is okay because they are killed 'for the greater good of stopping a miniHitler'" as well. I don't find it morally correct to kill people that done nothing wrong.
And also,
“31,000 killed, 7,000–8,000 missing”
Is lower than even Ukrainian propaganda is saying, it's twice that number for the first year of war (US estimate), so about 4 times that number as of now, by US estimate.
Doesn’t mind joining EU?
Why are you asking me? It's a publicly available info, not my opinion.
Oh, because I assume 2014 was a coup and not people being mad at the president refusing to sign a trade agreement with the EU and choosing closer ties to russia despite promises right?
From wikipedia:
A sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover.
Seems to suit that definition.
Like those negotiations where russia promised not to attack Ukraine if they gave up their nukes, yeah.
Yeah, they did that. Now, would you please be so kind to tell me about a country that never broke any internation laws, agreements, etc.? Pro tip: you can't.
Does it mean that nobody should negotiate with each anymore because we all did bad things in the past, and we should instead just kill each other?
And I find it hilarious that you’re rooting for the perpetrators of the Bucha massacre. I guess none of your friends were there so that was fine. Well, if that’s what your logic dictates, very well. Good luck with that.
Yes, thankfully none of my friends were there.
But this is again an unfair comparison!
According to the wikipedia - a few hundred people were murdered there. Let's add to that a few thousand more civilians that were killed by Russian forces. Let's say it is a ten thousand, give or take. This is a horrible number. Yet the number of people killed/wounded by Zelensky's regime is an order of fucking magnitude greater than that! Estimated to be in hundreds of thousands!
If you were given an option where you could die with 1% chance or with 10% chance, which option would you choose? I think for most people the answer is clearly the former. My logic indeed dictates that, and I would choose it every time. Does your logic say otherwise?
So you're damn right I'm rooting for the "perpetrators of the Bucha massacre" instead of "perpetrators of mass genocide of Ukrainians". If there was a good side to root for, I would. But there isn't. So I support the side that I consider the lesser evil, the side which gives Ukrainians a hope of survival.
But yeah, either you’re a very naïve ukranian or more likely what I’ve been saying from the start.
Could you please explain to me, how does "rooting for" the side that increases the chance of survival for my family and all the other Ukrainians mean that I am naïve?
Or if you think what you've "been saying from the start" (basically that Mr. Putin pays me to write comments on lemmy), why do you think so? Why isn't it logical for a Ukrainian to hope that Russia will win? I argumented my position, that it's as simple as increasing the chance of survival for oneself and their family. Isn't that the most precious thing one has?