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Not sure if this has been shared, but Yuval Harari, eloquently explains why everyone should care about this, the first invasion of a democratic peaceful country in my memory

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2022/02/09/yuval-noa...



Our collective cowardice and inability to avoid repeating mistakes of the past (Poland) will come back to bite us in the ass. "But, but he has nukes!" - sure, and he'll still have nukes if/when they invade Poland, Romania, and the rest of Europe too - so let's just give him a pass.

Next we'll give China a pass when they "take back" Taiwan.


Non-paywalled version: https://outline.com/pbz4uv


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