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by snowwrestler 483 days ago
Whether someone's concerns are legitimate is in the eye of the beholder, but actions can be directly observed. Unilateral violent invasion must not become a legitimate tactic again. It was the norm for centuries, and excluding it resulted in the fastest rise in global living standards in history--including in the U.S. and Russia.
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Do you recommend violent 2014 coups instead? That is our position on Ukraine, officially.
The coup happened before 2014, when Yanukovich took over the supreme court and reverted the country's constitution.
The US was literally created the same way.
Yes, actually, that’s how a lot of modern states got founded.
legitimate is in the eye of the beholder is right!