Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says that Russia “is defending international law”. This is a common refrain amongst states that invade other states. Instead of “defending” international law, they should start by “complying” with it.

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@janblockx Russia in a nutshell

@FrancoisPrague @janblockx From a neuropsychological standpoint, this is the classic dominance-submission hierachy viewpoint.

In brains (and cultures) that view the world mainly through power dynamics between in-groups and out-groups, what actually happens in the world is the shifting or fortification of those dynamics.

With that being the primary observation of ”what is happening”, words become entirely secondary. And to boot, those who believe words look blind