Replying to Avatar Peter Todd

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Russian oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod earlier today, 800km from Ukraine.

Far more effective to help Ukraine blow up Russia's economy with drones and agents that worry about Bitcoin sanctions.

...and as for anyone killed at that facility: they were war criminals, directly helping Russia fund its invasion. Fuck them.

So people working at an oil refinery deserve death now? I would hope you can explain to the victim families that the deaths of their sons, brothers and fathers were necessary collateral damage in the war for democracy.

Khorne is a happy boy these days. Just insane bloodlust from all sides.

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The oil from that oil refinery goes directly to fueling military vehicles used to invade Ukraine, as well as getting sold to fund the invasion. It's a clear military target.

The invasion is clearly immoral and illegal – even genocidal. The people working at that refinery damn well know what they're supporting and killing them to stop the war is both ethical, and effective.

War itself is a crime against humanity. People earning wages to survive are not war criminals, this is a nutty take. While poor people are getting bombed and shredded to bits, raped and maimed, the main movers of the war are safely tucked away behind enemy lines.

Can we stop dehumanizing the side we don't like? And maybe take a step back before posting war propaganda.

Oh please. Stop both siding this issue. Ukraine is the one getting invaded; Russia is the one invading. Russian society clearly has significant support for the invasion and Ukrainian society is just preventing themselves from getting slaughtered.

The onus is on Russian society to change. That definitely includes the on average relatively highly skilled people working at facilities like oil refineries. If they want a clean conscience, they should quit those jobs and leave Russia. Or better yet, sabotage the plants.