Lunard Renatique
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An humble fox navigating the crazy world of politics. I'm a DJ and I also do stage acting. I usually write in both English and French 🇫🇷 (désolé !). 🏳️🌈 ally (He/him). Montréal, Québec.
Anyway, I feel like everything already has been said on the subject, but with such crazy unpopular moves towards historical allies, such as giving up on Ukraine war or starting an economic war with Canada and Mexico, one feels right to think Trump can only be an agent of Moscow in disguise...
March 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Anyway, I feel like everything already has been said on the subject, but with such crazy unpopular moves towards historical allies, such as giving up on Ukraine war or starting an economic war with Canada and Mexico, one feels right to think Trump can only be an agent of Moscow in disguise...
The EU has to scramble as fast as possible to keep up in a raising arms race now that the US want to leave NATO and stuff. This is very bad, and definitely NOT where our resources should go. Besides, countries now reached record levels of debt... War is expensive, how long can it last?
March 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The EU has to scramble as fast as possible to keep up in a raising arms race now that the US want to leave NATO and stuff. This is very bad, and definitely NOT where our resources should go. Besides, countries now reached record levels of debt... War is expensive, how long can it last?
Trump calling out Zelensky as some sort of warmongerer who refuses a peace treaty is such 1984-level, "War is peace" kind of nonsense. Ukrainians are defending their country against an oppressor wanting to take their land. But the US want their piece of the cake too. So... Zelensky has to surrender.
March 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Trump calling out Zelensky as some sort of warmongerer who refuses a peace treaty is such 1984-level, "War is peace" kind of nonsense. Ukrainians are defending their country against an oppressor wanting to take their land. But the US want their piece of the cake too. So... Zelensky has to surrender.
At least in the eyes of an European, Trump appeared as a bully and JD Vance as ignorant, at best. The US are not even laughingstock anymore, because the situation is not funny. Everyone is kinda pissed with the US right now.
March 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
At least in the eyes of an European, Trump appeared as a bully and JD Vance as ignorant, at best. The US are not even laughingstock anymore, because the situation is not funny. Everyone is kinda pissed with the US right now.
So, now what? I have to say I didn't see it coming...
The political turmoil is ongoing in France and it's hard to say at this point what will happen. But a sure thing is that M. Macron shot himself in the foot by denying the left coalition's win and now has to deal with the consequences. FIN
The political turmoil is ongoing in France and it's hard to say at this point what will happen. But a sure thing is that M. Macron shot himself in the foot by denying the left coalition's win and now has to deal with the consequences. FIN
December 5, 2024 at 3:34 PM
So, now what? I have to say I didn't see it coming...
The political turmoil is ongoing in France and it's hard to say at this point what will happen. But a sure thing is that M. Macron shot himself in the foot by denying the left coalition's win and now has to deal with the consequences. FIN
The political turmoil is ongoing in France and it's hard to say at this point what will happen. But a sure thing is that M. Macron shot himself in the foot by denying the left coalition's win and now has to deal with the consequences. FIN
However, M. Barnier's party is pretty weak itself at the assembly, so no one really had his back. M. Macron wanted someone non controversial, but in a country such as France where politics are so passionate and dramatic, being non controversial often equates to having low support.
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
However, M. Barnier's party is pretty weak itself at the assembly, so no one really had his back. M. Macron wanted someone non controversial, but in a country such as France where politics are so passionate and dramatic, being non controversial often equates to having low support.
M. Barnier is from a "traditional" rightwing party and was mostly unknown to the population so far, so he was supposed to be a "neutral agent" who, albeit nobody's a fan, nobody's an enemy either. The idea was mostly to keep in place someone "safe", aligning with M. Macron's economic views.
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
M. Barnier is from a "traditional" rightwing party and was mostly unknown to the population so far, so he was supposed to be a "neutral agent" who, albeit nobody's a fan, nobody's an enemy either. The idea was mostly to keep in place someone "safe", aligning with M. Macron's economic views.
Appointing M. Barnier as PM was kind of a bold move by M. Macron, which took everyone by surprise. It was a clear signal that he didn't want to acknowledge that the left won, but he didn't want to to let far right win either, and a PM of his party would have been impeached even faster than Barnier..
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Appointing M. Barnier as PM was kind of a bold move by M. Macron, which took everyone by surprise. It was a clear signal that he didn't want to acknowledge that the left won, but he didn't want to to let far right win either, and a PM of his party would have been impeached even faster than Barnier..
NFP was also an emergency measure in a country where far right is almost the most powerful party, and the presidential one is now one of the weakest.
You have to consider that Michel Barnier, mostly known from negotiating Brexit at the European commission, was basically a "political nobody".
You have to consider that Michel Barnier, mostly known from negotiating Brexit at the European commission, was basically a "political nobody".
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
NFP was also an emergency measure in a country where far right is almost the most powerful party, and the presidential one is now one of the weakest.
You have to consider that Michel Barnier, mostly known from negotiating Brexit at the European commission, was basically a "political nobody".
You have to consider that Michel Barnier, mostly known from negotiating Brexit at the European commission, was basically a "political nobody".
Remember NFP (left coalition) won the legislatives, and historically it is customary to appoint a PM of the winning party. However France's political culture isn't coalition-based at all, so many people, maybe including M. Macron, considered that the NFP joining forces to win was "cheating"...
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Remember NFP (left coalition) won the legislatives, and historically it is customary to appoint a PM of the winning party. However France's political culture isn't coalition-based at all, so many people, maybe including M. Macron, considered that the NFP joining forces to win was "cheating"...
(13/13) In the end, I'm not saying that we should go in all-out war with Russia.
I just wonder if sometimes, taking direct action isn't the best course of action. Everything else failed, and we're watching the world burn. How many Mariupols before we decide it's finally time to stop the madness? FIN
I just wonder if sometimes, taking direct action isn't the best course of action. Everything else failed, and we're watching the world burn. How many Mariupols before we decide it's finally time to stop the madness? FIN
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
(13/13) In the end, I'm not saying that we should go in all-out war with Russia.
I just wonder if sometimes, taking direct action isn't the best course of action. Everything else failed, and we're watching the world burn. How many Mariupols before we decide it's finally time to stop the madness? FIN
I just wonder if sometimes, taking direct action isn't the best course of action. Everything else failed, and we're watching the world burn. How many Mariupols before we decide it's finally time to stop the madness? FIN
(12/?) Blaise Pascal, in his Pensées, famously wrote that justice without strength is powerless, and strength without justice is tyranny. It is therefore necessary to make justice powerful, and that which is powerful, just.
It seems nowadays, justice has been rendered powerless, for some reason...
It seems nowadays, justice has been rendered powerless, for some reason...
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
(12/?) Blaise Pascal, in his Pensées, famously wrote that justice without strength is powerless, and strength without justice is tyranny. It is therefore necessary to make justice powerful, and that which is powerful, just.
It seems nowadays, justice has been rendered powerless, for some reason...
It seems nowadays, justice has been rendered powerless, for some reason...
(11/?) An issue of this mental framework that grinds my gears is that at the end, it lets injustice get a free pass in this world. There is technically nothing else we can do to help Ukraine in the "Just Peace" framework, rather than the traditional "Just War" one. It also applies to Palestine.
peter griffin is sitting in front of a sign that says " grinds my gears "
Alt: peter griffin is sitting in front of a sign that says " grinds my gears "
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November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
(11/?) An issue of this mental framework that grinds my gears is that at the end, it lets injustice get a free pass in this world. There is technically nothing else we can do to help Ukraine in the "Just Peace" framework, rather than the traditional "Just War" one. It also applies to Palestine.
(10/?) One of the reasons for inaction is that, at least diplomatically, there is no such thing as "declaring defensive war" on someone. If we engaged to help Ukraine defend their territory, even without trying to further invade Russia, we're at war. Period.
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
(10/?) One of the reasons for inaction is that, at least diplomatically, there is no such thing as "declaring defensive war" on someone. If we engaged to help Ukraine defend their territory, even without trying to further invade Russia, we're at war. Period.
(9/?) However, even though Ukraine is not part of EU, a "kind of neutral" state that is mostly an economical partner, a lot of us still feel blatantly powerless in the face of a great injustice. What can France, or EU for that matter, do? The "peaceful way" of economic sanctions wasn't successful...
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
(9/?) However, even though Ukraine is not part of EU, a "kind of neutral" state that is mostly an economical partner, a lot of us still feel blatantly powerless in the face of a great injustice. What can France, or EU for that matter, do? The "peaceful way" of economic sanctions wasn't successful...
(8/?) The fact of remotely thinking about such a possibility will get you criticized forever, like Mr Macron. It needs to be for the right reasons. And the Ukraine diplomacy was not in a state that allowed anyone to do anything in an efficient and fast enough way to "contain the fire"...
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
(8/?) The fact of remotely thinking about such a possibility will get you criticized forever, like Mr Macron. It needs to be for the right reasons. And the Ukraine diplomacy was not in a state that allowed anyone to do anything in an efficient and fast enough way to "contain the fire"...
(7/?) I believe the same scenario is playing out in Ukraine right now. And there's one thing the Fallout series tried to teach us that I think Russians didn't forget: War never changes. I believe that still to this day, the best way to deter Russia is a sheer display of strength. I might be wrong...
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
(7/?) I believe the same scenario is playing out in Ukraine right now. And there's one thing the Fallout series tried to teach us that I think Russians didn't forget: War never changes. I believe that still to this day, the best way to deter Russia is a sheer display of strength. I might be wrong...
(6/?) It was a hard choice, in a time where all-out war was looming, and yet, giving peace a chance was, perhaps unintuitively, not the best course of action. It is believed Hitler didn't care about the German people of Sudeten, but he cared very much about their weapon factories and fortifications.
November 19, 2024 at 4:10 PM
(6/?) It was a hard choice, in a time where all-out war was looming, and yet, giving peace a chance was, perhaps unintuitively, not the best course of action. It is believed Hitler didn't care about the German people of Sudeten, but he cared very much about their weapon factories and fortifications.
(5/?) Giving away Sudeten to Germany was, of course, an unpopular move to a lot of people, W. Churchill famously said to N. Chamberlain: "You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war."
November 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM
(5/?) Giving away Sudeten to Germany was, of course, an unpopular move to a lot of people, W. Churchill famously said to N. Chamberlain: "You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war."
(4/?) Supposedly, it was supposed to appease Hitler's ambitions, even famously promising, in order to reach the agreement, that after that, Europe would know a 1000-year lasting peace. Spoiler alert: He lied...
World War 2 erupted one year later.
World War 2 erupted one year later.
November 19, 2024 at 4:05 PM
(4/?) Supposedly, it was supposed to appease Hitler's ambitions, even famously promising, in order to reach the agreement, that after that, Europe would know a 1000-year lasting peace. Spoiler alert: He lied...
World War 2 erupted one year later.
World War 2 erupted one year later.
(4/?) Does it remind the rhetorics that Mr Putin and his team use to talk about the Ukrainian border region of Donbas that they engaged war in as early as 2014, transposing it to Russian-speaking communities?
... Yes, yes it does.
In Sep 1938, Munich Agreements happened, Hitler got what he wanted.
... Yes, yes it does.
In Sep 1938, Munich Agreements happened, Hitler got what he wanted.
November 19, 2024 at 4:01 PM
(4/?) Does it remind the rhetorics that Mr Putin and his team use to talk about the Ukrainian border region of Donbas that they engaged war in as early as 2014, transposing it to Russian-speaking communities?
... Yes, yes it does.
In Sep 1938, Munich Agreements happened, Hitler got what he wanted.
... Yes, yes it does.
In Sep 1938, Munich Agreements happened, Hitler got what he wanted.