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Cake day: September 29th, 2023
  • CyberDine@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Ukraine Says It Uncovers Mass Fraud in Weapons ProcurementEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Ukraine used to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. It dates back to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in '91. All of those Russian satellite countries, including Russia itself had to deal with organized crime and oligarchs and the turmoil and discord they sowed.

    This is not a criticism of Ukraine as much as it is an attempt to show those issues don’t just go away in war time, in fact it can extrapolate and make matters much worse as criminals and oligarchs engage in War Profiteering.

    I’m actually quite proud of Ukraine and Zelenskyy for keeping a lid on many of those unsavory elements and leading a very effective war against a foreign invader.

  • CyberDine@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•How do you cope with the state of the world today?
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    8 months ago

    I don’t doom scroll.

    I read a copy of my local, still-Independent newspaper free every morning with digital access to my library.

    I vote in every local, State and Federal election.

    I vote Progressive in the Primaries and Democrat in the General.

    I say ‘Yes’ to any/all referendums that Tax the wealthy.

    That’s about all I can do without financially impacting my family or my career. If it was feasible I’d maybe even start attending my Town Hall meetings just to get a barometer reading on my local Council Members.

    Crazy thing is I’m 36yo, and sanity checks have required me to act like a 60yo from the 90s… minus the ‘got mine’ Boomer attitude.