Can any real discussion on Ukraine avoid including the role and aspirations of Victoria Nuland as the chaos agent in charge of this debacle and subsequently removed from office? Matt Taibbi’s reporting on the censorship apparatus being built over the last decade inside the security state probably frames the Tik Tok ban in a much better and more clearly understandable configuration than just a couple paragraphs. A nuanced and evolving trap is slowly being constructed inside yet another adversarial “threat matrix”. Does anyone recall, only a few months ago, the Russia threat, which has now basically disappeared - it wasn’t that long ago that Russians were hiding under every American bed and posed an imminent threat to electoral integrity at every ballot box. When does it become clear that with every “threat” comes more surveillance, more data collection, more security state budget increases and monitoring powers with no real oversight. It’s like we’ve forgotten how slippery slopes work and the solution is to grease up the toboggan and enjoy the ride instead.
Can any real discussion on Ukraine avoid including the role and aspirations of Victoria Nuland as the chaos agent in charge of this debacle and subsequently removed from office? Matt Taibbi’s reporting on the censorship apparatus being built over the last decade inside the security state probably frames the Tik Tok ban in a much better and more clearly understandable configuration than just a couple paragraphs. A nuanced and evolving trap is slowly being constructed inside yet another adversarial “threat matrix”. Does anyone recall, only a few months ago, the Russia threat, which has now basically disappeared - it wasn’t that long ago that Russians were hiding under every American bed and posed an imminent threat to electoral integrity at every ballot box. When does it become clear that with every “threat” comes more surveillance, more data collection, more security state budget increases and monitoring powers with no real oversight. It’s like we’ve forgotten how slippery slopes work and the solution is to grease up the toboggan and enjoy the ride instead.
"These analyses always miss Ukraine’s agency and self-determination." The most common mistake when analyzing this war, it seems.