r/neoliberal • u/RabidGuillotine PROSUR • Oct 14 '24

The Impending Betrayal of Ukraine Opinion article (non-US)

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/impending-betrayal-ukraine

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96% Upvoted

After catching up on my "minorities are shifting to Trump" click bait and "trump might have crossed the line again" rage bait I was starting to wonder where my "Ukraine is ficked" doom bait was

Thank you Reddit for not disappointing me

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u/BiscuitoftheCrux Oct 14 '24

Sounds pretty nice to have a bunch of buzzwords you can throw around to casually dismiss whatever isn't convenient to your worldview.

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u/ProfessionalCreme119 Oct 14 '24

These stories get called clickbait and doom speak in Ukraine subs all the time. It's just assumptions and opinions based on "connect the dots" journalism.

Many of these articles are written by the same media groups that swore Russia wasn't going to invade. Countless "here's why Ukraine is safe" and "These are the reasons Russia won't invade Ukraine" opinion pieces.

Opinion based prediction journalism. All it does is make the facts harder source. Increases misinformation and the ability to spread propaganda easily.

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u/tripletruble Zhao Ziyang Oct 15 '24

The Ukraine subs are an echo chamber full of delusional cheerleaders. It is near impossible to get any sense of what is going on in the war by following those posts.

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u/slightlybitey Austan Goolsbee Oct 15 '24 edited Oct 15 '24

These stories get called clickbait and doom speak in Ukraine subs all the time.

If the headline makes me feel bad, the article is bad

It's just assumptions and opinions based on "connect the dots" journalism.

It's called analysis. Synthesizing facts into a model of the world with which you can make useful predictions. Predictions inform policy.

If you take issue with the model, make an actual counterargument. Complaining about the legitimacy of analysis as a concept is just anti-intellectual.

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u/Amy_Ponder Anne Applebaum Oct 14 '24

Just need some "here's my hot take on (the fertility crisis / trans people / why boys are struggling)" flame bait and we'll have the full set!

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u/1ivesomelearnsome Oct 16 '24

RemindMe! 1 year