It’s less “surplus” and more stolen. Supply officers figuring out they can sell the gear coming through their post and make multiple times their annual salary from selling them to surplus groups. A lot of poorer countries have that problem, iirc it was a significant part of why the US wasn’t willing to supply the Afghan military with tech.
You’ve likely seen this already but, just in case, here’s a list of companies still doing in Russia. You can filter and sort it by a variety of attributes like name, country, industry sector and some general categories to describe the actions they’ve taken (e.g. “Digging in”, “Scaling back”, etc.). They also link to this site which provides E-mail and social media contact info if you would like to add your voice to those already calling for them to stop doing business.
At this point, I’d be surprised to see too many of the companies that haven’t pulled out already see the light and make significant changes but it can’t hurt to maintain some level of pressure and visibility due to their actions (or lack thereof).
Oh heck I posted this from mobile, and made the post on desktops, so o just downloaded my own Reddit post to repost it here, only forgot the shitty Reddit stock app adds that bottom bit
Let it stay as a monument to my stupidity and how cringe the Reddit app is
Damn, access to the whole internet and still sucking down the obviously false Putin Propaganda.
The Olympics gold medal level metal gymnastics he’s going to have to do to get around all of that once Russia pulls out of Crimea is going to tie him in knots
I do love how common 4d chess claims are now, like anytime someone doesn’t understand something it’s 4d chess. Can’t tie your shoes? 4d chess. Kids won’t talk to you? 4d chess. Got Covid to own the libs. 4d chess.
It’s more an admission they’re either too stupid or too lazy to actually find out why it doesn’t make sense to them.
I might be wrong on this, but it seems people don’t search the internet like people used to back in the older days. Now it seems everyone has been taught to be lazy and accept whatever their algorithm of choice feeds them. Idk, maybe im wrong, just a gut feeling.
You got that right. What you mentioned here is one of the reasons why we’re in this shitty timeline in the first place. Critical thinking and confirming of facts are no longer done.
Nah, people search the internet just as much, but now it’s far easier to find something to support your opinion no matter how far from the truth your opinion is. Its not about fact or fiction, it’s about somebody reinforcing what you think by repeating it. The scale of satisfaction has tipped from “learning something new” to “being right”, and its far easier to tell somebody that they’re right than to teach them something.
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