u/TheBeege

So... I considered trying to start an energy-sustainable data center...

The math doesn't check out. One square meter of earth gets about 1,000 watts from sunlight. Our current solar panels only run at 20% efficiency at best. Servers I looked at average 500 watts... and we usually put a bunch of servers stacked up in a single rack, which you can only fit one of in one square meter.

As AI grows, it's only gonna get worse. We need nuclear or geothermal or hell, fusion if we can make it not 50 years away.

But it explains why Amazon and such are looking into smaller scale nuclear. Let's see how that goes I guess...

From the Wikipedia article on Russia's playbook: "Foundations of Geopolitics"

[Ukraine](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine "Ukraine") (except Western Ukraine) should be annexed by Russia because "Ukraine as a state has no geopolitical meaning, no particular cultural import or universal significance, no geographic uniqueness, no ethnic exclusiveness, its certain territorial ambitions represents an enormous danger for all of Eurasia and, without resolving the Ukrainian problem, it is in general senseless to speak about continental politics". Ukraine should not be allowed to remain independent, unless it is cordon sanitaire "Cordon sanitaire (international relations)"), which would be inadmissible according to Western political standards. As mentioned, [Western Ukraine](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ukraine "Western Ukraine") (comprising the regions of [Volynia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volhynia "Volhynia"), Galicia "Galicia (Eastern Europe)"), and [Transcarpathia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Ruthenia "Carpathian Ruthenia")), considering [its Catholic-majority population](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Ukraine "Catholic Church in Ukraine"), are permitted to form an independent federation of Western Ukraine but should not be under Atlanticist control.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

Why?

No one said anything about pulling SEA into a war. No one said anything about Europe forcing SEA like colonizers. Shit has changed in the past few decades.

NATO is a mutual defense pact. He's just talking about setting up a similar defense pact in SEA and East Asia.

As mentioned, SEA is relevant because those nations have the potential to be China's Ukraine.

SEA is likely to be open to some kind of mutual defense pact, as China has been testing borders for a long time, especially in the South China Sea. I believe the only reason they haven't is because of smaller military, trade relations with China, and the unlikely support of East Asia. East Asia looks down on SEA. If Europe engages in more trade, offers military support, and mediates improved relations between SEA and East Asia, I think a mutual defense pact is all but given. That said, the trade and military support are a tall order.

In any case, this is basically reciprocal action. See the comment about dogs shitting in yards.

Sorry for the late reply, but thanks for the definition. I wasn't aware of the prioritizing other ethnicities bit.

1. Whataboutism.

2. Commenter said Russian state, not Russian people.

3. I know you'll ignore this, but this will help other readers sniff out your bullshit.

Aren't most states ethnically associated...? Like... the US and Canada are anomalous. European countries are particularly accepting of other ethnicities but still have a core ethnicity. Asian countries are usually pretty homogenous. I imagine African countries are, too. Latin America, I'm not as sure.

Or am I misunderstanding the definition of ethno-state?