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→Nobody considers RobSmith to be an international relations expert. His Vladimir Putin article barely has over 150,00 page views - despite Putin being a more prominent figure than Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers.
:I would also suggest that he stop injecting knowing lies in his articles on these topics. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 21:10, April 8, 2024 (EDT)
:I would also suggest that he stop injecting knowing lies in his articles on these topics. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 21:10, April 8, 2024 (EDT)
::I very much doubt any of us can be considered foremost experts in international politics and deplomacy. Being humble and self aware about that is important. I can find sources which sound authoritative, provide long lists of proof, and are generally popular, which claim that the earth is flat. Likewise for hollow earth theory, or any number of other things. The important things are the ability to research a topic as objectively as possible (accepting that everyone has a bias, including ourselves), and to filter out the nonsense as best we can based on what verifiable facts can be identified. I can insist that Biden's bed room in the white house is wallpapered with giant CCP flags. I can say that I have a secret source working in the white house who confirmed this. I can say the purchase orders have been identified. I can even show you something which looks like the purchase order. But does that mean you should believe me? Probably not. Certainly not on that alone.
::The world has become a place of subjective truth. It's a mess. But our job is to pick out the irrefutable facts, and make logical arguments. Picking up biased materials from the Russian government, and assuming they are completely true, is a mistake. That is comparable to accepting "scientific reports" and pier-reviewed papers, which state that man-made global warming is real, but were sponsored by the same billionaires investing in financially illogical "green" technology, who expect to earn massive returns. But then saying that the Russian government is actually hiding or understating the truth, and that we somehow know that things are even better than over there than the propaganda states, is sheer lunacy. Where's the proof?
::China is on unstable footing, but they are learning. Russia is floundering, and the United States is voluntarily tearing itself apart. What will come of that? I very much doubt any of us can say for sure, although I have my suspicions. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 02:45, April 9, 2024 (EDT)