The Reading Junkie

War Memes of the Week

June 3, 2022 by Ian Kummer

Sorry no post in a while. I’ve been busy. I should hopefully have one tomorrow. For now, here are some memes I made.

The Blood Pump of Donbass

May 30, 2022May 29, 2022 by Ian Kummer

Four months into Russia’s special military operation, let’s review what’s happened so far in the information battlefield. I have a theory about the ongoing Battle for Donbass.

Oligarchy vs. Colony for Dummies

May 27, 2022 by Maria Kondorskaya

I keep hearing that Russia is [just another] oligarchy. The main argument is that there are [VERY] rich people in Russia. True, though compared to Elon Musk or Bill Gates they are beggars. But are they oligarchs in the proper sense of the word? I don’t think so. Maybe they were proxy rulers with limited authority. I’ll try to explain.

Green Money for a Green World, or Another Scam?

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 by Maria Kondorskaya

I’ve never been a crypto enthusiast. Now I’m a crypto skeptic. How so? Well, I’ve seen several projects inside, I followed several cases and I watch the news (a bit too much). And here is what I now think about the promised land of decentralization, Web 3.0 and tokenomics.

Ingroup Hostility and White Supremacy

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 by Ian Kummer

This is a follow-up of my earlier post I Finally Understand Why We Hate Russia. Now I argue that under the European model of post-modern European supremacy, I mean liberalism, the enemy within is worse than the enemy outside. I am referring not to geography or borders, but to ethnicity.