[–] 4 points 8 months ago

Germany and Japan were fascist states that went on the offensive, and both were forced into total capitulation followed by extensive programmes to uproot the fascist elements from their societies, paired with programmes to help rebuild.

Syria was primarily fighting a civil war against a dictator, not against the US and Israel.

In this case, Iran was attacked and its spiritual leader was assassinated. And as much as we dislike that guy, many Iranians did like him. Iran was then heavily bombed, including what appear to be civilian targets. There are no clear signs of widespread civil unrest that could topple the regime entirely yet.

I don't see this ending well anytime soon.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago

    Unlikely, Europe would sooner buy more lng from the US than from Russia. And Russia's drone supplier is likely not supplying much anymore, especially after Iran saw that Russia's response to the US attacking is basically nothing. Putin is almost certainly very unhappy about this.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago

    Isn't the situation in gonewild a clear sign it'd be wise to set up two separate communities? gonewildgals and gonewildguys or something? If a community is "too broad", niche content will always lose out. The answer is usually setting up a new community specific to that niche.

    Fighting low-effort posts and memes either means setting up a meme community, more moderation on the posts or both.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago

    Model train building can be considered a bit weird, but it's one of the most wholesome and welcoming communities you can find.

    Sometimes I visit the subreddit for it and am reminded of what that site used to be. Genuine engagement, people just happy to show things off and providing really in depth feedback or tips when asked.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    iDEAL is Dutch only. WERO is made by (some of) the people behind iDEAL (amongst others), which is also why iDEAL is turning into WERO soon-ish.

    WERO is also just barely out of the womb and is slowly rolling out to a handful of countries first. The idea is that that rollout will grow to other countries after it settles a bit.

    BLIK and WERO operate in different "markets" because Poland pays with the Polish Złoty (PLN), whereas WERO focuses on the Euro. Polish banks were originally involved with the project however, but they withdrew in 2022 (back when the plan was still to setup a rival card network to VISA/MasterCard).

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