• CAVOK@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice doggy” until you can find a big enough rock. – Someone smart

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      4 days ago

      It’s been 10 years, if you still don’t have that rock, maybe you’re not really looking and you just want to say nice doggy forever.

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        4 hours ago

        I don’t think you fully appreciate how long it takes to build up the capacity needed. But yes, we’ve been slow to start. Not anymore though. Let’s just hope people won’t vote for the Russian bots like AfD, LePen etc.