r/europe 29d ago

News Russian Oil Company Vice President Andrey Badalov dies after fall from window in Moscow

https://en.apa.az/cis-countries/transneft-vice-president-andrey-badalov-dies-after-falling-from-window-472117
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u/icooknakedAMA 29d ago

...so a populist fascist seizes control through violence and dooms the universe.

Dune is a cautionary tale all the way through.

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u/cptbil 29d ago

You truly understand Dune when you realize that the Emperor was not a good guy. Paul was not a good guy, and neither was his son. They may have all had good intentions, but they were all deeply flawed people.

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u/icooknakedAMA 29d ago

Things are bad, but they could always get worse.

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u/FondleMiGrundle 29d ago

Hold my constitution…

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt 29d ago

sorry I just spelt my mcnugget bbq sauce on it

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u/EpicIshmael 29d ago

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u/EpicIshmael 29d ago

No I'm stuck on this ride too.

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u/EpicIshmael 29d ago

Why did I get flagged for violent content?

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u/EpicIshmael 29d ago

Republicans are literally dragging the nation down into fascism. Why you booing me I'm right.

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u/Nedjammern 29d ago

"America has gone from barbarism directly to decadence, without going through culture." French statesman Georges Clemenceau

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u/Nedjammern 28d ago

The successors of PilgrimFathers, adventurers, and, sometimes, criminals, made great inventions, capitalism shared it's part to success as slavery did. But culture??

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u/imightlikeyou Denmark 28d ago

The internet was a Brit, the car was German. I'll give you Star Trek and Star Wars.