I’ve got no objection to them offering PayPal as a method, it’s the PayPal only bit I object to. Bandcamp is one of the few sites that has my card details stores. Click, buy, done. Why make it more difficult
Its also bloody stupid given the processing charges PayPal levy. There are much cheaper payment solutions out there like Lopay. I switched from PayPal to them and cut my processing fees by over two thirds
Artists on Bandcamp that only accept payment via PayPal. Just sod off
Two different Labels today and 3 records. PayPal only. Why on earth would you do that
As if I can be arsed with setting up a PayPal account
It's all interlinked really, they all feed into each other. You could rephrase rebuilding a Russian Empire as regaining Russia's sphere of influence and they both become the same thing. One is a symptom, the other is the endgame if you like and even the ego / legacy thing is just the personal aspect to Putin's decision making. It'll be impossible to unconnect them even in 50 years time.
It fails at the second tweet
There is absolutely nothing telling about that at all. The invasion had been planned for months if not an entire year beforehand. Medvechuk and his pipeline had absolutely no bearing on it.
I do, however, think the whole thread has some merit but I think its only a small part of the reasoning behind the Invasion, there are other more major factors
Who told him this would be a good idea?
The mind boggles as to who thought this would be good publicity without thinking of the obvious pitfalls
Rishi, it would be a great idea with great optics, if you went and talked to that land mine over there. Just kick it so it knows you are there
Followed by a not very careful interpretation of an interpretation. The person interpreting the speech even says he's pushing for a New World Order. whilst not saying "based on Russian principals" whose principals do you think he's pushing for? Brazil's? It is absolutely implied to be by Russian principals by the mere fact it's Putin saying in