Otto Neurath...Vladimir Putin...and the economy of real things
Just two days ago the Hindustan Times published an article with the headline, "US Senate clears long-delayed $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan" . A long-awaited proposal to continue the massacre of unlimited numbers of Ukrainians, Palestinians and to lay the ground-work for a similar future for Taiwan seems to have seen the light of day. However, headlines seem to be written primarily for those who read nothing more than the headline (or a tweet), for in just the second paragraph, the following is written: "The legislation will now be submitted to the House of Representatives, which is controlled by Republicans, where there is little possibility that it would pass into law. US Speaker Mike Johnson has condemned the bill." The Russians have said time and again that providing financial aid to Ukraine may prolong the conflict but would do nothing to change the outcome. Yet, this obsession with providing billions of dollars of aid continues. Such i