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DefenestrationPraha 1 day ago +98

The officers responsible for that decision may have accidentally gained the same amount sent from TotallyNotARussianInfluenceAccount in Dubai, though. This is how Russian influence works. Corrupt the decision makers, and if the target institution suffers a bit, all the better. Weakened institutions are easier to take over.

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Do_itsch 1 day ago +123

Good.

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Royal_Airport7940 1 day ago +27

Politics belongs everywhere. If Politics isn't solved, then you can't have other things. That's it. That simple.

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aleRayRay 1 day ago +6

I didn’t know politics could be solved… how do you define politics?

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Capable_Kiwi2514 23 hr ago -2

That's an absurdism. Politics isn't a thing that can be solved, and having non-political spaces for people to share is a good thing. The "politics should be everywhere" rhetoric is simply a generic excuse that's given for actions that should actually be evaluated on their particular merits. The apt question in a case like this isn't "should politics be involved?" but rather "what constitutes involving politics and what is the nature of any politics that might be involved?" Whether to invite Russians is an inherently political question, so it can't meaningfully be declaimed as non-political.

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uktabilizard 1 day ago -23

That’s a weird take. We wouldn’t have the Olympics or the World Cup. We wouldn’t have the International Space Station. Politics is conflict.

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binzoma 1 day ago +5

people really dont get some really basic shit eh politics is *everywhere*. its literally everything. the power lines carrying power to your house, the roads connecting houses and businesses and cities and countries, the water coming out of the tap, the economy your job exists in, the things you learned in school, the way you interact with random people politics is like spacetime, its the fabric behind everything there is no space on earth that is free of politics. and like racism etc, the only way people can say 'I can ignore politics' or 'politics doesnt impact me', is if they're constantly winning from a system (which means their politics are causing other people to be constantly losing from a system)

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uktabilizard 19 hr ago

My point exactly - how are you supposed to solve politics? Humanity moves forward because people are willing to cooperate despite the politics. If we have to wait to solve politics, literally every person on earth would be an island unto themselves.

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JY0950 1 day ago -20

So the world should stop trading?

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Bitter_Nail8577 1 day ago +26

Bastards had it coming, good riddance.

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Roselily808 1 day ago +22

Good! Let that be a lesson.

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Reznik81 1 day ago +18

Rightly so.

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VersusYYC 1 day ago +8

Russia is a comedy and a circus, but it is not a country or culture in the common understanding. It is an enslaver of such things and to invite Russia today is to invite and celebrate that evil. One day there may be a humane civilization called Russia to invite but it will be significantly smaller, fewer, and more ashamed.

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PlumbicZeppelin 1 day ago +2

What has Sandro said about this ?

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DeterminedErmine 1 day ago -25

I mean as an artist I still want to celebrate Russian and Israeli artists

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Royal_Airport7940 1 day ago +11

Go celebrate Kid Rock then. See? Not so easy. Before celebrating an artist, make sure they are worth celebrating. Don't go in blind and dont go supporting a regime because... artists

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No_Conversation_9325 1 day ago -3

Who cares? Whatever Russia is taking part in is of zero interest to me and many others. We should just stop participating in events plagued by them altogether.

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GnerSpree 1 day ago -16

What if they are not even living in Russia anymore?

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terminalzero 1 day ago +12

what if the committee working for the russian government to put on the official, state-sponsored exhibition doesn't live in russia anymore?

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Sudden_Cantaloupe_69 1 day ago -5

I mean, Biennale can’t do much about it, if you’ve ever been there you know that countries own their national pavilions in the Giardini.

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Aggravating-Drop7676 10 hr ago +1

Why does anybody think using EU subsidies to exhibit russian war progaganda is allowable?

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The Venice Biennale has lost 2 million euros in funding due to its decision to allow Russia to participate in the 61st contemporary art exhibition

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