What do you guys think of simply donating the to the Ukranian army? It’s not obvious to me that anything is more high leverage at promoting democracy and peace in the long term than simply helping Ukraine amount a more effective defense and increase the cost to Russia of its aggression. What do y’all think about organizations like Come Back Alive that appear to be funneling money directly to the Ukranian army.
This is my reasoning as well. Help the army with direct transfers. The army itself has set up a bank account, so instead of donating to some charities I would suggest donating straight to that account. Heres a post of Ukrainian embassy in Belgium: https://www.facebook.com/UkrainianEmbassyBelgium/posts/317639450399492
Two considerations seem very relevant here: (1) Is your primary goal to help Ukranians, or to make this more costly for Russia? (2) Do you think the extra money is likely to change the outcome of the war, or merely the duration?
A combined answer is that the point is to help Ukrainians fight for longer. More time means: - Less morale on the Russian side = higher chances of them backing off - The West has more chances to take more actions that might made a difference - The image of unbeatable Russian army demolishes, which will have ripple effects throughout history. - The icy mud in the vast fields of Ukraine will thaw and turn into mud during March. This makes war much more difficult for Russians.
As always, our donations individually will be small but multiplied by the potential to have a huge impact, the expected utility is high.
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What do you guys think of simply donating the to the Ukranian army? It’s not obvious to me that anything is more high leverage at promoting democracy and peace in the long term than simply helping Ukraine amount a more effective defense and increase the cost to Russia of its aggression. What do y’all think about organizations like Come Back Alive that appear to be funneling money directly to the Ukranian army.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/people-sending-bitcoin-aid-ukraines-205552024.html?guccounter=1
https://www.facebook.com/backandalive/posts/pfbid0PxPhCU7yYpHekepodMPsrVHJVAwdXeM1JijwZC7zeFtB76xWRKraDh4BCvrMTFzSl
This is my reasoning as well. Help the army with direct transfers.
The army itself has set up a bank account, so instead of donating to some charities I would suggest donating straight to that account. Heres a post of Ukrainian embassy in Belgium:
https://www.facebook.com/UkrainianEmbassyBelgium/posts/317639450399492
Two considerations seem very relevant here:
(1) Is your primary goal to help Ukranians, or to make this more costly for Russia?
(2) Do you think the extra money is likely to change the outcome of the war, or merely the duration?
A combined answer is that the point is to help Ukrainians fight for longer. More time means:
- Less morale on the Russian side = higher chances of them backing off
- The West has more chances to take more actions that might made a difference
- The image of unbeatable Russian army demolishes, which will have ripple effects throughout history.
- The icy mud in the vast fields of Ukraine will thaw and turn into mud during March. This makes war much more difficult for Russians.
As always, our donations individually will be small but multiplied by the potential to have a huge impact, the expected utility is high.
This comment and this action might affect people you are connected to in the affected countries, in the medium and long term—could be used as anti-west and anti-EA propaganda, and Gray Zone and for visa restrictions and trial evidence in stitch ups in 2023-5. Web crawlers and network analysis make it much easier for such info to be saved. Consider deleting?