Autocratic regimes around the world, particularly China, are watching. Is there a high cost for unprovoked aggression against a peaceful neighbor or an acceptable off-ramp?
In the total number of licenses held, the number of active recreational trappers, and revenues from trapping licenses, we are talking about a fraction of 1% of Vermont’s population.
What is most disturbing about some comments on the Bread and Puppet article is how Russian aggression against Ukraine is being accepted as the fault of the “war gods of capitalism”, instigated by the US and NATO, and part of CIA plots. What news sources are people getting their information from, Russia Today(RT)? The myopic mindset of these comments shows a disconcerting ignorance of the history behind the conflict in Ukraine, and gives a pass to Putin’s genocidal and territorial ambitions. Putin is a 21st century Hitler. And it bears remembering that Hitler was not stopped through diplomatic efforts, but
Trappers were given the opportunity to put their assertions about trapper responsibility into action, but they rejected even these reasonable measures.
Soviet leaders tried to use starvation to suppress Ukrainian independence and prevent rebellions by farmers who resisted takeover of their farms and livestock by the Soviet government. Between 3.5 million and 7 million people died.