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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Ok, double-checked the definition, it means exactly what I thought it does. You're going to have to explain your argument like an adult if you want me to respond further to explain how you are wrong.

[-] mattyroses@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago

it means exactly what I thought it does

Oh, OK. What is the replicable pattern of "defense" that is Ukraine, then?

You seem to mean strategy. Ukraine is not the center of European defense strategy, but at least that word isn't just nonsense.

to explain your argument like an adult

Yes, this does feel like I'm talking to a 3 year old

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 23 hours ago

The beat you can do is "no u"?

Anyways /uj for a second, "paradigm" has more than one definition. I think you're using a different one than we were, which is roughly "a method or framework for thought". A paradigm is a way of thinking about something, or a set of tools and methods used to do so. This is the definition used in the phrase "paradigm shift" and is pretty common; it overlaps with, but is different to, using "paradigm" to refer to an exceptional example of something to replicate. Saying Ukraine will be at the center of the european defense paradigm means that it will be used as a foundational point of reference when discussing defense, and its capabilities will be key to our defense strategy.

[-] mattyroses@lemmy.today 0 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Saying Ukraine will be at the center of the european defense paradigm means that it will be used as a foundational point of reference when discussing defense, and its capabilities will be key to our defense strategy.

And again, that is meaningless unless you're claiming you will replicate Ukraine's defense in other places.

Nor is Ukraine "foundational", unless you think that all of Europe is a former part of the USSR that was also the center of WWII against the Russian state of the time. If you'd like to suggest some other country that fits that "paradigm", I'm all ears.

Ukraine isn't foundational - it's a proxy war now abandoned by the US that too much of Europe has decided to let anchor it.

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