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September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy

522 points · 391 comments · marjancek

jakozaur · 1790761035 · focus · HN ↗
I'm Polish, but this is such a pessimistic, overdramatic take. The visualisations are impressive, but you're living in Poland's golden age. See this Hacker News story with 1,000+ upvotes: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48062117">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48062117
The war in Ukraine is a tragedy, but it has proved that Russia is weak. The price shock will speed up the transition to renewables, and Iran is losing its grip on Hormuz. So many of the other issues are solvable.
It's easy to be a pessimist, but there's a bright future ahead of us.
1. traceroute66 · 1790767705 · focus · HN ↗
  > and Iran is losing its grip on Hormuz
  Remember this is a war that Iran has spent 40 years planning for.
  Netanyahu has been doing the same "two weeks away" stand-up comedy since 1992.
  Netanyahu asked every single US president. They all took advice and then went back with a polite "thanks, but no thanks".
  You don't need to have access to super-secret intel to know going into this frivolous war was a very stupid idea. You just need to look at a standard map and use your brain.
  Finally Mr Netanyahu found a stupid enough US president.
  And the problem with the current US president is he won't accept a loss.
  He is not the sort of person willing to accept he has bitten off more than he can chew.
  Nor is he the sort of person who is willing to sit down and have a proper negotiated discussion. Infact he's the very person who just tore up the JPCOA seemingly just because he doesn't like Obama.
  Nor is he the sort of person willing to learn from Iraq or Afghanistan.
  So we have a stalemate. And a US president who doesn't believe in diplomacy, old-school politics or anything else.
  And this stalemate is not one that is going to be resolved with more military firepower. Again, just look at the map....
  1. timnetworks · 1790772545 · focus · HN ↗
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    arthur-st · 1790773592 · focus · HN ↗
    The US very much has been trying to get Ukraine to surrender to Russia since Trump was elected. Quite nothing would seemingly please Trump more than Ukrainians rolling over and clearing the way to a fat kickback from Russia.
    jonnybgood · 1790776135 · focus · HN ↗
    Trump recently signed a Russian sanctions bill and the State Department just cleared a $2.7 billion military sale to Ukraine. So, I don't know how you've arrived at your conclusions.
    jodrellblank · 1790777150 · focus · HN ↗
    Are you kidding?
    2025 November: "Trump’s peace plan is a demand for Ukraine’s surrender What makes this plan different from all the others?"[1]
    2025 October: "Donald Trump Wants Ukraine to Surrender to Putin"[2]
    2025 September: "Ukraine's refusal to give up territory to Russia stalls peace deal, Trump envoy says"[3]
    2025 Feb: "Trump Gives Europe 3 Weeks to Accept Ukraine’s ‘Surrender,’ Says European Lawmaker"[4]
    2025 January: "Trump says Ukraine should have surrendered to Russia and blames Zelensky for war"[5]
    2024 September: "Harris meets Zelensky and slams Trump's 'surrender policy' for Ukraine"[6]
    1. <a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/469993/trump-ukraine-peace-plan-zelenskyy" rel="nofollow">https://www.vox.com/politics/469993/trump-ukraine-peace-plan...
    2. <a href="https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/donald-trump-wants-ukraine-to-surrender-to-putin/" rel="nofollow">https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/donald-trump-wants-ukrai...
    3. <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ukraines-refusal-territory-russia-stalls-100132986.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ukraines-refusal-terr...
    4. <a href="https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47574" rel="nofollow">https://www.kyivpost.com/post/47574
    5. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-putin-zelensky-ukraine-russia-sean-hannity-b2685565.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
    6. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240927-harris-meets-zelensky-and-slams-trump-s-surrender-policy-for-ukraine" rel="nofollow">https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240927-harris-meets-z...
    jonnybgood · 1790778426 · focus · HN ↗
    Yep, he says a lot of stupid stuff, but I care more about the actual actions that are being done. Despite what Trump says, the US has not stopped supporting Ukraine.
    polotics · 1790783625 · focus · HN ↗
    Have you noticed the small detail about the application of the sanctions bill that has been signed? Please tell us when you see something out of this bill, and the effect it has on whom.

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