The alliance also pledges more aid to Ukraine, but China warns it to stop "provoking confrontation".

Nato members have pledged their support for an “irreversible path” to future membership for Ukraine, as well as more aid.

While a formal timeline for it to join the military alliance was not agreed at a summit in Washington DC, the military alliance’s 32 members said they had “unwavering” support for Ukraine’s war effort.

Nato has also announced further integration with Ukraine’s military and members have committed €40bn ($43.3bn, £33.7bn) in aid in the next year, including F-16 fighter jets and air defence support.

The bloc’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said: “Support to Ukraine is not charity - it is in our own security interest.”

  • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    177·
    5 months ago

    judge a person by the content of their character

    forced to change instance because of other people’s prejudice.

    Sorry if I’m getting the wrong impression here, but the moderators with whom you choose to associate is pretty easy to change and not a part of who you are.

    • el_abuelo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      49·
      5 months ago

      This sentiment is exactly what I’m talking about.

      I’m not associated with the moderators anymore than your average user of .world is associated with their’s.

      My point is, yes I can choose to change instance but why should I? Lemmy is meant to embody the best of us - and yet some of us are creating “us and them” situations.

      • MolochAlter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        62·
        5 months ago

        I mean, we are.

        Why would you join an instance where the mods don’t align with your own preferences in terms of moderation?

        If there were an instance where the mods were open nazis and banned any pro-LGBT posts, me being on that instance at the very least means I have no problem having to maintain that standard of conduct, if I don’t actively co-sign it.

        Having one or two mods who are cunts is one thing, having a whole mod/admin team with an explicit political agenda and line to toe is not the same.

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
        37·
        5 months ago

        And you’re associated with the mods in the same way that you’re associated with the government representatives of your nation. And I can tell you from experience that even though I don’t know the president or any of the representatives, I still get shit from people in other countries for the shit they do.

        Yeah, it sucks that you’re getting guilty by association, but that’s just a base human trait and naivety about how humans behave won’t change the fact that this shit is going to be part of any human-based micro-culture. The nice part about online communities, though, is it doesn’t cost you your life savings to up and move to a more palatable location.

        • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          31·
          5 months ago

          That’s the whole difference, though. I wouldn’t make the same claim about moving to another country, for which switching costs are astronomical.