Yea yea I know, not all contradictions imply a fundamental error.
This line is currently in popular usage by online liberals who are forced to work through their 
as China ascends, as DPRK approaches normalization, as Iran demonstrates its regional force, as Ukraine inevitably loses, as the US murders and still loses, as Sahel states inch toward sovereignty. These contradictions are becoming more striking and difficult to hand-wave. And in the first phase of this dissonance, the reflex is to allow the dissonance no matter how deafening.
Ukraine: “Just a couple more billions bro, i promise. Just a couple more.” Eu: “Sure buddy, you can win this, just keep grinding. You’re doing great.”
They still have old people and women that could be busified for the glory of the nation. That would shock the Russians, for sure!