• Tinidril
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    LOL, it’s not nationalism to acknowledge that countries are a thing, or to acknowledge that there are indeed differences between them. I have no illusions that the US government is my friend, but I do see that I’m better off here than under Putin. There is a reason that a third of Russian males are alcoholics, and it’s not the quality of the vodka.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      5 months ago

      are you in any danger of becoming Russian and owing anything to Putin? No, you’re not. Disentangle the nationalism from your brain. Russia isn’t a threat to you and it’s not your enemy, it’s a threat to your country’s shareholders.

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        5 months ago

        So, you acknowledge that Putin is threatening the US. Well, that’s progress of a sort. (I can play your stupid games too.)

        • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          Oh come on. Death to America. I said Russia threatens shareholders. Properly identify your enemy and what side you’re on. The US isn’t your side even if you live in it. The US is a conglomeration of business interests and military expenditures, it deserves to be threatened.

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            5 months ago

            It does deserve to be threatened, but not by criminal regimes that share every negative aspect and add so many more. Putin’s Russia doesn’t threaten to overthrow the American oligarchy and put Americans in control, it threatens to strengthen that oligarchy and bend it to Putin’s will. That is absolutely a threat to America, in every possible sense.

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                5 months ago

                So, it’s crazy to assume that one of the worlds largest influence operations might exert some influence. Yeah, that’s the sensible take. Putin isn’t a comic villain, he’s just a modern crime boss with access to a state level intelligence agency.

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                  Let’s turn that around: who has the world’s largest influence operation, and what makes you think it hasn’t affected you? Your relationship with propaganda is that of a fish that doesn’t know it’s wet. You genuinely think that the Russian Federation wants to take over America, that’s how a small child thinks lmao

                  • Tinidril
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                    Let’s turn it around again and look at the country so afraid of a mythical NATO invasion that they invaded a neighboring country and created unimaginable tragedy for nothing. If NATO were threatening Russia, what better time than this moment to invade? Russia has proven it’s military to be a bad joke riddled with corruption and incompetence and embroiled itself in a conflict it can’t resolve, meanwhile NATO is bigger and stronger than ever. Where is the invasion Putin feared so much?

                    I got a solid public education, then went on to study philosophy and theology in college at a private university. Then I traveled the world and leaned more. I’m in my fifties now and never stopped learning. Assume what you want about me, but by eyes are open and I’m not child.

                    I never said Russia wants to take over America BTW. They want influence, and have not been as unsuccessful as I would like in that endeavor. Your reading comprehension is shit and you might want to work on that.