^^That's a drop in the ocean. Most russians support the war.
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^^That's a drop in the ocean. Most russians support the war.
Most russians live in the sticks and aren't educated further than state propaganda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kutman
Analysts are predicting that Russia will break up by 2033.
Any story in western news about a child in a conflict zone is emotional blackmail/propaganda. Nothing saying it's not true though, but it doesn't say anything about the actual popularity of the war.
The war is popular in Russia. We like to convince ourselves that people in other countries have our opinion on things and their leader doesn't, but Russians feel that Ukraine isn't a real country and that the EU is trying to steal a crucial part of Russia that should have been invaded along time ago. And that that Ukrainian president is the feds. This is who we propagandized ourselves into thinking Muslim women hate islam and like unilateral Nato invasions, and Iraqis secretly love foreign invasion because they hate local Saddam.
People in a country at war support their country. Once we're talking about war nothing rational is happening on any end. The US is really good a messaging but it uses the same wheelhouse to get the job done and if we're being honest it's very obvious to anyone that's over 30 that this is trick #41: A child or woman is denied their opportunity to agree with the United States Department of Defense.
We can take the hypocrisy part as read.Quote:
Originally Posted by TSA
You have access to a variety of educational sources and ideas, and can form your own opinions and voice them without fear of repercussions. Which is less the case for a Russian farmhand or Iraqi housewife.
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Originally Posted by ShaDynasty
So does everyone on earth unless they don't have the money or know how. Some countries have consequences for pursuing certain beliefs, our own included. You know there's things you can't google, you know there's an apparatus that monitors suspicious internet activity, you know there's movements you can't join, you know there's movements with arrested or dead leaders, you know there's US journalists in exile, on the run, dead or arrested. They're banning subjects and books all the time in the US. And this is just the government limitations, if you add corporate limitations on ppls access to info, fagedabadit
I think we emphasis clown zones like North Korea to make it seem as if what we have in the west that other don't is the 'ability to challenge the government' or access information, or 'say what we want to say', but those things are common and limited everywhere at the same time in roughly the same way based on a national interest and culture.
There’s no way most Russians support this war. It’s dumb and pointless. But I can see Russia using nukes out of spite to end the war quicker and avoid further embarrassment
I think they do, but I have no idea why TSA is trying to justify the war on the basis of ”we all have our quirks”. Some places are quantitatively worse than others.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65173043.amp
^^25 miles off target wtf.
CBF discussing with that dude but here's a wikipedia entry on anti-war protests in Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-w...%80%93present) and reportedly 1 in 4 people in favour of the war https://theconversation.com/ukraine-...t-putin-196163
^ Someone has to take the initiative.
Did you ever see that movie where Tom Cruise plays a nazi trying to assassinate Hitler? Its not bad.
Valkyrie I think it was called. I enjoyed that movie.
Any idea what all this drama with Prigozin and the Wagner Group means for Russia?
Putin is due to drop a statement soon.
Putin has shown weakness but at the same time Prigozin did not follow through.
I have a hard time believing Lukashenko really negotiated a deal.
Putin moved nukes to Belarus. I fear the unthinkable will happen eventually. Biden won't do nutthin.