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Alchenar posted:It's just crucial to the narrative that Ukraine is not a sovereign country that can make its own choices. 'Russia and Ukraine would be great friends if not for the perfidious west getting between us, pay no attention to the Bucha behind the curtain'. crazy to me that someone can be pro-palestine and yet deny Bucha if communism seriously doesn't crave expansion, then Putin should be fine backing the gently caress off and going home. This isn't a case of extreme leftism fighting to survive against Western capitalist hegemony, as much as the tankies try to argue it. It's a case of capitalist authoritarian oligarchs fighting to preserve the status quo of their country (Russia) so that they don't have to make any changes, just like in America. And just like how we lambast America for this, so we should be critical of Russia in the same manner. Russia and the US, we're both just big bloated bureaucratic failures of countries run by the rich, who wish to keep milking the situation to their benefit as long as possible. StrangersInTheNight fucked around with this message at 11:16 on Nov 28, 2023 |
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StrangersInTheNight posted:crazy to me that someone can be pro-palestine and yet deny Bucha Yeah, the fact that there were some supposed leftists being IN FAVOUR of Russia seizing territory really undermined any type of leeway I was willing to give them. I mean, for Christ's sake, do they not remember Lenin's work in WW1?! (If they had been of the opinion that it didn't matter, as it was a case of two capitalist powers fighting amongst themselves, I could understand, though I probably would not have agreed. But being flat out in favour of an oligarchic power was just... Disgusting.)
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Nov 28, 2023 11:13
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rowkey bilbao posted:It's all just vapeforwar anyway  the children have to learn about vapewar someday
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Nov 28, 2023 11:41
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New russian drones exploding into a mist of sweet sweet cotton candy
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Nov 28, 2023 13:42
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Tigey posted:Russia's looming demographic crisis was likely one of the reasons Putin decided to invade. This a poor excuse that externalises what is really a problem with how Russia manages itself. How can we poor Russia deal with such an unfair world? Is it our weak westoid neigbours stealing our people? Maybe we can make life better for people and attract them to live there? Nah, lets invade someone. It really is the most lazy bullshit excuse.
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Nov 28, 2023 14:01
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Russia is correcting their calls, they want Vaporwave a return to Soviet shopping malls with classical statue heads and columns, Windows 95, Japanese coke ads, and yes: chess grids
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Nov 28, 2023 14:11
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StrangersInTheNight posted:crazy to me that someone can be pro-palestine and yet deny Bucha Russia invading Ukraine and then comparing it to the poo poo that Palestine has had to deal with as a reason to justify the invasion always blows my mind each time I see it.
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Nov 28, 2023 14:22
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numptyboy posted:This a poor excuse that externalises what is really a problem with how Russia manages itself. I mean, yeah? There are plenty of ways for sane countries and leaders to manage, mitigate or accept demographic problems that don't involve war and genocide. But none of them are that feasible under the political Overton window of Russia's current racist and kleptocratic elite. Promoting immigration is one option. But they already do they to some extent - see Central Asian workers - and going as further would mean having to be less racist and allow people to integrate more fully - which they aren't willing to do. Another option is actually investing some of that oil money in healthcare, education and making people's lives worth living so they don't drink themselves to an early grave. But this takes money and effort, which could instead be spent on the military (which lets the leaders feel strong and have fun playing at being an empire) and stolen to fund golden toilets. It also might lead to people who are healthy and happy - who might no longer be content with being so politically disengaged and start demanding reform. Its political leadership isn't always the root underlying cause of Russia's problems, but its usually the main factor blocking any kind of real solution.
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Nov 28, 2023 16:06
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Budanov's wife has been poisoned with some unspecified heavy metal, as reported by the BBC. It also says she's feeling better after completing an initial course of treatment.
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Nov 28, 2023 17:03
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beer_war posted:Budanov's wife has been poisoned, as reported by the BBC. It also says she's feeling better after completing an initial course of treatment. So long as it isn't Polonium, that poo poo is nasty.
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Nov 28, 2023 17:06
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Something surreal about being mad at Russia because when they lob missiles at Kyiv all the shops close for several hours which severely impacts my schedule for buying groceries and gifts. Yes my friends village was destroyed by these barbarians but can you BELIEVE my struggle here?
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Nov 28, 2023 17:13
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Samovar posted:Yeah, the fact that there were some supposed leftists being IN FAVOUR of Russia seizing territory really undermined any type of leeway I was willing to give them. I mean, for Christ's sake, do they not remember Lenin's work in WW1?! Right??
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Nov 28, 2023 17:23
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Mr. Merdle posted:Something surreal about being mad at Russia because when they lob missiles at Kyiv all the shops close for several hours which severely impacts my schedule for buying groceries and gifts. Yes my friends village was destroyed by these barbarians but can you BELIEVE my struggle here? There are many reasons to be mad at Russia.
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Nov 28, 2023 17:25
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Nessus posted:They know the USSR fell in 1991 right? I imagine the legacy of Soviet education probably means they know Communist words, but — it ain’t just saying the words! the USSR was just saying the words there for actual decades before 1991 and they won't admit that either so why let another little name change stop them
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Nov 28, 2023 17:34
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lol at begging for vape parts. Junk you’d not bother to scavenge in a fallout game.
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Nov 28, 2023 19:32
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Okay sure but also Learning that any and every government on the planet is just saying the words is an important part of growing up
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Nov 28, 2023 19:41
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Tigey posted:stuff Agreed fully - to be clear i wasnt insinuating it was your opinion. Just that ive seen ideas of that kind of fatalism being used as a justification in some circles.
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Nov 28, 2023 19:55
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Vaginaface posted:Okay sure but also Yes additional but further, Russia is also saying the Gamer Words and out loud
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Nov 28, 2023 20:09
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Vaginaface posted:Okay sure but also And after you take that to its extreme of teenage nihilism, learning that sometimes they're not just saying the words also matters. (Putin and friends talking about Ukraine before the invasion comes to mind, to pick a non-US example.)
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Nov 28, 2023 22:45
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Russian Major General Vladimir Vasilyevich Zavadsky was blown up by a mine on November 28, 2023 at 2:30 p.m HonorableTB fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Nov 29, 2023 |
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Nov 29, 2023 00:17
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HonorableTB posted:Russian Major General Vladimir Vasilyevich Zavadsky was blown up by a mine on November 28, 2023 at 2:30 p.m What a weird trick.
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Nov 29, 2023 00:27
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those dudes behind him seem to know already
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Nov 29, 2023 00:31
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HonorableTB posted:Russian Major General Vladimir Vasilyevich Zavadsky was blown up by a mine on November 28, 2023 at 2:30 p.m They’re out of fish blocks, what’s left?
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Nov 29, 2023 00:34
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Cartoon Man posted:They’re out of fish blocks, what’s left? Blocks, no fish.
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Nov 29, 2023 00:35
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Nov 29, 2023 00:36
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How does a general get killed by a mine? You're supposed to keep a disposable unit in front of them at all times.
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Nov 29, 2023 00:39
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War Wizard posted:How does a general get killed by a mine? You're supposed to keep a disposable unit in front of them at all times. Well, as we've seen in videos, once the vehicle in front gets blown up on a mine, you: 1. Stop, 2. Go Around, 3. Continue forward, 4. Get blown up by another mine.
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Nov 29, 2023 00:45
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War Wizard posted:How does a general get killed by a mine? You're supposed to keep a disposable unit in front of them at all times. Remote activation. It just failed to go off the first time it got run over. The first vehicles just happened to not run over it. Someone planted it outside his office, as a joke. etc etc
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Nov 29, 2023 00:46
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Wine. Not mine. It was wine.
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Nov 29, 2023 00:52
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I guess generals are pretty disposable when they exist to just be the authority relaying Putin's suicide orders. This is just darwinism in action for finding better decision makers.
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Nov 29, 2023 01:39
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you see alexey, in a scant thousand generations evolutionary pressures will result in a general who is impervious to mines
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Nov 29, 2023 01:42
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tiaz posted:you see alexey, in a scant thousand generations evolutionary pressures will result in a general who is impervious to mines also, according to a quick Wikipedia check, in Russia a Major General is a 1 star General, equivalent to a Brigadier General in the US. Still, that's a high rank. CannonFodder fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Nov 29, 2023 |
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Nov 29, 2023 01:59
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he partook of the forbidden tuna
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Nov 29, 2023 02:18
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Just Another Lurker posted:So long as it isn't Polonium, that poo poo is nasty. “just” mercury and arsenic, I’ve read
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Nov 29, 2023 02:39
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He is the very model of a modern major general
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Nov 29, 2023 02:41
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Toxic Mental posted:He is the very model of a modern major general If there were others in the vehicle it would be a kitbash.
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Nov 29, 2023 04:05
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Cartoon Man posted:They’re out of fish blocks, what’s left? he's a major general show some respect a man of stripes receives a six pack of Fancy, Street, and Cool cola 
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Nov 29, 2023 04:21
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Mmm. Street Soda! That's an appealing name!
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Nov 29, 2023 05:39
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drat, not even stocking Orangina anymore??
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Samovar posted:Mmm. Street Soda! That's an appealing name! How could you go past fancy cok?
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