• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Being pro Russia because you’re pro communist is so fucking weird to me. The Russian federation is an imperialist capitalist oligarchical fascist state.

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        1 year ago

        They hate the US so much they have to bring it up continuously, everywhere and more so if the post has nothing to do with the US.

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          1 year ago

          And look. I get being critical of the US, we’re a mess, but the solution to the problems in our country isn’t a slightly different authoritarian regime

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            1 year ago

            Fucking seriously. I’m all for smashing the system, but those assholes have more in common with my racist Trump voting relatives than… you know… good people.

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            1 year ago

            It’s been almost two months since I got here, and I’m still not used to seeing blatantly nuanced and sensible views. I might be a little damaged.

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        1 year ago

        I get what you’re saying, but I disagree with “make a lot more sense”. It still doesn’t make logical sense, but this is how these people indeed think.

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          1 year ago

          Oh it doesnt make sense for anyone with any ampunt of logical reasoning, but it atleast give an explanation how their reasoning works.

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        1 year ago

        This is the correct take. They aren’t pro-Russia because they’re “communists”, they’re pro-Russia because they’re anti-west, even if that means looking the other way when there’s imperialism of the unexpected color.

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      1 year ago

      Being pro Russia because ‘own the left’ and ‘our guy has autocratic dreams’ is even weirder

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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        1 year ago

        I swear to god it seemed like there was a massive shift in pro Russian sentiment when we all found out Russia had interfered in the 2016 election because

        1. Obama was doing sanctions about it and a certain group of people is always anti Obama, regardless of what that means, politically
        2. Russia had interfered on behalf of the guy they wanted, therefore Russian interference good
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      1 year ago

      Because they’re not communists, they’re just fascists that don’t like being called fascists.