“They have been steadily losing ground since the beginning of the war.”
Oh sweetie, they control less than half the territory they did at their peak.
It’s the same shit with the tankies on Lemmy. They write these essays like they are payed per character and link the dumbest shit you can imagine. My favourite being some dude on youtube saying “It was the CIA, CIA man told me, trust me it’s CIA man in trenchcoat, tiananmen square did not happen and if it did it was scary CIA man”.
This sentiment is very common around the world. Every time something goes wrong it’s not the government: “It’s the USA/Europe/Jews! AAAARGH! They fear us so much! That’s why they sabotage us all the time!” I hear this shit in my own family from time to time and it never stops being funny. I wish I could deep dive into an alternate reality like they do.
Tankies on Lemmy: “I am very critical of Putin’s Russia. Now excuse me while I regurgitate Russian propaganda word for word”
I’ve been hit with the “that’s not real communism” but never been provided a source for “real communism” whatever that is.
I mean tbqf Russia is explicitly a capitalist state and China is literally but less explicitly a capitalist state, no matter how many times tankies claim the PEOPLE’S billionaires are totally left praxis
“Regurgitate Putin’s words, not his cum” - tankie saying.
Oh, Lemmygrad is like a zoo for crazy people, it’s so much fun to go and wind them up.
And you’re dead right about the absolute fucking treatsies they write in the comments section.
I mean, the USA and Europe did fuck lots of shit up during the cold war, let alone before then. Totally fair if people from South America, Africa and Asia are wary of us. No excuse for including jews though
Yeah, sure, but there’s a difference between not wanting other nations interfering in your country’s affairs (which is completely fair) and supporting Russia engaging in a blatantly imperialist offensive war just because they oppose “the West”. That’s just hypocrisy.
Damn, access to the whole internet and still sucking down the obviously false Putin Propaganda.
The Olympics gold medal level metal gymnastics he’s going to have to do to get around all of that once Russia pulls out of Crimea is going to tie him in knots
The “losing ground” comment is what baffles me the most. even the Russian maps show them losing ground.
You don’t understand, it’s all random villages, they don’t count… for some reason
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I do love how common 4d chess claims are now, like anytime someone doesn’t understand something it’s 4d chess. Can’t tie your shoes? 4d chess. Kids won’t talk to you? 4d chess. Got Covid to own the libs. 4d chess.
It’s more an admission they’re either too stupid or too lazy to actually find out why it doesn’t make sense to them.
I might be wrong on this, but it seems people don’t search the internet like people used to back in the older days. Now it seems everyone has been taught to be lazy and accept whatever their algorithm of choice feeds them. Idk, maybe im wrong, just a gut feeling.
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You got that right. What you mentioned here is one of the reasons why we’re in this shitty timeline in the first place. Critical thinking and confirming of facts are no longer done.
Nah, people search the internet just as much, but now it’s far easier to find something to support your opinion no matter how far from the truth your opinion is. Its not about fact or fiction, it’s about somebody reinforcing what you think by repeating it. The scale of satisfaction has tipped from “learning something new” to “being right”, and its far easier to tell somebody that they’re right than to teach them something.
Russian athletes doped their way through the Olympics. So he’s going to drink a lot.
“You need to actually start trying to inform yourself”
Proceeds to link other people’s YouTube channels in lieu of actual researchWhat a striking similarity to the QAnon/antivax/flat-earth idiots 🤔
People need to realize the difference between informing themselves and being told what to believe. That means critically, looking through sources you know are biased, and trying to find references that are truly objective because they have no skin in the game or simply because they are reliably consistent. Here’s one of them: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/world/europe/ukraine-maps.html
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You know, that take makes more sense if you replace “Ukrainian” with “Russian”. That’s how bad the projection is. An almost exact 180° from reality.
It’s just so detached from reality, it’s unbelievable. That’s why I had to share it.
An almost exact 180° from reality.
Dayum this is accurate. Well explained. 😂
I’m just wondering what happens once russia is pushed…back to russia. Like is dude going to say, they’ve fallen back to russia because crimea is just a small village and isn’t needed?
It’s interesting to see how differently people see the war by the information bubbles they are in. (Looking at the upvotes)
Edit: fixed a typo
In fairness, I did pick the nuttiest comment of the bunch. Although the “everyone’s a nazi” thing keeps popping up.
While western politicians are increasingly telling Zelensky to f off.
Well that was easy to disprove. The USA just committed to sending millions more to Ukraine. The only western politicians telling Zelensky to fuck off are the ones on Putin’s payroll.
S-slaves???
They mean conscripts I’d assume. Nevermind that Russia is also heavily relying on conscription.
They probably thought that “Slava ukraini” meant Ukranian slaves
Yeah, I don’t know either.
My sources? Haha, youtube at WeebUnion of course
I would have lmao if he’d recommend Gonzalo Lira. Especially these days, when he got arrested in Ukraine
There’s an update, everyone.
Tell me you reject consensual reality without telling me you reject consensual reality.
