• Gladaed@feddit.org
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    7 hours ago

    Unlikely. There are and where good economic and political reasons for the war.

    The blossoming democracy, freedom and wealth in Ukraine are dangerous to the stability of Russia. They show what could have been.

    The annexation of crimes did bring ports to further Russia’s imperial ambition. The agricultural land is of high quality and will secure Russia’s role as a resource exporter after the phase out of fossils. You also need to keep in mind that siberia’s agricultural output is severely at risk from climate change. Ukraine had impressive heavy industry. They took transit tolls for Russian gas which could be saved.

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        4 hours ago

        real democracy is when all power is concentrated in one person who rules for 20+ years at a time and criticizing him is highly correlated with falling out of a window. There is absolutely no possible nuance.

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            4 hours ago

            what is relevant is the difference exists, and is a trend that can easily be extrapolated into “blossoming democracy”, especially in the minds of the russian people.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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              What is relevant is that you made a non sequitur here. However, the actual difference that exists is that Putin actually won elections and has popular support in Russia. Meanwhile, western puppet in Ukraine cancelled elections for obvious reasons. Try to put a bit more work into your trolling to make it less obvious.

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                  I wouldn’t bother too much, he’s not arguing in good faith. He’s just a Russian nationalist pretending to be a campist. Capitalist imperialism is a disease and needs to be stomped out…except for in Russia, which is totally going to be socialist any day now.

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                    1 hour ago

                    disagreeing with a bunch of delusional tankies is not the same thing as trolling, and I think somewhere deep down you know that.

                    That you’ve successfully driven away 99% of people who disagree with you does not make you any more correct.