• irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee
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      1 day ago

      russia is better than the US

      Sorry, that’s just objectively wrong. Both are bad, but Russia is nowhere close to the us.

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        1 day ago

        wtf are you talking about. does russia get anywhere CLOSE to this?

        please scroll though that list and let it sink in on the absolutely cruel evil shit the US has been doing for the last century or so.

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          24 hours ago

          Oh yeah, the soviet union nevvvvvver involved themselves in coups. That’s something only evil westerners do.

          (Please don’t looked at the history of Africa, or southern/southeat Asia during the cold war.

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            23 hours ago

            the soviet union has ended 30 years ago and its internationalist policies stopped way before that.

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          Trust me, I’ve been following this stuff as well. I am no fan of america, but saying its better than russia is just objectively bad.

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            1 day ago

            and i’m literally on the receiving end of US and european imperialism. the US sponsored a brutal military dictatorship in my country and on most of our neighbours, and still sponsors the plundering of our natural resources and workforce. shit, they tried to put a dictator in power in here recently, we barely escaped.

            modern-day russia doesn’t have as much influence throughout the world, nor does it have as bloody military by a big margin.

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              1 day ago

              What the U.S did was terrible, obviously. That should go without saying.

              Although, I’m pretty sure Russia does have influence, with all the troll farms and whatnot.

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      china is not a dictatorship.

      Dictator: one holding complete autocratic control.

      Yeah, I think it is.

      russia is better than the US.

      Well, at least you’re admitting what I said is true. I could argue with you, but it doesn’t matter. The fact isn’t even if it’s better than the US. I never made a statement on that. Your people are apologists for Russia and defend it’s invasion of a sovereign nation. Can you agree with me that’s bad? No whataboutisms or anything. Just admit it is bad.