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

    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.