• LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world
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      At least we have elections. Ukrainians don’t. All opposition parties have been banned. All opposition media has been seized by the government. Men have to dress as old ladies in public so they don’t get kidnapped and pressganged ICE style.

      Victory or death.

      And why?

      👀👇

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        You’ll get one comment out of me just so others see reasonable push back to your bad faith argument, afterwards I will no longer engage.

        1. All democratic countries I know, have provisions in their constitutions suspending democratic processes, centralizing power in the executive and conscripting their unfortunate male population in the event of an invasion of the country.

        2. It is a frankly ludicrous idea to suggest that this war is somehow ongoing because “we” want Russia’s natural resources.

        Russia started this. Russia can end it any day by stopping the bombardment and withdrawing their troops from within the borders of Ukraine, at least to the status quo before its 2022 invasion.

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          I don’t need a data center to see capitalist greed and Weatern imperialism.

          The RAND Corporation wrote a whitepaper that basically translates to “how to destroy Russia and take all their shit”.

          The unfortunate Arctic thaw is opening up vast troves of natural resources and corporations and billionaires want them. This is why Trump has such a hardon for Canada and Greenland.

          Do you ever wonder why all pipelines lead to Europe?

          Why would Russia do that? /S

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        We were paying for Russia’s natural resources before they started the war. How is this situation any better for them or us?

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          The war started after we bankrolled the 2014 coup.

          War only benefits a small handful of very powerful people, but Russia is sure doing better than America or Europe.

          Ukrainians’ grandchildren’s grandchildren will still be paying off generational debt from predatory IMF and military loans. Blackrock has privatized all of Ukraine’s public institutions. They’re all neofeudal capitalist serfs now. They can’t vote. Men can’t even leave to escape this death cult. It’s definitely worse for them.

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            Benefited only hand full of people? What about Ukrainians themselves who see European living standards right next to them yet were stuck in ruzi systems? Do they have no say in this?

            Ukraine is an independent country.