• brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

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

    • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      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.

      • Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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        5 minutes ago

        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.