Its not funny and theyre not mental infants, its calculated, sociopathic geopolitical maneuvering by very capable, ruthless people

If someone is only willing to communicate with you through WhatsApp, they don’t value your friendship.

Fair enough, differing perspectives with a lot of truth mixed in. Anyway, seems we can both agree “the West” is really failing by providing such weak support for a large democracy being brutally invaded right on their doorstep. If not for ideals, then because it’s the most rational thing to do when faced with such barbaric aggression.

I suspect they don’t go all in because, as I said, they want to keep the Kremlin engaged. If you look at the cost and amount of military equipment destroyed its staggering, and the Kremlin won’t be able to replace it any time soon.

You misunderstood my comparison to Afghanistan, but no need to be rude about it. Russians are brainwashed, many actually believe “the West” wants to invade and destroy them, and they’ve been taught lies about their history of brutally oppressing people.

I think many of Ukraine’s partners have seen this as a cheap opportunity to see the Kremlin destroy its military… at the cost of Ukrainiane lives.

In other words, part of the equation for them is balancing support so it keeps Russia engaged but mostly static. So this lowers the Kremlin’s ability to repeat this kind of barbaric land grab because their Soviet stockpiles are gone and the people are left wary of starting a new war.

Surprising to me that the war in Afghanistan cost 20,000 Russian lives over ten years and was a major factor in the dissolution of the USSR. This war in Ukraine absolutely dwarfs those numbers and its in its third year, yet the Russian people are too scared or brainwashed to act.

Block Lemmy.ml, hexbear, and dbzer0, then make your own list of keywords to block (Trump, Elon, murder, angry, etc etc)

Good point, and I can’t always be right, I know. If I suspect someone is a real person I almost always treat them with respect because, as you say, we need to mend the fabric.

I think I’m doing more good than harm because even if I get it wrong, I’m highlighting the issue. If someone sees me call out suspected disinformation, maybe they’ll think more critically.

At the end of the day, I dislike doing it, but I think its the right thing to do.

I appreciate your comment, and I agree with most of it. But ultimately, I think its critical to call out disinformation from the Kremlin.

I know that sometimes I’ll get it wrong, and I regret that, but even then it calls attention to the issue I’m addressing.

I have no I’ll will towards the average Russian, many of them are good people, I know because I’ve met a lot of them. If they, or Belorussians etc. are upset by my vitriol, they should stop and ask themselves why I’m angry.

The Kremlin is fucking with democracies around the world, theyre waging a vultural war that targets the fabric of societies. I hate them for that. If someone is offended but doesn’t care to understand why I’m angry, they can eat shit.

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Hexbear isn’t driven by real people, it’s a politically-motivated, organized effort to spread disinformation.

I don’t have an anecdote, but I do have a good joke.

Late at night, a German coast guard radio operator gets a distress call. A British ship has capsized and is quickly taking on water.

“We’re sinking, we’re sinking!!” The panicked sailor yells over the radio.

Confused, the German operator takes a minute then responds “What are you… sinking about?”

Fuck Meta.

The US elections aren’t the only thing targeted by the Kremlin’s propaganda

The Kremlin would be thrilled to see you in this thread shitting on the US

More irresponsible than Nissan Altima or Dodge Ram owners isn’t easy

“seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine”

That’s the strongest language I see, and that obligation could be filled by just pushing for Ukraine’s defense in the Security Council.

I think the US has been unfairly reserved in its support of Ukraine. They should have given jets, permission to strike in Russia, and more a long time ago. But I don’t think they’re obligated by that memorandum to do even what they have.

I hope Europe is prioritizing appropriately. Seems they’ve been caught flat-footed in multiple ways and they’re only slowly responding

Unfortunately the Budapest Memorandum doesn’t obligate the US to actually protect Ukraine.

Hopefully Europe can fill the gap left if Putin’s puppet cuts support US support

I think assuming AI will be as bad at driving is a bad assumption.