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  • Avatar of Vengeance@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    1723·
    1 day ago

    This post is a basic history lesson, but if you want, we can get into the history of US support for fascism in Ukraine and how that connects with its role in WWII 😊

    • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1110·
      23 hours ago

      Listen, I wouldnt jerk myself to ANY authoritarian government pieces of shit like you’re doing here, which has yes included Russia and their oligarchs. I read Navalny’s last book, did you?* How about that for a fucking history lesson. Do you know what the Holodomor was? Do you know why we have so much Russia diaspora? Do you know what Russian women say about wars in Russia? The wealthy of Russia have done FUCK ALL to protect anyone, LEAST OF ALL THEIR AVERAGE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DEFENDED US IN WW2, except put their citizens into a fucking meat grinder in wars, put them into prisons to torture and rape them and kill them to sell as videos online so they can blackmail the people who buy them, and literally stolen their money.

      The Russian people are not their government. The Israeli peolle are not their government. The Chinese people are not their government. You misattribute to authoritarians characteristics of the average citizen - you’re stealing their accomplishments for the wealthy. Stick your history lesson up your ass

      -*Note how I never said Navalny was a good person in every position - but he is a great example of Russia’s authoritarian government seizing Putin’s political rival and torturing him for over a year. His last book is wild to read because it is from his PoV while he is in prison being tortured. I respect his capacity to spite fascist governments in control of his country (it’s notable that he wasn’t in control).

      Meanwhile, Putin has directly funded Nazis and Nazi propaganda worldwide so he can start wars in those countries to “stop the Nazis” to put his men in another meat grinder