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  • Trump suggests carving up Ukraine’s Donbas region to end war after meeting with Zelenskyy

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  • One call from putin and he does a 180.

    We've already been through this in 2014. That doesn't work with russia. They will simply invade again and people in Ukraine know this.

  • 'No Kings' Rallies Against Trump Authoritarianism Could Be 'Largest Protest in US History'

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  • That's of course a free speech issue. But the contrast between the alleged deep commitment to free speech claimed by many Americans and the fact that this issue wasn't that much of a deal-breaker in support for the current US administrator suggests that theatrics and ostentatiousness are a significant driver of free speech polemics.

  • 'No Kings' Rallies Against Trump Authoritarianism Could Be 'Largest Protest in US History'

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  • When I was living in the US I didn't find local polemics about free speech to be convincing.

    It honestly felt more like a theatrical way to highlight one's alleged "independent" mindset and virtues. It just didn't seem genuine.

    Recent development have largely proven my thinking on this issue. Many Americans who claim to support "freedom of speech" don't understand the concept and don't really care about it (beyond theatrical repetition of phrases that they've heard other locals use).

  • 'No Kings' Rallies Against Trump Authoritarianism Could Be 'Largest Protest in US History'

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  • While I too am skeptical of the true commitment of large section of the US population to freedom (in the real sense not in the American "I support free speech!" sense), I would not underestimate the fundamental unpredictability of history.

    Not a fan of Lenin, but the notion that “there are decades when nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen" is a powerful observation of human history and behaviour.

    Not saying this is going to be a inflection point, but there are always steps to reach a given inflection point.

  • Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents: DHS

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  • Even hunting DEA agents is a massive stretch.

    On a purely cost-benefit analysis basis, hunting for DEA agents is simply not worth it, it makes more business sense to take the loss and focus on the fact that drugs will continue to be profitable until there is full decriminalization (of any drug consumption) and legalization of less harmful drugs.

  • [Foreignpolicy] Russia’s Next Opposition Will Not Be Liberal

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  • You do you.

  • [Foreignpolicy] Russia’s Next Opposition Will Not Be Liberal

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  • So India was engaging in separatism from the UK in 1947?

    No one is buying your attempts at pointless pedantry.

  • [Foreignpolicy] Russia’s Next Opposition Will Not Be Liberal

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  • Speratists? What? Not wanting to be part of the USSR or even russia (like Chechnya tried to liberate itself from russian degeneracy) is not "seperatism", it's wanting to be free and engaging in your own culture.

  • Exclusive: 1,076 Cubans identified fighting for Russia, Ukraine says, 96 dead or disappeared

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  • And?

    If Ukraine was a socialist state I could see them volunteering on principle but otherwise..

    This is what I am refering? What do you even mean by socialist state?

  • Exclusive: 1,076 Cubans identified fighting for Russia, Ukraine says, 96 dead or disappeared

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  • There is not going to be any uprising in Russia or any change in policy.

    Even if putin is somehow removed (which is not going to happen), he will be replaced by someone similar or worse.

    The problem is russian society and their near universal support for genocidal imperialism.

    Finding excuses for russians, treating them as you want them to be, not as they are, benefits no one (including the russians themselves paradoxically).

  • Exclusive: 1,076 Cubans identified fighting for Russia, Ukraine says, 96 dead or disappeared

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  • Russia is a socialist state?

    Even if Ukraine was a socialist state (whatever that means), Cubans would still support russia either for money or out of principle. Lets not be delusional.

  • Russian pro-war channel publishes footage of drones striking humanitarian UN convoy outside Kherson

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  • It's not about splintering, it's about decolonisation. A continental colonial empire is still a colonial empire (just look at the state of local language education in most russian "republics").

  • [Foreignpolicy] Russia’s Next Opposition Will Not Be Liberal

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  • Something to think about for people in the West who hope for a magical "Deus Ex Machina" type change in russian society.

    Lets not forget that Gorbachev, widely perceived in the west as some sort of liberal reformer did not want to end russian occupation of independent countires that were part of the USSR and he supported the annexation of Crimea. Not to mention that the impetus for the end of USSR/Warsaw pact came from countries such as Poland, the Baltic nations and Ukraine, not from russia.

    And what of current russians liberals? Reading Vladimir Kara-Murza's latest article in Washington Post would make you think that the issue is putin and not russian society:

    Putin’s anxiety is understandable. The Kremlin knows that public opposition to the Ukraine war is much greater than what its propaganda would admit.

    And yet Kara-Murza, the darling of the west, also said the following (in an address for the French senate no less):

    There is another reason why the Russian Defense Ministry recruits so many members of ethnic minorities [to fight in the war against Ukraine]: as it turns out, because it is psychologically really difficult for [ethnic] Russians to kill Ukrainians. Because we are one people. We are very close peoples, as everybody knows. We have nearly the same language, the same religion, and centuries of history in common. But if it’s someone from another culture, allegedly it’s easier [for them to kill Ukrainians]. I hadn’t really thought about it before. I thought the reasons were primarily economic. But after what [a colleague who spoke about the Buryats] said, I started thinking about it too.

    And this is a Western educated russian "liberal". Can you imagine what goes through the head of the vast majority of russians?

  • Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents: DHS

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  • Sounds like propaganda.

    Cartels tend to be relatively cautious on US soil and make a genuine effort to avoid generating heat. There is limited benefit for them to get engaged in something like this especially considering the politically sensitive nature of targeting ICE specifically.

    It's not impossible for one or two individuals to "take matters in their own hands", but I can't see this being a blanket policy implemented by senior leaders of multiple cartel groups.

  • Russia ready for 'hot confrontation' with Europe at any moment, German intelligence head warns

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  • As I said, I don't buy the propaganda excuse. Independent information sources (in russian) have always been easily available and accessible by all (literally in under 10 seconds). Just look at the creation dates of the DW Russian or BBC Russian YT channels (or even their own TV Dozdh). By mid 2010s YT was widely available not only on desktop, but even on smartphones. Not to mention russians full well know what the KGB is like and how dishonest they are.

    Let me give you an illustrative example.

    You have Vladimir Kara-murza, darling of the west, went to jail for public opposition to the full scale invasion, western educated and with UK citizenship. And yet here is a recent statement from Kara-Murza:

    There is another reason why the Russian Defense Ministry recruits so many members of ethnic minorities [to fight in the war against Ukraine]: as it turns out, because it is psychologically really difficult for [ethnic] Russians to kill Ukrainians. Because we are one people. We are very close peoples, as everybody knows. We have nearly the same language, the same religion, and centuries of history in common. But if it’s someone from another culture, allegedly it’s easier [for them to kill Ukrainians]. I hadn’t really thought about it before. I thought the reasons were primarily economic. But after what [a colleague who spoke about the Buryats] said, I started thinking about it too.

    He said this in a speech to the French senate, no less!

    We are not on people and I want nothing to with any of them, be it putin or Vladimir Kara-Murza.

    And yet WaPo decided to give him the opportunity to write another bullshit article about russian victimhood and innocence.

    Putin’s anxiety is understandable. The Kremlin knows that public opposition to the Ukraine war is much greater than what its propaganda would admit.

    Is Vladimir Kara-Murza under the influence of propaganda while living in the west?

    Agreed regarding the negative elements of American exceptionalism. But people in the US have a spectrum of views and the US has had a measure of dynamism in terms of social attitudes. The same cannot be said about the overwhelming majority of russians.

  • The highlighted division and factions of Lemmy.

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  • What a myopic and childish worldview.

    We live in an imperfect world, good trends need to be capitalized on and not dismissed with some edgelord BS.

  • The highlighted division and factions of Lemmy.

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  • So independent that Moscow could extract all food supplies from Ukraine to create a horrific man-made famine.

    The fact of the matter is that tankies don't believe in self-determination or democracy (the few who are not shitposting and/or engaging malicious demagoguery).

  • The highlighted division and factions of Lemmy.

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  • Agreed, it's rife with shit these days. Any idiots can contribute to spreading random idiocy. The engagement driven model is beneficial for tech companies' bottom lines, but it's not a good development for the public.

    And even outside of that, sometimes you want qualities typically associated with an echo chamber. Even back in the day, to partake in forums you had to lurk and get a feel for the culture, which resulted in better quality overall IMO (although Fediverse is nice, a modern equivalent to forums, just a lot smaller than the totality of forums back then).

  • Odesa Mayor Trukhanov Reportedly Stripped of Ukrainian Citizenship After Commission Review

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  • We should have gotten rid of Trukhanov a long time ago. He pivoted following the full scale invasion (likely out of fear), but he's always been pro-russian.