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[–] [email protected] 145 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's always so strange to me that we don't see the same bombastic support from the tankies over news like this, surely this is another genius move which underscores the futility of Western sanctions, right? Another 5d chess move to bring Ukraine to it's knees, or dismantle the petrodollar, surely? 🙃

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

You think the kids that sat at the back of the classroom, saying learning math is a waste of time because they'll never need to use it, can form an opinion on this? They see the words "interest rate" and decide this news is completely irrelevant because they can't understand it.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

you are aware russia hasnt been socialist for decades right?

russia is a failed proto-fascist state.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, they're aware. They're also aware that ML types will support Russia regardless, because no evil is too great so long as it even mildly inconveniences the West.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They aren’t different today than they were then

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Government controlled oligarchary

failed proto-fascist state

The USSR was both of those, you can say it was socialist under Lenin if you want but it was just a corporation trying to run everything