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In a recent appearance on Russia’s state-run television, Russian political scientist Sergey Mikheyev suggested that the country’s “empire” should grow to encompass three American states.

“I want the Russian empire with Alaska, Hawaii, California, Finland, and Poland,” he said, as translated by Gerashchenko for the clip he shared. “Although Poland and Finland are so stinky, I’m not sure, to be honest. We’ll clean them.”

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Do we need to actively condemn genocide twice or are you just trying to call us all Russian Shills?

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      7 months ago

      I am not denying a genocide is going on. I’m tired of the narrative I see where one political party is bad yet there is radio silence about the other side being complicit as well or rooting on the death of Palestinians.

      What did you think about “finish the problem” from Trump?

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        7 months ago

        It’s widely accepted that this does not qualify as genocide. Why do people keep on insisting the false narratives?

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        7 months ago

        I think Trump is bad. You can have a political position that isn’t team based.

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          7 months ago

          But you cannot have a political position that isn’t team based nor benefits Trump, because the both sides bad argument shows a pretty clear bias in favor of the much much worse side.

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              7 months ago

              If you’re worried about either team then you should be voting responsibly against the christofascist racist authoritarian. Nobody is going to benefit from that kind of leader, historically it has been shown to be the end of entire nations, which is exactly what some bad faith arguments here on Lemmy want to happen.

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                7 months ago

                Historically weak opposition to fascism still leads to fascism. The Democrats must put better candidates forward. They aren’t going to do it until they’re punished for not doing so.

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                  7 months ago

                  Nothing weaker than refusing to vote against immediate dive into fascism.

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                    7 months ago

                    Then there’s that problem. Democrats have been campaigning on that since Reagan. Obama was a departure because he made his campaign about hope. But Clinton, Kerry, The Other Clinton, and Biden all used fear. And none of them addressed the core problem.