• COMHASH@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      and nobody in the west is paying attention to this except few “tankies” here and there.

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        That’s because they literally think it’s a sportsball game and you root for teams based on your hormonal resonance with their public image.

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          And, like they do with sportsball games, the harder they cheer on “their team” the more likely they are to win.

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          That describe the tankiejerker who rate people according to their liberal slogan and friendliness to the people with slogan of liberal democracy in contradiction to their complaint about evaluation solely from slogan.

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      I caution being so pessimistic. I understand your reasoning, but Russia isn’t stupid, and is really good at playing the long game.