• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Honestly, I’m surprised there’s not some sweeping conspiracy theory that the Ukrainian invasion, Trump, and all of the related bullshit in been between are a military-industrial complex plot to have another cold war to drive profits to everyone involved.

      It looks like some kind of crazy conspiracy sometimes

      • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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        2 months ago

        There probably is such a conspiracy theory, or many based on the same theme. Occam’s razor applies though - it’s far simpler to just assume that Putin is a self-aggrandizing dictator who dreams of conquest (what do you get for a girl who already has everything?). After all, if it looks like a selfish asshole, and it swims like a selfish asshole, and it quacks like a selfish asshole, then it probably is.

        Of course, there are many groups within the military-industrial complex who are happy to take advantage of his behavior.

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        2 months ago

        That’s… Not a conspiracy. The maidan is quite literally Russian/US proxy shit playing out with citizens getting sniped in the market.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan

        Ed: I guess I some be specific, intent is unknown but what happened in reality is certainly us/Russian proxy shit spilling over and it does happen to be a huge boon to the mic.

    • nuke@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      2 months ago

      God bless em! I want more brand new weapons of man-made horrors beyond my comprehension being field-tested on the Russian military.