• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    but they seem to be stupid enough to align itself with trump and an empire in decline.

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          1 month ago

          You forgot the expansionism bit

          You know, US over all its neighbours, Russia over Ukraine, Israel over Palestine/Lebanon/Syria, China over Taiwan…

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            1 month ago

            No, let’s contextualize this rather than doing an all sides bad gotcha that ends up feeding those with hegemony.

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              Gosh the mental gymnastics and the length you’ll go to try to justify that territory grab is not an invasion; alright comrade, all heil valiant Vladimir fighting Nazism; it’s not a flex to be the least worse