Seeing much more tankie from ml lately - eviltoast
  • Apollo42@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    “I hate the US”

    “Oh Russia and Iran hate the US. I love Russia and Iran!”

    Unfortunately sometimes people are actually as stupid as they make themselves out to be.

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        7 months ago

        European here. The US are far from being the great country that they are presented as in a lot of US media, but it’s also far from the terrible place that some people will claim it to be. Sure, it has some massive flaws, but it’s still “better” than a lot of other places. You can love plenty of things about it. It’s not just black or white.

      • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        There’s lots of states where weed is legal.

        The government doesn’t have a secret police force to blackbag me for what I say.

        I live in a beautiful place near the mountains.

        The elections aren’t rigged.

        The people I know are here.

        It’s impossible to stage an effective invasion.

        There’s lots of things to love about the place I live. That doesn’t mean I think it’s perfect, and I still think about how to make life better. Throwing in with Russia is not an effective strategy to affect positive change, and so I think those who do so are foolish.

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          7 months ago

          Now, imagine not being born in America. But in the Philippines or Iraq or Afghanistan. Would you still love the U.S. after seeing what it did to your people?

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            7 months ago

            I don’t see how that’s relevant to the previous topic. You asked a question, and I answered. Before that, the discussion was about how naive lionizing Russia is when the motivation is counteracting U.S. imperialism. Frankly, it was the wrong question to ask.

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              7 months ago

              Judging from your response, it was exactly the right question to ask. I was trying to give incite into how people might side with international interests against American imperialism.