Trump says Ukraine is 'demolished' and dismisses its defense against Russia's invasion - eviltoast
  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    Saw this just after reading the post about Russia knocking out Ukrainian citizens’ ability to heat their homes this winter.

    Any tankies wanna weigh in on why this is acceptable?

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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      I suppose it’s considered acceptable for the Ukrainian people to suffer like that for the sake of the state interests of Ukraine and NATO, but personally I disagree, which is why I want the war to end. I personally don’t see how continued fighting is meant to benefit the average Ukrainian.

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        3 months ago

        No the question was why the attack was acceptable but incredible pivot on the question. That must have taken years of training.

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          As a tankie, I oppose virtually all war, because that’s what being a tankie means. I don’t consider it acceptable for Russia to knock out the ability for people to heat their homes.

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            3 months ago

            You just prefer having the human rights abuses against populations that lack the means for defense, like when it happens to Uyghurs.

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                It’s minimal effort to inform users of the truth when I see you spreading yet more disinformation in one of these communities we both browse.

                If you want to play make-believe, wouldn’t you have more fun on your .ml instance where the admins treat facts with the same disdain you do? Not sure why you bring these takes outside of the echo chamber if you don’t like getting called out.

                • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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                  3 months ago

                  You do have a point, it’s probably better to spend time on instances where people have the same disdain for facts that I do (none) as opposed to instances where people have a much higher disdain for facts, as evidenced by the fact that you’re allowed to run around telling blatant lies about people constantly.

                  • barsquid@lemmy.world
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                    Sounds good. You can enjoy the purely factual praise of Russia, China, and North Korea on the .ml and hexbear instances, safely sheltered by admins who view those countries with a purely objective lens.

      • Madison420@lemmy.world
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        You understand that stopping fighting would in no way benefit the average Ukrainian and I think most people would agree your nation no longer existing would be the least beneficial thing for Ukraine.

        I’m genuinely curious: we all want the way to stop but I really do want to know what’s your solution?

        • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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          You understand that stopping fighting would in no way benefit the average Ukrainian

          No, I do not “understand” this at all. The average Ukrainian would certainly be better off of the fighting stopped.

          and I think most people would agree your nation no longer existing would be the least beneficial thing for Ukraine.

          First off, Ukraine “no longer existing” isn’t really on the table. Secondly, while a state no longer existing is obviously a bad outcome from the perspective of the state, whether it’s good or bad for the average person, and to what degree, depends on the state and what the alternative is.

          I’m not aware of very much that the Ukrainian state was doing to help it’s people before the war, or what rights people living in the disputed territories would enjoy as part of Ukraine as opposed to if they were part of Russia, or vice versa. So I see very little case for supporting either side in the war, from the perspective of class interests as distinct from state interests.

          I’m genuinely curious: we all want the way to stop but I really do want to know what’s your solution?

          Negotiate. Diplomatic approaches have been completely written off from start to finish, with Ukraine insisting on a complete withdrawal from all disputed territory as a precondition for talks, even from Crimea, which Russia already had before the war. Some territorial concessions are worth it to stop the meat grinder, because the amount of lives that would have to be sacrificed to reclaim all the territory are not worth the benefit.

          • Madison420@lemmy.world
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            How? Russia won’t leave and they aren’t tasting anyone well, kidnapping kids during the war kinda tells you everything you need to know.

            It 100% is, give in this time and they’ll do it again just like last time.

            So you’re ignorant but insist your opinion is correct?

            They’ve tried, Russia says give up territory or die, no middle ground. This is very well documented.

            • barsquid@lemmy.world
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              That user is an accelerationist who wants Donald to drive the US into the ground so China can gain more global influence. They’re deliberately unwilling to confront facts, as you can see by the suggestion of Ukraine negotiating with country notorious for failing to honor its treaties.

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                  I mean judging by what I’ve seen it doesn’t seem like they’re wrong.

                  Your stance is at best naively idealistic or at worst incredibly ill informed, stupid and legitimately dangerous.

                  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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                    That user is an accelerationist

                    Source?

                    who wants Donald to drive the US into the ground

                    Source?

                    Y’all just casually lie about people constantly, all the time and none of you ever see anything wrong with it whatsoever. You’re backing up someone who is blatantly lying, and who constantly lies about my positions. Back up their claims then, if you claim they’re not a liar, if you claim that “it doesn’t seem like they’re wrong.” Show me that you don’t just blindly accept claims with zero evidence. Show me that you’re not a liar just like they are.

                • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
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                  The complete post-truth doublethink the liberals are doing these days is shocking. There is no difference between MAGA Trump supporters and the vast majority of liberals these days. I don’t think they are capable to be truthful any more.

                  It really shows what happens when the mainstream media is owned by oligarchs and use the right propaganda to hone in on the “emotional truths” of a group. For them it’s about justice and and evil and a good. US supporting Israel commit genocide is evil. US supporting Ukraine become demcoratic is good. Russia attacking because of NATO expansion is evil.

                  So everything that doesn’t fit with this narrative, that they are the good guys, is dismissed or rationalized. Easy when it just so happens if the arguments are made by their evil enemies. Historical facts simply don’t matter.

                  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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                    That’s also true, but I was talking more about the .world culture where you can just casually lie and make up whatever you like about the out group and everyone just goes along with it, with zero sources needed. It’s very much an echo chamber where nobody cares about evidence or truth, not just in terms of politics and world affairs, but also with people and conversations. You can go full on Yeonmi Park with it so long as you’re in the in-group talking about the out-group. I think it’s brought over from toxic Reddit culture.

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        I suppose it’s considered acceptable for the Polish people to suffer like that for the sake of the state interests of Poland and The League of Nations, but personally I disagree, which is why I want the war to end. I personally don’t see how continued fighting is meant to benefit the average Pole.

        Because dictators use the new land for continued invasions while exterminating the non compliant population. War is a better condition to be under fighting for freedom, than the conditions of the Holocaust and complete despair.

        • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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          Putin isn’t doing the Holocaust. In the case of WWII, you can point very clearly to a reason why stopping Hitler was in the class interests of the people of Europe. I never claimed to be opposed to all war, just to wars that aren’t in the interests of the average person. It’s kind of telling that you have to jump to a completely different conflict from 70 years ago instead of just making the case for the current conflict, or at least comparing it to something from recent history.

          • ikidd@lemmy.world
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            The mass murders and rehoming of Ukrainian children to Russia is where all the rubber meets the road here. He’s not killing the privileged class of Ukrainians, they’re long gone. He’s genociding the working class that’s forced to stay and get bombed into paste.