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The "author" started the blog one day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the theme in many of the articles is the usual triad of arguments from Russian b
by keewee7 5y ago
The "author" started the blog one day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the theme in many of the articles is the usual triad of arguments from Russian bots:
- The West is to blame, Russia is innocent!
- Russia is strong! Western sanctions can't hurt Russia!
- Western sanctions are provoking Russia and will lead to nuclear WW3!
As an European with many Polish and Ukrainian friends I'm happy that isolationist American techno-libertarians are confined to Hacker News and r/Conspiracy. It would be a terrifying world if American libertarians had a say in foreign policy and defense policy.
- javajosh 5y agoI definitely get a libertarian feel from people on Hacker News, but not an isolationist one. Also it does seem like a strange move to pigeonhole and insult the group of people with whom you're trying to interact.
- boredumb 5y agoIt would be a much better world for most Americans if the government wasn't spending lives and billions of dollars policing countries 6000+ miles away on behalf of other countries and foreign interests. Calling people who don't want to waste American lives and resources over Ukrainian soil to allow Poland and Germany a russia free buffer zone "russian bots" is a joke, most sane Americans don't want war over who gets to be installed as the leader of Ukraine for this decade.
- horse90 5y agoThe "author" is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cockburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cockburn. You can remove the quotes now