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That list of Russian wishcasting is completely absurd. The UK is going to rejoin the EU and the EU is going to collapse? In 2023? The 4th Reich? Elon Musk who

That list of Russian wishcasting is completely absurd. The UK is going to rejoin the EU and the EU is going to collapse? In 2023? The 4th Reich? Elon Musk who literally cannot be president will become president in a year without an election? Of some random states that joined with Mexico in a civil war? How can you take any piece of that list as something reasonable when it shares the same origin as some of the dumbest things I’ve seen printed?

azinman2 4y ago
I assume it’s satire
- grey-area 4y ago
  No, the fascist regime in Russia really is this divorced from reality.
  - azinman2 4y ago
    It starts off saying here are conservatives guesses for 2023. Then what follows is nothing but conservative. France and a new 4th riche go to war? It has to be satire.
    - dragonwriter 4y ago
      > It starts off saying here are conservatives guesses for 2023. No, it starts of with: On the New Year’s Eve, everybody’s into making predictions Many come up with futuristic hypotheses, as if competing to single out the wildest, and even the most absurd ones. Here’s our humble contribution. What can happen in 2023: “Conservative” is not mentioned.
      - azinman2 4y ago
        Well it’s contrasting the wildest and absurd predictions, then says here’s our humble contribution. Semantically they’re equivalent.
        AnimalMuppet 4y ago
        No, it could be saying "here's our humble contribution to the contest for the wildest and most absurd predictions." Which... yeah, if that's the intent, I'd say he did pretty well...
    - grey-area 4y ago
      He was possibly drunk leading to exaggerated claims (he’s often drunk), but delusion is definitely required to serve Putin. It is not satire, this is the previous prime minister and president of Russia.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > I assume it’s satire The first tweet casts it in light of an ongoing competition of extreme radical predictions, so I expect it is expected to be taken nonseriously. OTOH, its also not a source that posts casual jokes, there is a serious propaganda purpose in each of the items chosen – like much advertising and propaganda, its not the literal message that is the point, but the ideas it plants below the surface.

azinman2 4y ago

I assume it’s satire

grey-area 4y ago
No, the fascist regime in Russia really is this divorced from reality.
- azinman2 4y ago
  It starts off saying here are conservatives guesses for 2023. Then what follows is nothing but conservative. France and a new 4th riche go to war? It has to be satire.
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > It starts off saying here are conservatives guesses for 2023. No, it starts of with: On the New Year’s Eve, everybody’s into making predictions Many come up with futuristic hypotheses, as if competing to single out the wildest, and even the most absurd ones. Here’s our humble contribution. What can happen in 2023: “Conservative” is not mentioned.
    - azinman2 4y ago
      Well it’s contrasting the wildest and absurd predictions, then says here’s our humble contribution. Semantically they’re equivalent.
      - AnimalMuppet 4y ago
        No, it could be saying "here's our humble contribution to the contest for the wildest and most absurd predictions." Which... yeah, if that's the intent, I'd say he did pretty well...
  - grey-area 4y ago
    He was possibly drunk leading to exaggerated claims (he’s often drunk), but delusion is definitely required to serve Putin. It is not satire, this is the previous prime minister and president of Russia.
dragonwriter 4y ago
> I assume it’s satire The first tweet casts it in light of an ongoing competition of extreme radical predictions, so I expect it is expected to be taken nonseriously. OTOH, its also not a source that posts casual jokes, there is a serious propaganda purpose in each of the items chosen – like much advertising and propaganda, its not the literal message that is the point, but the ideas it plants below the surface.