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Better to be black in America than Russian in Russia. We got our problems over here, but at least we aren’t being conscripted and thrown into the meat grinder

Better to be black in America than Russian in Russia. We got our problems over here, but at least we aren’t being conscripted and thrown into the meat grinder of a pointless war.

foverzar 4y ago
> being conscripted and thrown into the meat grinder I will be labeled as a brainwashed ruskie and downvoted into oblivion if I point out that it isn't really true, right?
- 5e92cb50239222b 4y ago
  How come? Several of my friends' coworkers were conscripted and sent to the front (the friends themselves managed to leave the country the next day). I don't even need to believe what the newspapers are saying — it's straight from the horse's mouth. The conscription has not reached Ukraine's levels yet, but only because 2024 is not far away, and Putin expects to get his 75% without too much trouble. After that, who knows.
  - medo-bear 4y ago
    i know plenty of ukranians that left ukraine in order to dodge conscription. although they hope russia looses they say they would not give their life for benefit of the corrupt elite. to me that is a smart decision. same for russians that leave russia in order to escape conscription. this war sucks as do all sides supporting it
    - jnsaff2 4y ago
      russia is the only side supporting the war, russia can fuck off from Ukraine any time it wants and the war will be over immediately.
      - medo-bear 4y ago
        i don't think you speak for all ukranians though https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/21/whats-behind-pro-russian-attitudes-in-eastern-ukraine https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/21/whats-behind-pro-ru...
        jnsaff2 4y ago
        so you are saying that the so-called "separatists" form a different "side" from russia tho they both want the war to continue?
        medo-bear 4y ago
        nothing "so-called" about them. by all definitions of the word, they are separatists, and ones who support russia's intervention. by their account, zelensky can end the war immediately by recognizing independence of donbas, or initiating a referendum
        jnsaff2 4y ago
        If the goal is to recognize Donbas then why the fuck were the tanks rolling towards Kyiv? Why was Odesa bombed? Why did the annexation involve two other regions? Let alone that it is public knowledge that the "separatists" are and always have been under russian control. Little green men came from russia and made the war happen.
        medo-bear 4y ago
        seperatists are eastern ukranians that dont want to be under central kiev government, run by ukranian nationalists with nazi sympathies. that they would rather see themselves as russian just goes to tell you how much of a failure the right wing policies of the ukranian government have been
        gdy 4y ago
        Because the Ukraine signed the Minsk agreements in bad faith with no intention of implementing them. "it is public knowledge" I suggest you read Wikipedia about anti-Maidan unrest in the Eastern Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukr...
- gdy 4y ago
  I'm Russian living in Russia and it is really true.
medo-bear 4y ago
> Better to be black in America than Russian in Russia you really think that russians are scared of police when they walk down the road? i mean im not surprised. this is a very common misconception about how societies in e. europe work > but at least we aren’t being conscripted and thrown into the meat grinder of a pointless war given how brave people seem to be online i dare say, "not yet"

Better to be black in America than Russian in Russia. We got our problems over here, but at least we aren’t being conscripted and thrown into the meat grinder of a pointless war.

foverzar 4y ago

> being conscripted and thrown into the meat grinder I will be labeled as a brainwashed ruskie and downvoted into oblivion if I point out that it isn't really true, right?

5e92cb50239222b 4y ago
How come? Several of my friends' coworkers were conscripted and sent to the front (the friends themselves managed to leave the country the next day). I don't even need to believe what the newspapers are saying — it's straight from the horse's mouth. The conscription has not reached Ukraine's levels yet, but only because 2024 is not far away, and Putin expects to get his 75% without too much trouble. After that, who knows.
- medo-bear 4y ago
  i know plenty of ukranians that left ukraine in order to dodge conscription. although they hope russia looses they say they would not give their life for benefit of the corrupt elite. to me that is a smart decision. same for russians that leave russia in order to escape conscription. this war sucks as do all sides supporting it
  - jnsaff2 4y ago
    russia is the only side supporting the war, russia can fuck off from Ukraine any time it wants and the war will be over immediately.
    - medo-bear 4y ago
      i don't think you speak for all ukranians though https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/21/whats-behind-pro-russian-attitudes-in-eastern-ukraine https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/21/whats-behind-pro-ru...
      - jnsaff2 4y ago
        so you are saying that the so-called "separatists" form a different "side" from russia tho they both want the war to continue?
        medo-bear 4y ago
        nothing "so-called" about them. by all definitions of the word, they are separatists, and ones who support russia's intervention. by their account, zelensky can end the war immediately by recognizing independence of donbas, or initiating a referendum
        jnsaff2 4y ago
        If the goal is to recognize Donbas then why the fuck were the tanks rolling towards Kyiv? Why was Odesa bombed? Why did the annexation involve two other regions? Let alone that it is public knowledge that the "separatists" are and always have been under russian control. Little green men came from russia and made the war happen.
        medo-bear 4y ago
        seperatists are eastern ukranians that dont want to be under central kiev government, run by ukranian nationalists with nazi sympathies. that they would rather see themselves as russian just goes to tell you how much of a failure the right wing policies of the ukranian government have been
        gdy 4y ago
        Because the Ukraine signed the Minsk agreements in bad faith with no intention of implementing them. "it is public knowledge" I suggest you read Wikipedia about anti-Maidan unrest in the Eastern Ukraine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukr...
gdy 4y ago
I'm Russian living in Russia and it is really true.

medo-bear 4y ago

> Better to be black in America than Russian in Russia you really think that russians are scared of police when they walk down the road? i mean im not surprised. this is a very common misconception about how societies in e. europe work > but at least we aren’t being conscripted and thrown into the meat grinder of a pointless war given how brave people seem to be online i dare say, "not yet"