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let's not pretend that US democracy, flaws included, is in any way comparable to Russia. Please, you know this is a bad faith argument, so let's cut the false
by eldaisfish 1y ago
let's not pretend that US democracy, flaws included, is in any way comparable to Russia.
Please, you know this is a bad faith argument, so let's cut the false equivalence.
I dislike the US as much as anyone, but I appreciate that the US is much better than Russia.
- adhamsalama 1y agoHow many countries have Russia invaded in the last 50 years? And the same for the US? The US invaded more and killed more innocent civilians, so pretending it's any better than Russia is hypocrisy at best.
- yoavm 1y agoI don't think Russia has many neighbouring countries it can still invade, because it literally already did all of them (except Norway?). And with their size, they have a lot of neighbours. It's very comfortable to restrict your argument to the last 50 years, but the true story of Russia is completely different.
- lostlogin 1y agoEven the last 50 results in a silly long list.
- sergeykish 1y agoMolotov-Ribbentrop Pact — Moscow divided Poland with Germany (1939), invaded Finland (1939), occupied Baltic States (1940) — for two years of WW2 Moscow was Germany ally. After WW2 Moscow occupied half of Europe for 45 years, countries become free less than 50 years ago. Moscow made North Korea and China regimes, still supports dictatorship across the world, occupies and annexes neighbors.
- lostlogin 1y agoWars involving Russia in the last 50 years must be around 20, and don’t forget the occupation of half of Europe. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russi...
- dcow 1y agoWhat makes you so certain the US is less bad than Russia?
- sergeykish 1y agoFacts. Do you have no moral ground on WW2 Germany either?
- dcow 1y agoWars are bad and the person who wins is right. That’s how it has been for all of history. There are no just wars. Just, wars.
- lostlogin 1y agoI’m deeply skeptical of the US. But how are the US and Russia behaving the same way? Can you give an equivalent US atrocity to what’s happening in Ukraine right now?
- dcow 1y agoI think you might be experiencing a “living through it” bias.