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    20 hours ago

    I’ve literally seen and heard German tankies praise Trump for trying to force the Ukrainians to capitulate to Russia in Ukraine. They like that he’s undermining NATO and wants to appease Russia, think it’ll bring us Peace in Our Time. Literally marching with a communist flag, and saying Trump has the right idea. Horse shoe theory applies.

    Like many they’ve fallen down the rabbit hole. Became justifiably critical of traditional western media reporting on Iraq, Israel, Vietnam, Argentina, Guatamala, etc. … Turned to supposedly more critical media, which unfortunately are often operated by Russia, Iran, China, etc. Became indoctrinated, before they realised said media are even more biased, just in another direction.

    It can happen to anyone.

    e: I see someone downvoted me withing 5 seconds of me writing this comment, probably without even finishing reading it, so apparently I hit a nerve.

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        16 hours ago

        Soviet hammer and sickle. It’s utterly absurd, but yeah.

        I think some people get off on being contrarian and not being part of the mainstream. Lie to themselves that it means they’re special.

        We’re all a bit like that, vanity is the Devil’s favourite sin, but most of us largely outgrow it in adulthood. I hope I have anyway.