• Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    I’ve always thought that if you switch America and Russia/China in most events, it would better fit the narratives.

    For example:

    America brokered peace between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

    America opened up factories in Afghanistan to provide jobs for the locals who are recovering from a war with China.

    America is supporting their ally in Syria and combating terrorists supported by Russia.

    Russia went to war with Iraq and killed a million people and destroyed all their infrastructure.

    The incarceration rate in China is the highest in the world.

    China accused America of spying on them with a weather balloon.

    Russia overthrew the Libyan government, spiraling the wealthiest African country into a civil war.


    Like seriously, switch the stories around and it better fits the narrative we’re constantly being fed. With the view that libs have of Russia, China and America, events would literally have to play out like this if their view was correct.

    • rockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Russia is killing people and destroying infrastructure, though. Do you not mind it happening if it’s in Ukraine?

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      8 months ago

      America is an endless expansionist that has illegally invaded multiple neighbours by force while calling it a “military exercise”.

      America has a semi dictator that gave themselves full unlimited power after being elected once and has since then meddled in every election in order to win

      Hmm, not really

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        8 months ago

        America is an endless expansionist that has illegally invaded multiple neighbours by force while calling it a “military exercise”.

        Yes?

        America has a semi dictator that gave themselves full unlimited power after being elected once and has since then meddled in every election in order to win

        The US literally overthrew their democracy, and then when elections took place within a bourgeois ‘democracy’ interfered in those too. Russia post-overthrow of USSR could never have become a democracy, the US wouldn’t have allowed it.

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          8 months ago

          Also Texas and California. If we change the point of view of what constitutes power in USA this days from precidency to wealth, both questions are easily answered, specially considering all the elections USA or money coming from USA has meddled with (Chile for starters, Mexico, Honduras, Argentina, Guatemala, Cuba, Libya, Iran, …).

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          8 months ago

          Russia post-overthrow of USSR could never have become a democracy, the US wouldn’t have allowed it.

          America is when Russia

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          8 months ago

          Yes?

          Which do you think applies? The US hasn’t added any territory lately that I’m aware of.