• jsveiga
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    6511 months ago

    This headline might be confusing for Americans. Free insulin?

    • @[email protected]
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      4311 months ago

      I took it to mean they are withholding insulin from anyone that doesn’t have Russian citizenship. Price or no price.

      • jsveiga
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        1711 months ago

        The article does say free insulin paid by the government. We have that in my country (Brazil), even for foreigners, but my first thought was that in the USA not even citizens get that.

        • Cauê
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          411 months ago

          Unitedstatesans minds blowing right now.

          • jsveiga
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            411 months ago

            Because I’m not a redneck who only watches and understands news about the weekend chicken fight in his own backyard?

      • Cauê
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        611 months ago

        An official document has already been issued [by the Russia-appointed administration] that medicines purchased from the Russian state budget will not be issued to foreign citizens, that is, citizens of Ukraine.

        • @[email protected]
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          711 months ago

          It does not sound that sinister until you realize these people usually can’t even get back to Ukraine.

          • Cauê
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            311 months ago

            for me anyway it is really sinister. Putin is evil.

            • @[email protected]
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              511 months ago

              Yeah, it’s really fucked up once you zoom out a bit. You wouldn’t even do this to POWs and these people are civilians that are being treated even worse.

              • @[email protected]
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                311 months ago

                For context: A Type 1 diabetic, the type that requires insulin to survive, will live for, about a week or so, tops, without any insulin. And that week is going to be torture as diabetic ketoacidosis sets in and the body literally starts trying to eat itself to stay alive, while the person becomes dehydrated from the constant pissing and never-ending thirst, and their blood turns into basically, syrup.

                This is torture, plain and simple.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 months ago

      All medicine free or not and randomly kidnapping kids. You have to go down some wild conspiracy rabbit holes to compare it to the US. fuck russia

      • jsveiga
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        What do you mean with that? Nothing can be compared to the USA? Is USA perfect then? Brazil has universal free healthcare too. It doesn’t mean Brazil is better than the USA in every possible aspect. Don’t be afraid of comparisons.

        So because USA is better than Russia in many things, then free healthcare is bad because Russia has it and the US doesn’t?

        It’s this black&white mentality that creates all stupid polarization of opinions, you know?

        • magnetosphere
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          411 months ago

          You’re right. Anyone who genuinely loves their country (whatever their nationality is) needs to be aware of their country’s flaws. You can’t help your society without acknowledging that it needs help.

  • @[email protected]
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    4311 months ago

    No matter where you are in the world, if you are vulnerable in any way, a conservative will find a way to harm you. It’s a universal truth.

  • 52fighters
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    2811 months ago

    My first thought was that maybe Russia was experiencing shortages due to the deteriorating economic situation in Russia but, reading the article, this feels more like a petty bureaucrat that’s upset that the occupied people of Ukraine are not cooperating as well as he wishes, so he makes passive-aggressive “punishments” of the people. This may ultimately be good for the war effort, leading to more behind-the-lines resistance movements.

  • magnetosphere
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    1911 months ago

    Putin has done so many shitty things during the war that it’s hard to rank them. This, however, is among the worst.

    • @[email protected]
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      No, no, deliberately bombing a shelter with the word “Children” on it was the…

      You know what, it’s all bad. It’s impossible to rank.

    • @[email protected]
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      311 months ago

      I think forceful deportation of people to Russia is worse. But that’s just my opinion.

      • @[email protected]
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        411 months ago

        Ukraine has the right to defend it’s sovereignty. They have made it abundantly clear that their goal is restoration of it’s sovereign borders. No Russian territories will be taken. So yes, I feel very confident in allowing Ukraine unrestricted weapon access. As retaliation against NATO. Putin is more than welcome too. NATO will wipe the floor