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Son of senior CIA official died fighting for Russian forces in Ukraine (euromaidanpress.com)
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A young American who called himself an anti-fascist and criticized the US “military-industrial complex” died fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

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[–] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"I want to fight American fascism, so let me go support Russian facism"

I wish this person took time to think their actions through. They could have done something positive with their life

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 15 points 2 days ago

Tankie use a lot of cognitive dissonance to make the ideology work