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[โ€“] Gladaed@feddit.org -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unlikely. There are and where good economic and political reasons for the war.

The blossoming democracy, freedom and wealth in Ukraine are dangerous to the stability of Russia. They show what could have been.

The annexation of crimes did bring ports to further Russia's imperial ambition. The agricultural land is of high quality and will secure Russia's role as a resource exporter after the phase out of fossils. You also need to keep in mind that siberia's agricultural output is severely at risk from climate change. Ukraine had impressive heavy industry. They took transit tolls for Russian gas which could be saved.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lmfao did you just say Ukraine was blossoming democracy ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] sus@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

real democracy is when all power is concentrated in one person who rules for 20+ years at a time and criticizing him is highly correlated with falling out of a window. There is absolutely no possible nuance.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I believe this is what's called whataboutism in liberal parlance

[โ€“] sus@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

what is relevant is the difference exists, and is a trend that can easily be extrapolated into "blossoming democracy", especially in the minds of the russian people.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What is relevant is that you made a non sequitur here. However, the actual difference that exists is that Putin actually won elections and has popular support in Russia. Meanwhile, western puppet in Ukraine cancelled elections for obvious reasons. Try to put a bit more work into your trolling to make it less obvious.

[โ€“] sus@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Your unwillingness to understand does not a non sequitur make.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I understand that you're doing trolling here perfectly well, as does everybody reading this thread.

[โ€“] sus@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

disagreeing with a bunch of delusional tankies is not the same thing as trolling, and I think somewhere deep down you know that.

That you've successfully driven away 99% of people who disagree with you does not make you any more correct.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

All I know is that you're a clown making statements that are at odds with reality. I think deep down even you know that.