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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

As Russia faces international isolation, a few thousand people from countries including Canada, Britain, the United States and parts of Europe are choosing to move there.

Europe is not a country and Great Britain is also a part of Europe. Brittain just isn't a part of the European Union anymore. Their island didn't drift away from the continent. Then the United Kingdom, also known as Great Brittain and Northern Ireland, consists of 4 counties, namely England, Wales, Scotland and the north of Ireland (which they should give back to Ireland). Then there are small weird situations like the City of London within London and the Isle of Man which is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea.

So Great Brittain aka. the United Kingdom is a country consisting of several countries and Europe is a continent. The European Union is a union of countries which are most (not all) countries in Europe but not including the UK. It's not that hard.

How is the BBC not getting this.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago

"Parts of Europe" implies "other countries."

Great Britain is also a part of Europe

In British usage, "Europe" means the mainland. So it depends on context. If you're talking geography, that's one thing. Politics is another. Common usage, something even different (and less precise).

So Great Brittain aka. the United Kingdom is a country consisting of several countries

It's a state consisting of four countries (England, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and a handful of other bits, as you mentioned. The status of the City of London is not autonomous, except for local affairs: it's still part of England. There were other random parts of England with limited self-governance, such as the stannary towns which had their own Parliament-- the City is a relic of that time.

How is the BBC not getting this.

There are lots of important things the BBC doesn't get, but this is lost in the noise.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The UK is different to Great Britain. The terms are not interchangeable.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The full name is The United Kingdom of Great Brittain and Northern Ireland. Souece

So the UK includes the north of Ireland but great Brittain does not.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

Great Britain is the name of the big island in the British Isles. Northern Ireland is a smallish part of the second-biggest island.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Correct.

It’s also worth knowing that both Britain and the island of Ireland are both part of the British isles - just to further confuse the situation.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

So for me the UK and GB are the same, as I personally do not recognize their annexed land in the north of Ireland.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

But you recognise the annexed land of Wales and Scotland? Interesting.

I suppose we all draw arbitrary lines somewhere.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Not really, I do recognize their independant states. However, Scotland did vote to stay, although after brexit they would have voted differently, which they aren't allowed to do.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So if the unionists outnumber the republicans you’d then be ok with Northern Ireland remaining in “Britain”? The will of the inhabitants and all that.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I'm done with defending against you assuming things I didn't say.

Let me be clear: fuck monarchies, fuck religion, fuck oppression, fuck violence, fuck borders and countries in general, and fuck this dystopian hell hole we're living in. Now let me enjoy my Sunday morning coffee in peace please. Fuck.

[–] lemmelemmy@feddit.org 0 points 5 hours ago

That guy is literally a bridge troll. Good call ignoring him.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 hours ago

Easy tiger. Just asking questions, as opposed to making statements, to better understand your position.

Enjoy your Sunday coffee.

[–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You can't really expect the BBC of all networks to be nuanced about this thing.

Now, ask them about sizes and colors of dicks....

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 hours ago

There is only one size and color, which is big and black. Everyone knows that.

[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 24 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Whenever these morons move to Russia, they improve the average IQs of both countries.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

Russians are no stupider, on average, than anyone else. They just have shittier luck regarding the system they've been born into.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 33 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You can't fix stupid, but you can laugh when it moves to Russia.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It's propaganda poisoning all the way down.

The Russians, the Americans, and the Brits are all choking on their version of Nationalist Exceptionalism as all three countries nosedive.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm just curious if enough of us will be left over with enough resources to do anything about it

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

More then just those countries.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 6 hours ago

Yeah but we (America) and they are the loudest about it.

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 26 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

At the time, he believed Russia offered an attractive alternative: a society built on Christian faith and family values

As the bible says: Give birth to as many children as possible, so that your corrupt leader can send them to war.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You joke, but this is 100% in the Old Testament.

[–] Xandi@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

With that claim, I want to know the exact wording. Not because I don't believe you, but because it's a great meme!

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I'm not entirely sure in the war part, the bible does make it pretty clear the Abrahamic people are totes the best people, so I'm sure it's in there. But there is a whole lot of breed like rabbits in there. It's why Islamic and conservative/traditional christians make having babies a core part of their values.

[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 9 points 18 hours ago

As the bible says: Give birth to as many children as possible, so that your corrupt leader can send them to war.

As Putin himself says.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 19 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Russia is the perfect country for the MAGA fucknuts. I'm surprised Ben is not serving as canon fodder on the front. 224 idiot Germans moved to Russia, WTF! Stay there and do not return.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Matter of time. Once they're no longer useful for the propaganda machine, that is.

[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

That's right. They should stay there for a bit, get conscripted, and then get killed in Ukraine. Fucking pieces of shit.

[–] UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe 28 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

One of the few good things russia has done. Voluntarily pulling dumbasses into their own borders.

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 2 points 3 hours ago

Hey now, give credit where it's due. They have been a great recruiter for NATO as well.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And then sent to be mercifully put out of their stupidity by Ukrainian drones.

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[–] Nautalax@lemmy.world 36 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

This article inspired me to check and Teddy Boy Greg (the disgruntled white power barber with a ton of ridiculous facial tattoos who moved to Russia to get away from what he called “degenerates”) has recently died in Ukraine

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 17 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (6 children)

White supremacist died fighting Russia's war against... checks notes... alleged neo-Nazis? Dude wasn't blessed with an overabundance of critical thinking.

[–] antonim@lemmy.world 36 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

checks notes… alleged neo-Nazis

Allow me to present this handy guide:

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[–] Nautalax@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

One of the interesting things about their propaganda style (which unfortunately is spreading elsewhere…) is that they will spin up entirely different conflicting narratives and even have people arguing between them on their platforms. This is because if they stick to just one kind of narrative, it can only find purchase with the particular sort of audience it’s geared to and will probably fail elsewhere. But if they spin up a ton of different narratives from various mouthpieces geared to many different audiences and blast them unceasingly, then there are still plenty of other hooks to potentially catch a listener even if some are definitely flubs. And if there’s mass confusion in what you actually stand for with all sorts of contradictory statements constantly in the churn of being advanced or withdrawn and defended or blasted, then past a certain point people just kind of give up in the face of the background noise and believe whatever they want rather than if everyone were more closely keeping track of the same smaller and simpler narrative. Part of the reason why they have numerous controlled opposition parties.

So to people who hate nazis they indeed target a constant barrage of “WE ARE FIGHTING UKRONAZIS” content as justification. This guy however was part of a different stream pulled in by the presentation of Russia as a stern conservative defender of traditional values against the wokeness of the decadent west.

The barbershop pole on his nose got me every time lmao

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 24 points 23 hours ago

I'm entirely in favor of a program that promotes the voluntary exit of xenophobic reactionary cunts from the US, as long as we can come up with some way to not let them return after it inevitably all goes to shit for them.

[–] volley3744@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Ilja Belobragin, general managing partner at Move To Russia, a company which helps foreigners relocate to Russia, says something he frequently hears from his clients is that they "don't recognise the community around me anymore".

Some prospective migrants complain about high immigration in their own countries or what they see as declining living standards, he says.

Let's break this down: The people say they "don't recognise the community around [them] anymore" because of "high immigration", so they decide to become an immigrant surrounded by people of a different nationality than them.

As I see it, this is for one specific reason only: I don't believe it's the different cultural values from immigration that bothers them (they are literally moving into a wholly foreign culture; although I'm sure the Orthodox church gives some perverse appeal), but I believe they are bothered by ethnicity/skin colour. I believe these people are racists more than they are xenophobes.

I believe, for these people, Russia is a better alternative only because they have a certain perception of white-skinned Russians. I don't think these people are aware of places like Tuva, or Yakutia, or Chechnya - and I don't think they would ever visit those places. To say their quiet part out loud, I think these "conservatives" are just people who are white supremacists, moving because it's a "white country" in their eyes, and thinking all white people have some shared essence. This is how they can justify to themselves being a foreigner in a foreign land. How else could they justify it to themselves?

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