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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

nope. sorry, but your motherland hasn't been responsible for nearly as much death and destruction as the USA. You think that having a different president means that there is some sort of functional democratic process that represents the people of the US? That is farcical. Sure, it might suck to be in russia and you could go to jail for the things you have said, but Russia is what it is today because of the US's antagonism towards the soviet union and russia in particular. Russia as it exists now is a consequence of US involvement.. The US ruling-class doesn't care about democracy or freedom in Russia. The soviet union had its contradictions and problems, but a lot of the soviet union's problems were the direct result of US meddling. The US has been quite open about that, from its invasion in 1918 to its arming of right-wing extremists with the goal of killing as many soviets as possible. But working people in the US never really decided any of that, because the US government does not have either the form or the function of a governance body that represents working-peoples interests.

Just because you live in the US now, and your life might be better now, doesn't mean that the US government isn't the worlds villain... It is no matter how nice you have it there. You can check in with the millions of dead in southeast asia, or the millions dead and displaced in the middle east.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Oh fuck off with that. We could sit here all day copying and pasting Wikipedia articles about crimes against humanity committed by both nations. My life is better here. It probably could be even better somewhere else, but it's not like moving countries is something people can easily do. You want the world to have a clear constant villain but that's not how that works. US commuted genocides, Russia/USSR sure as shit did, same with China now. Every country has committed some kind of an atrocity in the recent past. It doesn't meant that they can be forgiven, forgotten, or excused. All I'm saying is that neither the Russian or the American governments represent the people. It's just that the foundation of America was built in individualism. And because of that the individual still have more rights and freedoms then in Russia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thank you for sharing your opinion despite the constant pressure of tankies here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

constant pressure of tankies

This word has lost all its meaning

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