Did you hear what happened to Alexei Navalny? How anyone can think that Russia is not a kleptocratic dictatorship is beyond me.
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Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 days agoWell they aren’t.
Both countries have elections. (unlike ukraine BTW that without the excuse of war banned almost every party and put political opponents in jail)
It’s a ridiculous cartoon villain propaganda name.
Like every country the west doesn’t like needs to be called a regime.
Annoying
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The racist and fascist criminal, filmed with an MI6 agent talking about causing triouble?
The one that made videos of him shooting “vermin” muslims, organised fascist marches and other awful stuff?
Yes, he was poisoned by his Brit handler on the plane, I know.
Not as funny as the the Skripal joke. OC it has to be novishok, LOL
I’m not sure you really know what happened to all these people
Did you hear what happened to Epstein, Gary Webb, Assange or the plenty whistleblowers?
Where in Russia is Guantanamo?db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Ok so even assuming all this is true, (which is a big assumption, but whatever), does that deserve a summarily death sentence?
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 days ago
First, what I said about Navalny is true since everything I mentioned is on video. Just like the Azov nazis he was later made to clean up his image to be pallatable for the west as ‘good warriors of democracy’.
Not one article mentioning any of this about the ‘saint and citizen activist’ in any MSM. Keep repeating: we have free, independent and neutral press!
And his ‘death sentence’ was more than likely also caused by western jail visits.
He was rotting in jail, out of the news and he had outlived his propaganda use for the west.
The only thing they could do was make him a martyr.
The Skripal farce is more difficult to prove but it stinks like hell.
As if they couldn’t let them or Navalny have an accident or have him shot in a robbery went wrong.
Nooo, let’s smuggle some Novishok, the autograph of the Russian state to kill people that have no importance.
And how remarkable that this evil dedliest poison on earth killed NONE of the intended targets, stupid Russians!
I bet you never heard about the first Poison Dagger exercise, where they practiced just that, an attack with biological weapons.
That lasted 3 weeks, and was held in Canterbury, the home of the Skripals. And wouldn’t you know it, 1 day after the end of these exercises the real thing happened.
And who ‘found’ the victims? Her identity was first kept a secret but months later when it was out of the news they decided to give her an award for her ‘performance’ she just happened to be the daughter of the highest medical authority in the English army.
She and her parents do not live anywhere near Canterbury.
As other key 'witnesses’they had a couple, Mr and Mss something.
When you saw their pictures they looked a bit shabby at best. Turns out they were crack junkies living in a halfway house. Very credible.
Like many of the official narrative their stories turned out to be inconsistent with reality.
Even the Skripals themselves have denied they were poisoned in the place the Brits claim.
But how could they be poisoned with Novishok, the trademark of evil Russia then?
By another coincidence Canterbury happens to be only 10km from Porton Down, where they have a military biological warfare research center.
Together with Fort Detrick in the US it’s the only place in the west know to have Novishok.Maybe you should read more verifiable stuff and not uniquely swallow western ‘news’.
That is, if you have the possibility since they ban everything and decide what we can and can’t see bcs ‘Russian disinfo’ and us plebs can’t make up our own mind or discern what is true.Whataboutism is a term used by the west that makes it impossible to call out hypocricy or double standards.
West: “we are better than X country bcs this or that!”
Reply: “no actually you do this or that so you’re even worse”
West: “whataboutism!”
And let’s indeed stick to the subject, there is no objective reasoning to call Putin or Xi dictators.
You will have to do better than “but Navalny” or simply admit the truth that it’s western framing.
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Putin and Xi are dictators in the same way that Trump is trying to be. They consolidated power under their office, removing term limits and checks, and manipulate the democratic process in their favor (often with blatant ballot stuffing and crushing opposition, in the case of Putin).
The US political system, as corrupt as it is, isn’t quite to that point yet.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m sure you have proof of your fantasy tales.
I’ll wait for it (and never hear from you again)Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I started to make a long effort post detailing Putin’s rise to - and subsequent consolidation of - power, but then I came to my senses and realized it would be pointless. If I went through with it, you would just do what you’ve been doing already, dismiss all sources I provide as false and biased propaganda while engaging in ridiculous whataboutism. I decided it would be a poor use of my time, is this really how you want to be spending yours?
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 day ago
LOL
Where did I “dismiss all sources”.
You have offered exactly ZERO sources, only claims that ironically parrot the equally unfunded biased propaganda you baselessly accuse me of.
How hard could it be when they’re supposed to be obvious dictators?Check all my convo’s and you will see the same pattern.
I offer verifiable facts and NONE of the others can return the favor.
At best an infantile “I’m not talking to you anymore”, but usually with added cheap personal attacks like ‘biased propaganda’ ‘Vlad’ ‘Russian bot’ ‘Xi bucks’ or ‘+100 social credit’. Sad really.Maybe don’t start throwing BS claims you can’t back up when you have no intention of having a genuine discussion and cowardly chicken out when I call you out on them.
Or is that the best way to spend your time?
shortrounddev@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Lol. Lmao, even
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So when does someone besides Putin or Xi get “elected”?
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 days ago
when people choose to.
When does someone from outside the D/R uniparty get elected in the US?
They have been in charge for literal centuries.
But that’s normal for the banana republic apparently.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Wow your whataboutism really proved that China has a free society.
Good job.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So petty with your whataboutism BS.
A way to get out of the fact you’re a hypocrite and live under a 1 party regime.
China deals with their problems BTW. Corrupt oligarchs can and do get the death penalty. People can say what they need and want.
The fact the US does not show that or you are ignorant about it is your problem.
They have no poverty unlike the US shithole, and their people are doing fine.
Cope