• loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I didn’t mean to say that all tankies are pro current Russia, but just that there is a specific type of tankies that is, and these are often the annoying ones.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I’ve actually yet to see anybody you’d call a tankie being pro Putin or pro current Russian government. What people are pro is Russia acting as a counter to NATO and facilitating multipolarity.

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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        I think people are thrown off by anti NATO stance. I almost don’t blame people for confusing NATO opposition for Russia support, especially during on ongoing Russian invasion, which does seem to justify NATO’s existence. Nevermind NATO’s history of imperialist action, people are very tied up in the Ukraine war and are unwilling to cede any ground to anything that may appear even a little soft on Russia.

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            1 year ago

            To be fair one country was invaded by the other. It is entirely understandable to back the party that was invaded by the other nation especially when that nation has a recent history of imperialism.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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              1 year ago

              Last I checked, what actually happened was that Ukraine was plunged into a civil war after US ran a coup in 2104 that overthrew the democratically elected government.

              Russia was invited into the conflict by LPR and DPR which it recognized independence of. This follows the precedent NATO set in Yugoslavia where it recognized breakaway regions and intervened on their behalf.

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                1 year ago

                You might want to edit the errors in your comment if you want people to take you seriously.

                The LPT and DPR were legitimate why exactly? That’s the part that makes the claim less than accurate.

                • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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                  1 year ago

                  I don’t need to edit anything, the LPR and DPR were every bit as legitimate as the regions that broke away from Yugoslavia. What exactly are you claiming is the difference between the two scenarios?

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                    That’s a bold claim to make given neither region were their own nation or were historically Russian or Ukrainian.

                    Yugoslavia was formed if multiple countries untied by socialism. The LPR and DPR as breakaway units are not the sane and seem to have been very heavily influenced by Russia. That’s the same imperialistic Russia that keeps invading foreign lands to seize them since Putin was elected.