• Tinidril@midwest.social
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    9 hours ago

    I see you have your cut and paste propaganda all ready to go there.

    The people in Crimea and the Donbas wanted to join Russia, to protect them from Ukraine,

    Sounds an awful lot like claiming Iraqis wanted the US to overthrow Sadam and would welcome it with open arms. It worked out about the same too, except for the Russian military embarrassing themselves. Even taken at face value, all you are doing is justifying the imperialism, not showing it doesn’t exist.

    China is the biggest debt holder nation in the world. Zambia just had to default on loans for infrastructure that largely served Chinese needs, and Kenya and Ethiopia are not far behind. Meanwhile, the DRC is falling into debt paying for infrastructure to ship Copper and Cobalt to Chinese. China has not been as abusive as the west was, but they aren’t that much better either. It’s still the same tactics.

    New Labor Forum: Chinese Investments in Africa: Twenty-First Century Colonialism?

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      “Cut and paste propaganda” lol you mean sources? You’re just upset that they came prepared because you’ve got jack shit

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      I see you have your cut and paste propaganda all ready to go there.

      Oh yeah, famous Chinese propaganda outlet: The Atlantic.

      Fuck off; you’re just using the word “propaganda” to mean "anything I disagree with. There is nothing that anyone could say to you to disagree that you wouldn’t immediately say “that’s propaganda and therefore wrong!” to.

      It worked out about the same too

      Are you stupid? Iraq immediately erupted into long term insurgency, a thing that categorically did not happen in Crimea or Donbas.

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        There is still a significant pro Ukrainian resistance operating in both Crimea and Donbas. Russian has had to resort to brutal tactics to suppress them, but has still not been entirely successful. Many of the resisters retreated to fight with the rest of Ukraine, and they are certainly giving Russia a fight. In any case, it’s still imperialism.

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          Evidence for that? Ukraine government - the same who sold the Ghost of Kiev, Russia collecting Ukrainian children like Pokemon, the Martyrs of Snake Island, the secessionists shelling themselves, Russia shelling itself, russian troops shelling themselves, russian timetravel technology deployed in Bucha and much more.

          Is getting your intelligence insulted your kink or something?

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      8 hours ago

      If you don’t like cut and paste responses, stop having cut and paste thoughts.