Just in case people want to keep asking me where I find all those Putinoid idiot lefties:
So, U.S. troops have arrived in Ukraine to train Ukrainian troops. The United States appears intent upon meddling with the situation between Russia and a state that was part of Russia for more years than the United States has existed before being split off during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, despite the fact that there are no (zero) national interests served by doing so.
The loser is so mind-bogglingly stupid that he thinks Ukraine was part of Russia*, yet he totally needs to keep opining on the region and promoting the goals of Putin ‘ s far-right government.
By the way, what happened to the idea that Liberals championed victims and opposed victimizers? And what happened to the belief that Liberals did not support regimes that eviscerated unions, worked to destroy reproductive rights, bashed gays, demolished the separation of church and state, invaded their neighbors, and promoted racism? Is the hatred for Ukraine so strong that all these values can be easily discarded?
And happy birthday to me, by the way.
* Ukraine was part of Russia in the same way as Mexico was part of Spain and the US was part of England. And if only anybody knew how tired I am of repeating this phrase. Why are people so smug in their stupidity?
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That paragraph is odd. First of all Ukraine was last part of an entity called Russia in 1917 which was a while ago. But, it was part of the Russian Empire for a lot less time than Angola was part of Portugal. Second after 1917 there is an independent Ukrainian state from 1918-1921. From 1922-1991 not including a brief occupation by Germany from 1941-1944, the Ukrainian SSR was part of the USSR. But, Ukraine was never part of the RSFSR. So I am not sure what he is claiming here? Is his claim that because Ukraine was once part of the long since defunct Romanov Empire that any state calling itself Russian has a right to its territory? That seems really odd and would basically open the way for the reconstruction of all colonial empires. I mentioned Angola above because Salazar the dictator of Portugal used the exact same rhetoric, that Portuguese rule in Angola was older than the US, to defend colonial rule over the country.
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I’ve noticed lately that some of the American wonkish foreign policy websites have been bringing back the 19th century concept of “spheres of influence” with respect to Eastern Europe and have been referring to Ukraine as a “former soviet vassal state” which implies a feudal relationship. Old wine in new bottles.
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We’ve secretly replaced the wine of the feudal state with the vinegar of the post-nation-state, let’s watch what happens … 🙂
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“I’ve noticed lately that some of the American wonkish foreign policy websites have been bringing back the 19th century concept of “spheres of influence” with respect to Eastern Europe and have been referring to Ukraine as a “former soviet vassal state” which implies a feudal relationship. Old wine in new bottles.”
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“Why are people so smug in their stupidity?”
Because they have not suffered pain and consequences for it.
IVAN CHESNOKOV SAYS WE SOLVE HYPOTHETICAL PROBLEM WITH REAL BULLETS
(tries to dive for cover before he blasts a few Putinoids) 🙂
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Terms like Liberal and Conservative have lost meaning. First, they were segmented in terms of economic and social, allowing social conservatives to support programs for the poor while bashing gays and economic conservatives to support LGBT while fighting to end college funding and food stamps. Consistency?
Second, we are in an age in which dishonesty has become accepted. People wrap themselves in labels that don’t fit, like an XXXXL guy in a speedo. Isn’t Putin more properly a neo-Stalinlist? No one is jumping up an down to claim that label, so they call themselves something else.
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Actually Putin seems like the current leader in the Russian system (which arguably did not change from tsarism, communism and post-communism).
There is an absolute ruler, a small ruling class (dependent on having good relations with the ruler and/or his flunkies), a small coterie of those who aren’t in the ruling class but can acquire wealth…. somehow and great masses of people that the ruler sees as property though the government takes absolutely no interest in them (in terms of proving them with government services).
There’s no indication that the great majority of Russians are bothered by this system and they are angered (often violently so) by those who want a different relationship between the government and the citizenry.
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