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    Then explain to me why Ukrainians would like being invaded and bombed relentlessly. Please, I’m all ears.

    The people themselves explain it in the video I linked. Here’s the ethnic breakdown of Ukraine for you. People in the east consider themselves to be occupied

    That guy is embedded with the the Russia army and goes on Infowars. He is simply an untrustworthy source, a propagandist.

    The interview is just the people telling what they think. Imagine thinking that’s propaganda as opposed to whatever you’re guzzling.

    The West currently lacks that specific industrial capacity. It could definitely shift production to counter Russia, especially as part of a longer war.

    No it can’t, you can’t create an industrial base overnight and anybody who’s not an utter imbecile understands that.

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      People in the east consider themselves to be occupied

      Now who’s assuming?

      The interview is just the people telling what they think. Imagine thinking that’s propaganda as opposed to whatever you’re guzzling.

      Has it ever occurred to you that those interviews can be faked? His Russian handlers tell him to head down a road, and lo and behold there is someone there to tell you about all the Ukrainian atrocities! I mean, sure it’s just a Russian soldier or separatist militia member that they stuck some civilian clothes on, but those are just details.

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        Now who’s assuming?

        I’m not assuming anything. This is what the people there say, and that’s why we’re not seeing any actual resistance to LPR and DPR forces taking cities the way we saw in Iraq and Afghanistan when US occupied those countries.

        Has it ever occurred to you that those interviews can be faked?

        Has it ever occurred to you that you might be a victim of propaganda?

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          This is what the people there say

          That can be faked easily.

          This is what the people there say, and that’s why we’re not seeing any actual resistance to LPR and DPR forces taking cities the way we saw in Iraq and Afghanistan when US occupied those countries.

          I’m sure Mariupol welcomed the Russians as liberators! Well, what’s left of it.

          Has it ever occurred to you that you might be a victim of propaganda?

          I try to keep a reasonable level of skepticism. But I’m certainly not trusting an easily faked YouTube video from someone who is obviously a propagandist spouting Russian talking points.

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            That can be faked easily.

            Unlike the propaganda you consume presumably.

            I’m sure Mariupol welcomed the Russians as liberators! Well, what’s left of it.

            Have you seen videos from Mariupol after it was taken? What you don’t seem to get is that people from LPR and DPR are the ones doing most of the work on the ground, not Russia. These are people who live in these areas and they’re not seen as occupiers.

            I try to keep a reasonable level of skepticism.

            You regurgitate pure propaganda in every one of your comments. According to you people like Chomsky are Russian propagandists.

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              Have you seen videos from Mariupol after it was taken?

              Have you seen pictures of Mariupol before and after it was bombed to shit? Russia did that, there is no escaping that reality.

              According to you people like Chomsky are Russian propagandists.

              The fuck? I disagree with Chomsky, but I never called him a propagandist. Patrick Lancaster and his ilk are propagandists.

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                Have you seen pictures of Mariupol before and after it was bombed to shit? Russia did that, there is no escaping that reality.

                Yeah, stuff gets bombed during wars. The reality is that Russia dropped far less bombs than US has in any recent conflict.

                The fuck? I disagree with Chomsky, but I never called him a propagandist. Patrick Lancaster and his ilk are propagandists.

                Chomsky has exact same position I have on the war. Since you claim what I say is Russian propaganda, then Chomsky must be one by extension. What Lancaster reports is what’s actually happening on the ground. You dismiss that because it doesn’t fit your narrative.

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            Oh look at you little Ukraine understander there. You can do all the mental gymnastics you want there, but the reality of the situation is pretty clear. Imbecilic propagandists like you are going to have their work cut out for them going forward explaining what’s happening. Your whole narrative is collapsing and it’s becoming more obvious by the day.

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              I think you’ve been watching so much Russian-aligned propaganda about Ukraine that you’ve hit the Dunning-Kruger effect. You’re more than willing to call other people idiots, but it sounds like you’ve been feeding for hours at the trough of outright Russian propaganda. Not news media with some bias, literal government propaganda. All governments involved do it to some degree, but it doesn’t mean you have to accept it. At this point it seems like you’re not even considering whether you’re being manipulated, as long as the manipulator is aligned with Russia.

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                You should really take a look in a mirror someday. Everything you’ve been claiming about the conflict has turned out to be false, yet here you are telling me with a straight face that I’m the one suffering from Dunning-Kruger.

                The facts are that western powers ran a coup in Ukraine that set the ground for the current events. Ukraine has been in a civil war since 2014, and majority of the people in eastern Ukraine do not support western backed regime.

                This regime never had a chance to win a war against Russia, and all western support for the regime is simply prolonging the agony for people in Ukraine. Useful idiots, such as yourself, are helping prolong western public support for this nightmare.

                Maybe you should take your own advice and ask where you yourself are being manipulated, and why the war is not turning out the way you thought it would.

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                  Everything you’ve been claiming about the conflict has turned out to be false

                  Remember when you were claiming that it wouldn’t happen at all? And I was more cautious, saying that it was too early to call it either way? Then Russia invaded.

                  The facts are that western powers ran a coup in Ukraine that set the ground for the current events.

                  No, they really didn’t. I don’t care how many times people post that one transcript, the 2014 overthrow was carried out by Ukrainians. The only public record shows that foreign governments had relatively minor involvement on the periphery.

                  majority of the people in eastern Ukraine do not support western backed regime

                  You sure? I know the Russian backed separatists claim this, but is this actually known to be true? Hard to tell when there’s a combination of an occupying force and separatists that were armed by that force. Also, some of those cities in eastern Ukraine that you’re saying don’t support the current government were just getting the shit beat out of them by Russia. Assuming that their support is entirely up to their ethnicity and native language seems a little presumptuous.

                  This regime never had a chance to win a war against Russia, and all western support for the regime is simply prolonging the agony for people in Ukraine. Useful idiots, such as yourself, are helping prolong western public support for this nightmare.

                  Well I want Russia to get hurt bad by this war. If they’re not, they’re just going to come back for more and more and more as evidenced by the weak response to Georgia and Crimea. I want this to be this generation’s Afghanistan, their US-Vietnam War. A war that makes a whole generation a little more hesitant to waltz across their neighbor’s borders and start murdering.

                  Maybe you should take your own advice and ask where you yourself are being manipulated, and why the war is not turning out the way you thought it would.

                  I don’t know how this war will come out. You frequently claim how it’s going to inevitably going to come out, but I’ve shied away from that. There are too many variables. And I know full well that people are trying to manipulate me, and sometimes I make mistakes.

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                    Remember when you were claiming that it wouldn’t happen at all? And I was more cautious, saying that it was too early to call it either way? Then Russia invaded.

                    Sure, I didn’t think there would be a war. I’ve stated my reasons for that clearly.

                    No, they really didn’t. I don’t care how many times people post that one transcript, the 2014 overthrow was carried out by Ukrainians. The only public record shows that foreign governments had relatively minor involvement on the periphery.

                    Yes, they really do. Every serious person in the west including people like Chomsky, Mearsheimer, and now even Kissinger say this. The fact that you continue to deny this shows just how divorced from reality you are on your media diet of propaganda.

                    You sure?

                    Yeah, I’m sure. My mother’s side of the family is from Ukraine, I know people who actually live in Ukraine. The fact that westerners like you who don’t speak the language, and know nothing about the country continue bleating nonsense is incredibly infuriating to watch.

                    Well I want Russia to get hurt bad by this war

                    They won’t be. This is clear to anyone who understands anything about his conflict. On the other hand, the west is being hurt tremendously by this war already. You can keep dreaming of your fantasies, but as everything else you say, they’re divorced from reality.

                    I don’t know how this war will come out. You frequently claim how it’s going to inevitably going to come out, but I’ve shied away from that. There are too many variables. And I know full well that people are trying to manipulate me, and sometimes I make mistakes.

                    I simply follow what actual military, political, and economic experts say. None of them are shying from predicting the outcome of this.