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The state of geopolitics in one picture (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] JuryNullification@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Forgive my ignorance, but who are the ghouls eating borgir? The guy on the right looks like Epstein lol

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it's Blinken in Ukraine https://www.reuters.com/world/us-ukraine-officials-grab-some-mcdonalds-fries-celebrate-chain-kyiv-2023-09-06/

[–] kig_v2@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Spot 6 differences

[–] nephs@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is it technically one picture or two pictures?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago

lol I suppose

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Two photos in a picture.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The guy on the right looks like Director Krennic. I thought I was going nuts for a second.

Tell me I’m wrong.

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What, Antony Blinken? I can see the resemblance tbh, but thats just every skinny white man once they hit a certain age.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

There's also the part of delivering weapons to nazis.

[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What's on that big plate? It kinda seems like flowers to me but my brain can't parse what I'm looking at

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

I think it is just flowers decorating the table.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

might be flowers

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I all I can think is sweets but probably flowers yeah.

[+] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip -34 points 2 years ago (6 children)

So wait I'm confused, is this celebrating two men using the wealth they've stolen from their citizens to enjoy a lavish dinner while many of their people suffer and die, or is it celebrating the other two men exemplifying frugality with their people's money to enjoy a low cost snack?

I have this sinking feeling that it's the former, where pro autocrat morons are wowed by the glitz and glamour of the Russian leader's pilfered wealth and denigrating the US Secretary of State eating McDonald's. "Bring back Peter III," I bet they mumble during their wet dreams.

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 2 years ago

That is certainly a take. Not one adressing reality, but a take.

[–] Vertraumir@lemmygrad.ml 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call McDonald's a lavish dinner :/

[–] Farman@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Its certainly overpriced. The burgers are practically microscopic.

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 years ago

There's actually another picture above the one you're talking about of Blinken! Hope that helps, it seems easy to miss.

[–] kig_v2@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The issue is you arent aware that Putin and Kim actually treat their citizens better than the west. If you want oligarchs using pilfered wealth to enjoy luxury look no further than the west.

This isnt them illustrating "frugality," this is a bastard child of ad placement and PR. The fact that you think wicked fuckers like this who rob people the world over have a frugal bone in their body shows their PR still clearly works on westerners...

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 years ago

Wow

[–] EuthanatosMurderhobo@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If the thought of what they ate keeps you up at night, best I could find is that Putin treated Kim Jong Un to some regional food (he visited Far Eastern Federal District, so lots of sea food). That's kinda what respectful diplomacy looks like.

When Blinken and Culeba eat McDonald's puke, with the former probably dressed in a suit more expensive than the room they're in, I'm not sure if I am to interpret that as the sort of a cheap trick people like you are supposed to buy, or an acknowledgement that there is no diplomacy going on there, just a master instructing his servant.

[–] Buchenstr@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

don't care lol