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Tankies always have such great takes on international affairs (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/tankiejerk@lemmy.world

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[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 92 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Doesn't it seem strange to you guys that you hear these exact same talking points from the Donald Trump people?

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 79 points 1 week ago

It's almost like all these nationalistic authoritarians have more in common with each other than with the rest of us...

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

With how far Trump is up up Putin's ass, not strange at all.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think Putin's and Trump's agendas differ a bit. Putin is an irredentist megalomaniac that loves his past as a tool of KGB oppression and wishes it back, Trump is just an old, demented, tired-of-life racist.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You forgot “it’s not a war, it’s a special military operation!”

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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"but Putin says the people living in those border regions are majority 'ethnic Russian' so invading is okay"

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

How'd my in-laws get on the internet?

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