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Routinely blocked by Americans who don't understand my posts and believe that voting for the Fat Man or the Slender Man will fix everything.

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@mozz

George Orwell - 1984. 'It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well. It isn't only the synonyms; there are also the antonyms."

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@andrew_bidlaw @mozz
Things will get better when the current crop of befuddled geriatric leaders die. That generation needs to go. It's like the old Soviet Union when it was ruled by political fossils. They don't have a useful idea in their heads, and want to turn the clock back to their glory days.

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@andrew_bidlaw
Men's average life expectancy in Russia is 69 years and Putin is 71. He'll probably be around for another ten years. He won't be deposed or replaced. He'll die of natural causes, and maybe have his own mausoleum, like Lenin. He'll be revered as a Hero of Russia. He's fit and active and gets the best medical care, so he's got years left in him. I'm sure that Biden will make it to 80 as he's very frail.

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@andrew_bidlaw People in the US also have a low life expectancy and it's falling. In the US it's 76 years for whites, and 73 for blacks.
20 years from now the political scene will be different because of that generation dying out. They're still stuck in 1950's family values and thinking.

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@andrew_bidlaw wow. I didn't know he was that old. I doubt that he's got much time left.

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@qarbone @Five
Putin is just one member of the Kremlin elite who control Russia. The war was a collective decision.

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@zabadoh @qarbone
Russia can not conquer and hold Ukraine. No one could. I believe that the real purpose behind the war, is to return political control over the Russian population to Stalinist levels, and to undermine Western democracies. Both are achievable and partly done.

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@hanekam
They told the Russian population that they could defeat Ukraine very quickly.

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@eveninghere @MoonJellyfish

SpaceX Starlink terminals openly available on Russian website offered by Chinese drone maker DJI claiming to be an "official distributor" ( www.newsweek.com )

The revelation follows allegations Russian forces are deploying Starlink in their invasion of Ukraine, now in its third year. DJI says it forbids distributors from selling its products in instances of suspected combat end-use. In April 2022, the tech firm announced it was temporarily suspending business in both Russia and...

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@Thorny_Insight @0x815
Ukraine intelligence say that they are very sure that he did. There is a video of Starlink terminals in Russian hands. I can't vouch for its authenticity.

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@0x815 @LaFinlandia
He was Russia's Best Hope.
https://youtu.be/Bk_YXrbsXEI?si=Lrpa7eNIRiB3eaq9

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@JohnDClay @LaFinlandia

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@JohnDClay @LaFinlandia
The vast majority of Russians support the war and Putin.

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@JohnDClay Not 'many.' Most.

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@JohnDClay
I am a fluent Russian speaker with a degree in Politics and lived in Russia for years.

Nobody takes the polls seriously. Neither inside nor outside Russia

I get my information from reliable sources in Russia, with whom I am in daily contact.

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@JohnDClay
The two fundamental of Russian thinking.
1, Suffering is inescapable, and must be accepted.
2, A strongman leader is always best, even if he does terrible things to us.

These beliefs have been a constant throughout one thousand years of Russian history

Sure, not every Russian agrees with those beliefs, but the number of those who don't, are so small, as to be effectively zero.

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@OKaybin @LaFinlandia
Heroyam Slava.

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@tunetardis @LaFinlandia
Statistically insignificant.

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@andyburke @LaFinlandia @0x815

Absolutely.

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@fluxion
More significant than what we've seen so far.
Lets see what happens.

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@rah
True. Statistics are not everything.

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@normanwall @werefreeatlast
Pure fantasy, but quite an appealing one. Putin's successor has already been selected by Putin and his inner circle. He has been shadowing Putin since before the war. He is a political clone of Putin. When Putin dies the transition will be seamless.
Putin will be remembered as a Hero of Russia.

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@werefreeatlast
No photo. I haven't heard that there are any circulating.

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@tal @0x815
I bought 3, cheap, when it first started. Keeping for a rainy day 🌧️

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@Hubi @tal
That's what people said when there was 135, 000 of them on 'manouvers' near Ukraine. Lavrov categorically stated that "We have no intention of invading Ukraine,' as late as 2 days before they invaded. 200km? They could do that in 2 hours or less, easily. Russia has engineered the situation exactly as they did in Donetsk and Donbass. Their intentions are clear.

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@AllNewTypeFace @tal
Moldova is tiny and defenceless. They would simply fold.

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@tal
I stand corrected.

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@RedditWanderer @AllNewTypeFace Withiin the limits of his resources.

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@RedditWanderer
He's already done that.
I was talking about non-nuclear direct military action.
In that regard, his resources are limited.

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@Wilshire
The Tin Eagle Lander was piloted by 14 year old Brad Trey of Pensacola. His first comment after touchdown, was "Those babies are all around the edge of the crater!"

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@wintermute_oregon @LaFinlandia
Nukes are a guaranteed lose - lose option. The Russians don't want to lose.

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@JustMy2c @LaFinlandia

They are going to starve then, because the impotent old men who 'lead' Western countries are too afraid of Russia to do much to discomfort them.

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@JustMy2c
Because their refineries are in disrepair.

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@JustMy2c
No.

Ukraine is destroying their equipment.
This is not being done by imaginary 'Good Russians.'

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@bouh @HowRu68
It's exactly the same op as they ran in Donbass and Luhsnsk

Researcher: "Russia’s economy faces death by a thousand cuts. Western sanctions have failed to cripple Putin, but the damage will only grow over time." ( www.telegraph.co.uk )

"It seems likely that the damage to Russia’s productive capacity from the loss of western technology and key supplies will increase over time," writes independent economist Roger Bootle....

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@mindlight @Badeendje
Two very ruthless men. Quite comfortable having people 'liquidated.' The MAN from China looks scary 😱

Russia begs China for loans as the Kremlin is running out of money for rainy days, analysts say ( charter97.org )

In almost 2 years of full-scale war, Russia has spent half the money from the National Welfare Fund (NWF), the main source of resources for a rainy day. At the end of 2023, almost 4 trillion rubles were spent from the National Welfare Fund, and now only 5 trillion remains in its so-called liquid part (savings in currency and...

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@3volver @0x815
Yes, I've been keeping an eye on it. It's not really exchangeable anymore. Technically it is, but nobody outside Russia wants to touch it. It's pretty tough in Russia now. People don't want to spend their money.

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@Hopfgeist @Badeendje
Oil refining is barely limping along in Russia. It was always a weakness, but they don't have the ability to repair and maintain the refineries anymore. No parts, no skilled people.

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@Hopfgeist @Badeendje
Almost all the people who had the skills to do the repairs have either fled the country or died in Ukraine.

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@Badeendje @Hopfgeist
China and India both refused to pay in for oil in Rubles, meaning that the Ruble is a barely exchangeable currency.

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@Valmond @BombOmOm
Oh yes.

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@LordR @BombOmOm @CanadaPlus

Oil and gas make up most of Russia's income, 40% of which is being spent on the war. Everything else has been cut back to the bone.

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@sznowicki @Hasuris
Don't underestimate the Foreign Legion. Most of the people who did that are dead. They are, brutal, ruthless fuckers. Little better than animals, but great killing machines. Tried and tested, lots of blood on their hands.

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@Hasuris @0x815 l
Macron is a big talker, but he doesn't do much beyond setting the police on protesters.

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@Grant_M @Five
I welcome them too, but I will not eat their fermented fish.

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@0x815
Wales has always been a place that actively supports good causes.

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@0x815
And so they should.

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