• Sybil@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    you’re constructing a straw man. that’s not what I said. that’s not what she said.

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      1 year ago

      She literally said they only invaded because they had a gun to their head and the response was relatively moderate. You said she is talking about western foreign policy. I built no straw man. You both just said that shit. No one pointed shit at Russia. Russia didn’t like the new government in Ukraine. Took over crimea. Trump was in office so the response was meh. So then Putin went for round 2. And she said it was in response to being threatened. And was a moderate response.

      Why don’t you take your tankie ass to Ukraine and see the moderate response first hand.

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          You’re correct. I conflated that time period. Obama pushed for and got sanctions against Russia. Then Trump said it was ok that Russia annexed crimea, undermined the sanctions, and removed talk of Ukraine sovereignty from the party platform.

          My bad.

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          1 year ago

          I really have to stop arguing political theory with little kids. It’s bad for my blood pressure.

          But just one more thing, how does anarchy protect minority groups from mob rule? How do you keep a smooth talking fascist from implementing a populist fascist movement? What does protection even mean in the context of anarchy? Or did you just watch batman too much and decided the joker was really cool?

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            But just one more thing, how does anarchy protect minority groups from mob rule? How do you keep a smooth talking fascist from implementing a populist fascist movement? What does protection even mean in the context of anarchy?

            liberal democracies haven’t fixed any of these problems and are, themselves, breeding grounds for fascism.

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            1 year ago

            condescending doesn’t make you right, but it says a great deal about your character and willingness or ability to engage in good faith