I think you fail to notice that i also consider the vast majority of "liberal democracies" to be decaying into fascism already. Your insinuations of my intentions are frivolous.

Just to make sure: you do realise that criticism of Russia does not equate to praise for Western democracies?

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (7 children)

"I think you fail to notice that i also consider the vast majority of “liberal democracies” to be decaying into fascism already. Your insinuations of my intentions are frivolous."
I do recognise that, a very rare occurence in the sea of Russophobic warmongering where there o so democratic neighbours can do no wrong despite being awful.

And I want to make sure I don't like Putin and his policies.
I do support the lesser evil and the enemy of my enemy.
There has been done enough to almost risk WW3 where Europe mainly suffers and the intigators, the US as usual profits.
This bcs people don't know the facts and fail to see western media is just as controlled and propagandised.

[–] irmoz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I'm willing to admit that much or even all I've heard about Russia is purely propaganda - but the alternative seems to be taking Russia at its word, and that would mean swallowing their own propaganda. The truth must lie somewhere in the middle, but where that is is hard to say.

To be clear, I don't think the "Russia invaded poor peaceful Ukraine for fun" narrative is accurate. However, I don't see any convincing alternatives to that. The "denazification" idea coming from Russia seems flimsy at best. There does certainly seem to be a large Nazi presence in Ukraine. But, unless they seem to be ramping up towards a pseudo fourth reich, that doesn't seem to me to be a justification for a full-on invasion. Sanctions? Blockading? Defensive alliances with the rest of Europe? Those would seem reasonable.

But, yeah, there's obviously a gap in my knowledge regarding this. I'm just not convinced yet that the gap contains justified excuses for Russia's actions.

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

The truth isn't in the middle.

The truth is in science.

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