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by somenameforme 980 days ago
You know you can take a stroll around e.g. Moscow anytime you like? Search YouTube for something like "Прогулка по Москве". That means 'taking a walk around Moscow'. Change москве to Санкт-Петербург for St. Petersburg. Here's [1] a video from a couple of months ago in Petersburg at the tail end of summer. Here's [2] one from literally 2 hours ago in Moscow. That would've been at around 7pm, and in 13C Fall weather, so not the most enticing, but it also gives an interesting perspective IMO.

Russia is the new enemy, or the old one I suppose. We've always been at war with Eastasia after all, right? Perhaps a more appropriate reference would be, "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZuoXU6y5sY

[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_yIkGFzKeU
1 comments
leptons 979 days ago
>You know you can take a stroll around e.g. Moscow anytime you like?

No thanks, I never, ever would do that, because FUCK RUSSIA.

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somenameforme 979 days ago
Up to you. Personally before deciding to hate something or somebody as much as you seemingly do, based on the words of others, I'd like to ensure that what they're saying is at least true. Otherwise, you risk just becoming a hate fueled tool, literally no different than Germany circa 1935.
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leptons 979 days ago
Oh, so you don't think I have enough information about Russia to form an opinion? lol, you really do work for Putin, you've removed all doubt.

FUCK RUSSIA.

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somenameforme 979 days ago
I'm certain you've exposed yourself to a quite impressive volume of Irrefutable and Undeniable [1] information. The problem in society is people not learning from the past. What happened yesterday is happening today, and will happen again tomorrow.

[1] - https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/06/opinion/irrefutable-and-u...

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leptons 978 days ago
Russia doing awful shit and getting sanctioned for it is nothing new. It happened yesterday, is happening today, and will continue to happen so long as they are a mafia state that uses violence to achieve their wrong goals.
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somenameforme 978 days ago
So which super-power would you hold up as a model of integrity that Russia ought strive to emulate? The one upon which you are basing your standards of acceptable behavior?
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