• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      It’s propaganda poisoning all the way down.

      The Russians, the Americans, and the Brits are all choking on their version of Nationalist Exceptionalism as all three countries nosedive.

    • TachyonTele@piefed.social
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      5 months ago

      That Leo guy is especially dumb. It felt good to read the end of his story. Scammed of money, devorced, and alone.

      • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        That dude literally walked through life like a rube on the boardwalk holding a balloon and wearing a propeller beanie. Easiest mark in the world.

      • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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        5 months ago

        They might find the Pashto boy-raping culture congenial. And the rule by religious reactionary idiots with guns will feel a bit like back home in Texas.

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    5 months ago

    I wonder if he’ll be drafted

    Within weeks of arriving, Leo says they were defrauded of 5 million roubles – about £52,000 ($66,000) – by a contact they trusted, leaving them homeless.

    Although he is committed to staying in Russia out of a sense of “destiny”, he now says he misses the freedoms that have shaped the American personality.

    “[In] Russia you don’t have these human rights values.”

  • lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
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    5 months ago

    At the time, he believed Russia offered an attractive alternative: a society built on Christian faith and family values

    As the bible says: Give birth to as many children as possible, so that your corrupt leader can send them to war.

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        5 months ago

        With that claim, I want to know the exact wording. Not because I don’t believe you, but because it’s a great meme!

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          I’m not entirely sure in the war part, the bible does make it pretty clear the Abrahamic people are totes the best people, so I’m sure it’s in there. But there is a whole lot of breed like rabbits in there. It’s why Islamic and conservative/traditional christians make having babies a core part of their values.