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Why are these little fascists always sore loosers?
When you're against democracy, it would be weird to respect the democratic process. Fascists will always try to circumvent the rules as long as they're not in their favour, simply because fascists don't respect anyone but themselves.
"If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism; they will abandon democracy."
I would extend this liberals who are simply NIMBY about fascism. They think Azov Brigade are "heroes".
"Democracy" to the West is just a cudgel to steal natural resources, a selective privilege enjoyed on the backs of the oppressed.
exactly, this is what right leaning liberals fail to understand.
their countries most likely officially considers countries like argentina as "democratic" while condeming every single thing that isn't unbridled capitalism. this is precisely what western politicians openly about latin america, and that's what bolsonaro was. a cudgel to steal it for themselves.
the us and a bunch of the west should try being democratic before thinking they can be taken seriously about democracy.
Freedom of speech, press, media and free elections are all constantly threatened under autocratic, dictatorial and conservative governments. We've seen enough striking examples in recent times. Trump, Orban, Bolsonaro, Vučić, Putin, Milei, Maduro etc. Those certainly are working on or tried to abolish said institutions even by trying insurrections (Bolsonaro, Trump). Yes, you're correct by stating that a democracy is not automatically just but I'd always choose the candidate/party that upholds democratic values. Better for the environment and lower and middle class people. Not regarding the bad politics Biden gov had in some regards, they were unquestionably and immeasurably better for the common people, poor people around the world (see USAID), the world economy and the environment than those of the orange menace.
And yes the Ukraine had/has a Nazi problem, but so does about every other democracy. Why should we shun all people of a country because of a minority of idiots?
Idk about "minority." It's a pretty big problem.
It's a big problem in the government and military, but was never popular among the people. The coup was led by Svoboda , a Nazi party. They could never win an election.
All opposition parties have been banned. All opposition media has been seized by the government. They can't vote. Men can't even leave to escape this fascist death cult. You're fucking deluded.
The entire problem is that small hateful minority has control of the government, and has never let go since their 2014 coup.
We thought this was over when Zelensky campaigned and won on peace through the Minsk Agreement, but he had no control from day one. Zelensky is now a kapo stooge who will never outlive his usefulness to these "minority of idiots".
Oh yeah, and U.S.A.I.D. also kidnapped homeless people to torture to death for practice with fascist dictators. The "aid" isn't all sacks of food.
This is funny (circle around the patch on the soldiers vest). You know, when you're in the killing people business you want a cool logo, something that says, I'll fucking kill you. And next thing you know... some imbecile revokes your medal, or somebody says, "see, see, look, he's a Nazi Sympathizer!" sigh
-edit- I just got trolled by Russian propaganda farm didn't I?
No, this guy seems like a genuine marxist leninist.
All?
I don't like it either, but Ukraine is being invaded.
Stalin was probably even more dictatorial when his former ally, Hitler, invaded the USSR.
"Great Patriotic War": 1941-1945
WWII: 1939-1945
Could they vote in Britain during WWII?
Those over 60 can, as well as boys 17 and under.
Btw, doesn't Russia and Brazil have conscription?
Wasn't Yanukovych kicked out by the Ukrainian parliament after repressing people?
I think the Budapest Memorandum is more important than the Minsk Agreement.
Meanwhile supposed anti-fascist Putin is bombing Ukraine and trafficking in Ukrainian children—teach them to hate Ukraine and maybe kill Ukrainians.
Lmao republican
Close, tankie
a bit closer, leftist
Because their path to power always involves exploiting good will and benefit of the doubt.
They're all cry bullies, they act tough as long as there's no resistance, but if they don't win they'll say anything they think of to change a result or make an excuse.
The only reason they have any followers is people think they're strong. So they can never admit they lost, there's always has to be some bullshit to blame it on.
If they admit they're not the majority. There goes most of their followers, because their followers just want strength and to identify as a winner.
Cause they cheat and still lose and assume the other person must have cheated more.
because they intentionally want to throw a wrench in whatever won't suit their interests.
Oddly enough, some are more so than others. Take Orban for example. While not shy of all sorts of shady means to bend the election to his will, when all of that did not suffice anymore, he simply conceded defeat. Also the Serbian autocrat Vucic appears to accept defeat. Maybe he is afraid of facing the fate of other autocrats in case he is trying to overthrow anything.
It takes special liberal gymnastics to leap over 80% of the dictatorships America is directly arming to land on these half-baked examples.
I have no idea what you are talking about, above poster was posting about fascists always being sore losers. Those are just two relevant examples from Europe that occurred very recently. They are not representative but they do prove a point that fascists are sometimes much less entrenched in power than they want to make everyone believed to be. Also Vucic was hardly "America's" man, he played the US and Russia both at the same time.
I'm saying that liberals use democracy and fascism selectively. We have direct control over governments we're directly arming, who are much worse examples, but their kneejerk war boner goes directly toward nations that haven't already handed over all their natural resources.
Everything is about chipping away Russian aligned governments, ever toward the real goal.
What does the image have to do with your reply?
Coveting the world's resources is the driving force in American foreign policy. In addition, all pipelines lead to Europe.
Arctic thaw is opening up vast troves of previously untouched natural resources. The Northwest Passage is about to be a reality. This is why Trump wants Canada and Greenland.
The Rand Corporation wrote a whitepaper that basically translates to "how to fuck up Russia and take all their shit"
Giving missiles to Nazis is just a start.
I won't argue with you on that; but that's probably true, at least to an extent, with many countries.
Yeah I'm sure there are some pipelines going to Europe, but they're probably also other pipelines going to other places too.
I'd say it's making ship transport easier. One still has to drill and dig for mineral resources.
more a year round.
With him I think it's more ego. Resources that Americans want they're already buying from Canada, though tariffs are getting in the way. Greenland hasn't refused military bases, indeed, IIUC, the US had a diminished presence in Greenland until Trump came along.
It's kind of like Putin: there was probably more intelligent, easier, more diplomatic, less costly, and more peaceful ways for Russia to deal with what it considered problems to it, in or from Ukraine, but Putin, like Trump, is an irredentist: IIUC, he essentially told Tucker Carlson that there is no Ukrainian nation, that it's actually Russia.
IIUC Zbigniew Brzezinski thought that by luring the former USSR to invade Afghanistan, he could bleed them, and in less than 14 years after the USSR invaded Afghanistan, it broke up—and to this day Afghanistan remains a basket case.
Some historians wonder what would happen if Hitler stopped with Sudetenland, he might have lived well past 56 years of age, like Franco did.
Putin wasn't looking too bad until 2008, and even then many cut him some slack until 2014.
Thanks to him, Russia is suffering, Ukraine is suffering more, Ukrainian nationalism is greater, NATO has gotten bigger, the US military-industrial-complex is probably richer, and Putin is even more entrenched. Next year, he will have outlived Stalin.
So you're saying those who resist Russia's invasion and occupation of Ukraine are Nazis?
This reddit dork quote points is lame. Stop it.
America is not like "any other country". No other country has 800 military bases in other countries. No one else is arming over 80% of the world's dictatorships. America is the biggest threat to global democracy, security, and peace since the Third Reich.
Even Americans agree.
If that's true about Afghanistan being the graveyard of empires, then who the fuck just left with their imperialist tail between their legs? Whose days are numbered now?
Maybe I should clarify, all CONFLICT AREA pipelines lead to Europe. Syria, Ukraine, these are all "pipeline wars".
An yeah, "Ukrainian nationalism" is fascism. They're Nazis, and they've had a stranglehold on the government and war effort since their 2014 coup.
Zelensky campaigned and won on the promise of peace through the Minsk Agreement. He said that America was trying to weaken Russia at the expense of Ukrainians. Yet, he watched helplessly as the Azov Brigade continued to shell civilians in Donetsk. Now he is just a kapo stooge who will never outlive his usefulness to his Banderite handlers.
I think my points are relevant.
Okay.
It was wrong for the US to invade Iraq, Afghanistan, fight in Vietnam, or bomb Iran, but none of these were democracies. Ukraine was more a democracy in 2014 than they were or are; and like the US, Russia exploited weakness.
I suppose Rome was pretty bad too, but was Byzantine or the Dark Ages in the West much better? I'm not saying you have to choose between one or the other, but maybe being a bit more nuanced could help.
The first half of the 20th century was pretty bloody, but with the US emerging from 1945 as a world power, and for a while the USSR too, things seem relatively more peaceful.
Yep. 2026 changed a lot of minds about the US: that's Trump for you, I suppose.
Apparently the Islamic empire had/has quite a hold there.
Also, if a supposed 3rd world country like Afghanistan can humiliate the US, as Iran seems to be, or at a smaller level, Al Qaeda, it seems the US isn't all that threatening—paper tiger and all of that.
When do you think the US will collapse? Will it be before 2050—23 years, 2 months from now?
For better or worse, I think it's going to be around for a while.
I suppose, after all, there's been a "Cool War" going on with Russia since Putin took over, and it's increased with his invasion of Ukraine, which is a European country; and the Arab Spring and the resulting brutal repression by the Assad gang and arguably the resultant Islamic State hasn't been all that good for the free flow of goods (in this case petroleum and natural gas).
Isn't all nationalism fascistic?
Who'd say that Putin, Xi, and the Kim gang in North Korea aren't nationalist? Are they thus fascists?
Why would they have a Jew as their President? You call him a kapo, but why a kapo when you could have the real deal?
and Chamberlain thought he'd guaranteed "Peace for our time" in 1938. Presumably that man did not want a repeat of WWI.
Did he literally say that, or something very similar, and if so it wasn't taken out of context?
Unfortunately, when one shells insurgents, there's a probable risk of civilian casualties. This is true with the Gaza and Assad barrel-bombing Syria.
There's a fair amount of Ukrainian civilian blood on Putin's hands.
and the Banderites, Nazis, far right, and Wolfsangel wavers will never outlive their usefulness to Putin.
They are as useful to Putin as Hamas was/is to Netanyahu.
I've already spoken to all your stupid quoted points that I asked you to stop. You talk about Zelensky being taken out of context without even looking it up, all while you literally parse words to remove context. You've got nothing to say, so you're riding my back.
Fuck off back to reddit, dork.
And yeah, fascism is the inevitable conclusion to all nationalism. Good self own. 👍
Thank you for answering, or at least attempting to answer, my questions.
As I occasionally tell Trump supporters, "I'm not going to do your homework for you." You made the statement, you should be able to back it up.
Did I now?
You are one who chose to continue in this exchange.
Most, if not all, of my accounts have been suspended there and they might have some sort of ban on my location.
Actually, as (I suspect) a Putin apologist and/or possible tankie, you might want to give these subreddits a try:
r/UkraineRussiaReport
https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/
r/GenZedong
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/
Careful though, I think one of my accounts was banned from the latter as it participated in anti-Communist subreddits. You might want to join using an alternate account, that way you might avoid being banned, while still conforming to reddit's rules.
Thank you for making that clear, and frankly I kind of agree with you there.
If by pushing a button I could make every soldier in Ukraine with a swastika tattoo; and/or tattoos of a Wolfsangel, Tottenkopf, and Black Sun (all 3), fall into a comma for 6 months, I'd probably push it, as they are probably liabilities to the cause—or maybe push it after Ukraine's victory or after a decent settlement.
"Liberals", "the West" or"much worse examples" are all failing the point I was making before. I was mentioning that in Europe two authoritarians with fascist tendencies conceded to lost elections, after having failed to secure a majority even with underhanded attempts of influencing the outcome. Are you saying that this was not the case or that was not what they were?
But then, the real problem for you appears to be none of that but rather that those autocrats were aligned with Russia, right? Even though that is in the case of Vucic a bit of an overstatement, he played both sides really.
Good luck continuing to breathe
Because they do all manner of funny business and fear being caught and ending up in jail when they're out of power or they can't hide behind a defense of "interference in elections" to avoid the Justice System investigating and prosecuting them.
I mean, just look at how Netanyahu is holding to power in Israel on the backs of over a hundred thousand dead Palestinians just to avoid the Corruption case against him.
Or Flavio's own dad, Jair, who is already arrested.
The same reasons school yard bullies are quick to cry when someone punches them back
You just described Flavio's dad.
Everytime the investigations aganinst him advanced, he would run to the hospital claiming to need some emergency operation to fix his intestines.
After he got sent to jail, he started acting like a moribund senile grandpa, falling from the bed, complaining about the air conditioner's noise, while newspapers would every fucking day report his family crying about how much he was suffering.
If it's loose and sore seek medical help!
Wrong question. We already know the answer to that question. The key here is how Brasil fights back to squash Trumpism from their democracy. We may learn something.
Trump is not going to invite him to the next cannibal orgy.
Fear