“They have been steadily losing ground since the beginning of the war.”
Oh sweetie, they control less than half the territory they did at their peak.
It’s the same shit with the tankies on Lemmy. They write these essays like they are payed per character and link the dumbest shit you can imagine. My favourite being some dude on youtube saying “It was the CIA, CIA man told me, trust me it’s CIA man in trenchcoat, tiananmen square did not happen and if it did it was scary CIA man”.
This sentiment is very common around the world. Every time something goes wrong it’s not the government: “It’s the USA/Europe/Jews! AAAARGH! They fear us so much! That’s why they sabotage us all the time!” I hear this shit in my own family from time to time and it never stops being funny. I wish I could deep dive into an alternate reality like they do.
Tankies on Lemmy: “I am very critical of Putin’s Russia. Now excuse me while I regurgitate Russian propaganda word for word”
I’ve been hit with the “that’s not real communism” but never been provided a source for “real communism” whatever that is.
I mean, the USA and Europe did fuck lots of shit up during the cold war, let alone before then. Totally fair if people from South America, Africa and Asia are wary of us. No excuse for including jews though
Damn, access to the whole internet and still sucking down the obviously false Putin Propaganda.
The Olympics gold medal level metal gymnastics he’s going to have to do to get around all of that once Russia pulls out of Crimea is going to tie him in knots
The “losing ground” comment is what baffles me the most. even the Russian maps show them losing ground.
You don’t understand, it’s all random villages, they don’t count… for some reason
I might be wrong on this, but it seems people don’t search the internet like people used to back in the older days. Now it seems everyone has been taught to be lazy and accept whatever their algorithm of choice feeds them. Idk, maybe im wrong, just a gut feeling.
Nah, people search the internet just as much, but now it’s far easier to find something to support your opinion no matter how far from the truth your opinion is. Its not about fact or fiction, it’s about somebody reinforcing what you think by repeating it. The scale of satisfaction has tipped from “learning something new” to “being right”, and its far easier to tell somebody that they’re right than to teach them something.
“You need to actually start trying to inform yourself”
Proceeds to link other people’s YouTube channels in lieu of actual research
What a striking similarity to the QAnon/antivax/flat-earth idiots 🤔
You know, that take makes more sense if you replace “Ukrainian” with “Russian”. That’s how bad the projection is. An almost exact 180° from reality.
It’s interesting to see how differently people see the war by the information bubbles they are in. (Looking at the upvotes)
Edit: fixed a typo
