Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

After news dropped that Virgin Putin will slap any deserters or troops who surrender with a prison sentence, Chad Zelensky is saying any Russian troops who do so will receive protection in Ukraine.

This is how you fight the PR battle.

That’s how you make your enemy look both evil and incompetent. Prosocial dissent.

Lavrov stated that if the fake referendums pass, Russia will send more soldiers to secure the warlords.

Considering the current state of even the conscripts dragged to Ukraine, I doubt that his words would even be correct.

@HorsesandMuchMOAR
No, that’s wrong.

He didn’t say “if”, he said “when”.

These shitstains don’t even bother with keeping up pretenses. They lie and lie and know they’ll get away with it because the cost of actually doing anything about it is too great.

So it means that the Russian army will be too weak to even hold annexed Donbass.

Italy is holding elections today and it’s all but certain Giorgia Meloni’s fascist party will be the largest in Italy, and as a member of the country’s right coalition she’s all but certain to be Italian PM.

If any liberal democratic leader even thinks about congratulating Meloni on her victory, it will be further proof modern liberalism is not up to the task of exterminating fascism and its adherents once and for all.

@SleepySteve
So what system do you think they should use to keep “undesirables” out of office?

I don’t see where he’s saying that. Putting words in people’s mouths much?

@SleepySteve
I’m just saying that you seem to be pretty pissed at people you don’t like being elected into office and seem to not be a fan of the system. If you have a better system in mind, than say it.

@SleepySteve
That last part is rich coming from you

@HorsesandMuchMOAR
I’m gonna enjoy every moment of the military collapse.

@Meanlucario
Alright, fine. I’d rather have a liberal worker’s republic where only lower-class citizens make decisions for the good of the country, while upper class citizens like billionaires either pay their fair share or have their wealth seized.

@SleepySteve
We had that. It became the current USA.

@Meanlucario
Did you really?

@Meanlucario
Name one period in the US where billionaires didn’t have control over US affairs.

(New Deal doesn’t count since Dixiecrats watered that one down.)

@SleepySteve
Who do you think holds the tax money?

@SleepySteve
Pre-gilded age, US wasn’t under control of billionaires.

So…what was with those wild China coup rumors? A bunch of American and Indian right-wingers wishcasting?

@Meanlucario
When?

@Vivace
I had the impression that was in the same vein has what the USA was meant to be.

@Meanlucario
The founders were far from working class or poor. In fact nearly all of them owned slaves.

@SleepySteve
You say that like slavery wasn’t common back than.