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Suddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/main@sh.itjust.works
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If so, was it polled somewhere?

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

You guys and the MAGA types seem to have very similar views on the Russia/Ukraine situation at the moment.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Could you be more specific?

    I think, for example, that most alt-right types oppose the war either because of chauvinistic beliefs about American boys and American blood and treasure being spent on foreigners, or because they would like to work together with Russia to counter China and think a war with them hurts the white struggle against the eastern hordes. No one on hexbear would defend either of those positions.

    It needs to be more specific than "both of you are against continuing the war." Just like it wouldn't be fair for me to accuse you of being alt- right because you and them both agree that there weren't WMDs in Iraq and that that invasion was sold on false pretenses. You might both technically agree but it would be missing the point.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's theories about how spheres of influence work, that Russia has a right to take over Ukraine, or at least override it politically. Very much similar to Kissinger's Great power politics in the days of the USSR. It's somewhat different than the Russian right which is their divine right to Empire, over the Ukrainians and the Poles and Slavic countries in general. The ideologues Ivan Ilyin and Karl Schmidt influence that part. But notably, both parts believe that there's a place that Russia must dominate in Europe, and that other great powers must not interfere there. Leftists also are influenced by these theories, especially when they remember the reaches of the Iron Curtain far into Central Europe. The USSR had a history of intervening into the politics of its satellite states. Notably in Hungary when there were democratic protests, they sent in tanks to quell the uprising. This theory echoes in 2014 when the Ukrainians changed their government, and Russia invades and annexes Crimea. Many on the far left and far right see the massive protests as creeping American influence that does not belong in the region. They fear NATO expansion as it is a threat to Russia; In the west it's Russia itself, and in Russia, it's Russian greatness in Empire.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understand. Liberals don't believe that countries exert influence on other countries around them? You think Joe Biden objects to the concept of spheres of influence? You brought up Kissinger, you don't think US foreign policy is operating under the logic of realpolitik? I'm not sure what the alternative is to believing that countries act to pursue their interests in other countries. That just sounds like a description of the concept of foreign policy.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    we want an immediate end to the war. in what way does wanting an end to the death make us comparable with the alt-right?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    How is being pro russia and wanting war to end in any way compatible though? They invaded Ukraine. They literally started a war. That's a pretty disgusting deflection tbh

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Russia started a war. Ukraine has two choices. Surrender and end the bloodshed, or fight tooth and nail and pour more innocent people into the meat grinder and then surrender. There is not a third option. Obviously they should choose the former.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Calling for an immediate end to the war is dishonest and supports Russia

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We’re just not keeping our head in the sand here. Ukraine is not taking back Crimea, or even the Donbas. The counteroffensive failed horribly. Cheering for more bloodshed isn’t going to make a better outcome in the end.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    "cheering for more bloodshed." Are you telling on yourself? You act like a counteroffensive is supposed to be fast and easy. It's not, war is bloody and deadly and Russia is not going to call for peace until they achieve their objective of overthrowing the Ukrainian government or achieving a peace deal where they can keep Ukraine's economic sectors

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Russia is not going to call for peace.

    So that was a fucking lie
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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You act like peace deals are the same thing as calls for peace. They can still have peace deals to appear they want peace when they started the war in the first place back in 2014

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    You act as if a peace deal isn't literally someone calling for peace.
    Lmao what with the "infiltrators" that cannot be proven? The two oblasts have a large population that is ethnically russian. When a government that had spoken of cleansing russian influence comes into power, it is pretty understandable that that would foment separatism. At best we can prove Russia provided financial aid to separatists, and then later stepped in and negotiate Minsk I and II, which were both broken by Ukraine

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Yall calling for the continuation of the war are telling on yourselves. Otherwise you'd fucking be fighting rather than advocating behind a computer for others to die. Too scared to go to Spain and fight the fascists?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Oh man the the US union should've just given up the civil war instead of continuing the fighting. Think of all the good Americans that will die. Let's just let the confederates secede instead of having a bloody conflict

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    You think the country that has a national holiday to celebrate their Nazi era leader is the Union in this analogy?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And there the conversation goes. Ukraine is actually Nazi and it's ok to kidnap and bomb the Ukrainian citizens because the country is openly nazi

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    The only progress the counteroffensive has made is in destroying Western materiel and getting scores of Ukrainians killed. They haven’t even reached the second defensive line yet. The total amount of territory retaken is like 100 meters of farmland. I’m calling it a failure because it is a failure.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They can either surrender now, or surrender when all the able bodied people have been killed for no good reason. Ukraine can no longer win this war.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    "Ukraine should surrender so that they can spare their civilian and combatant lives to Russia which totally won't abuse their land and people as they've done in the past"

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Ukraine should surrender now while people still have families to come home to, instead of propagating senseless death.
    You're also just making russian demands up? At no point during this war has Russia sought to annex the entirety of Ukraine, which it seems to be whate you are implying they will do.
    Please try to remain in reality.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Russia could make that happen, you know. They could pull their forces out. Right now, that would end the conflict.

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