▲ 531 ▼ Know your genocide apologists (media.kbin.social) submitted 3 years ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/noncredibledefense@lemmy.world 278 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah. A number of migrants to the US fleeing the downturn. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've spoken to a few, and their opinion has been, to a man, overwhelmingly negative towards the old Soviet-supported societies. Economic and health data supports their opinion that the Warsaw Pact era was significantly worse for their countries than the modern day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) to a man, overwhelmingly negative towards the old Soviet-supported societies Then you're talking to a rarefied group of people. Possibly just the circle you run in. I'm friends with a couple of engineers and other techies out of Poland and Belarus. They were educated out there and started their careers in the mid-90s, when the economy went into freefall. They did not consider what became of those countries an improvement, and that's before guys like Duda and Lukashenko took office. Admittedly, I also know a Russian guy who is absolutely ride-or-die for Putin. Loves him. Thinks he saved Russia from collapse. But he's also a big Trump guy who thinks Joe Biden is a communist, so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) 'Rarefied' You sure about that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) This doesn't seem to square with the Orban, Duda, and Iohannis regimes, as they are all fiercely anti-democratic. Hell, it doesn't square with the current Italian government or with the rising tide of German fascists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ah, so you're just ignoring the evidence. Wish I could say I was surprised. We're done here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago I'm presenting ample countervailing evidence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've spoken to a few, and their opinion has been, to a man, overwhelmingly negative towards the old Soviet-supported societies. Economic and health data supports their opinion that the Warsaw Pact era was significantly worse for their countries than the modern day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) to a man, overwhelmingly negative towards the old Soviet-supported societies Then you're talking to a rarefied group of people. Possibly just the circle you run in. I'm friends with a couple of engineers and other techies out of Poland and Belarus. They were educated out there and started their careers in the mid-90s, when the economy went into freefall. They did not consider what became of those countries an improvement, and that's before guys like Duda and Lukashenko took office. Admittedly, I also know a Russian guy who is absolutely ride-or-die for Putin. Loves him. Thinks he saved Russia from collapse. But he's also a big Trump guy who thinks Joe Biden is a communist, so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) 'Rarefied' You sure about that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) This doesn't seem to square with the Orban, Duda, and Iohannis regimes, as they are all fiercely anti-democratic. Hell, it doesn't square with the current Italian government or with the rising tide of German fascists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ah, so you're just ignoring the evidence. Wish I could say I was surprised. We're done here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago I'm presenting ample countervailing evidence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) to a man, overwhelmingly negative towards the old Soviet-supported societies Then you're talking to a rarefied group of people. Possibly just the circle you run in. I'm friends with a couple of engineers and other techies out of Poland and Belarus. They were educated out there and started their careers in the mid-90s, when the economy went into freefall. They did not consider what became of those countries an improvement, and that's before guys like Duda and Lukashenko took office. Admittedly, I also know a Russian guy who is absolutely ride-or-die for Putin. Loves him. Thinks he saved Russia from collapse. But he's also a big Trump guy who thinks Joe Biden is a communist, so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) 'Rarefied' You sure about that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) This doesn't seem to square with the Orban, Duda, and Iohannis regimes, as they are all fiercely anti-democratic. Hell, it doesn't square with the current Italian government or with the rising tide of German fascists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ah, so you're just ignoring the evidence. Wish I could say I was surprised. We're done here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago I'm presenting ample countervailing evidence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) 'Rarefied' You sure about that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) This doesn't seem to square with the Orban, Duda, and Iohannis regimes, as they are all fiercely anti-democratic. Hell, it doesn't square with the current Italian government or with the rising tide of German fascists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ah, so you're just ignoring the evidence. Wish I could say I was surprised. We're done here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago I'm presenting ample countervailing evidence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago (1 child) This doesn't seem to square with the Orban, Duda, and Iohannis regimes, as they are all fiercely anti-democratic. Hell, it doesn't square with the current Italian government or with the rising tide of German fascists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ah, so you're just ignoring the evidence. Wish I could say I was surprised. We're done here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago I'm presenting ample countervailing evidence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social [S] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ah, so you're just ignoring the evidence. Wish I could say I was surprised. We're done here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago I'm presenting ample countervailing evidence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago I'm presenting ample countervailing evidence. permalink fedilink source parent
