• CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Love how Russia still tries to make it sound like they are the poor little victims for starting an unprovoked war of aggression they could stop at any point

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      7 hours ago

      He’s not the only one. It’s the demagogue playbook. The world’s stage has become a high school playground where bullies run to the teacher crying when the bullied kid strikes back. Whether or not the teacher clearly saw them hit the other kid first is irrelevant – causing confusion is enough.

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          2 hours ago

          Not a single entity. Their political opponents, the country’s population, its allies, enemies and trade partners and the rest of the world.