people lining up for Jordan’s in the same month they were worried about food stamps.
TreeLooksFamiliar22 on
No it isn’t.
Not saying there isn’t a problem, but these hand-wringing media types have no effing idea what is like to live in Russia. Hint: no uber eats to bring their fav dishes to whatever cozy place they do their writing.
Pieces like this are just whining. Whiners don’t help. We know there are huge problems. Instead of whining about it, how about doing something to fix it?
Six_Midnight on
Saying this as someone who has lived and seen life in Russia. The real Russia, not just the rich parts of Moscow where photo ops never venture out of. Even so-
That you all really think what you’re getting, means it’s only going to *only* be “as bad”?
You have no idea.
Alisa606 on
Being the richest nation in the world means little when the average person who live there is anything but
Ananiujitha on
It’s where the “don’t say gay” bills began.
alu5421 on
Eventually we will be unrecoverable
Catspaw129 on
I don’t want to miss riding the wave: I’m going out tomorrow to buy a Trabant
Letterkenny-Wayne on
God, the victimizing never will stop.
flippin_ruckus on
Lucky for us, Trump is too much of a fucking idiot to be an effective dictator.
Pale-and-Willing on
Putin is trumps muse.
Audio-Encoder on
What an utterly stupid headline.
Has absolutely no basis in reality. What the fuck is this even supposed to mean?
1. You can’t quantify that
2. Even if you tried, it still makes no sense. No, we look absolutely nothing like Russia. The differences are vast.
3. You can literally make any stupid comparison if you try hard enough. “*Oh no, the UK is clamping down on online social media speech and arresting people! That’s something Putin would do!*”
This can be summed up by an emotional journalist thinking *USA bad, Russia bad* and little else. The main point of the article is the wealth disparity between the ultra rich and middle class, but that’s literally happening all over the world right now.
This article uses a purposefully inflammatory headline because the author wants to exploit uninformed political talking points. Seriously, fuck off.
“*Both American and Russian billionaires both have similar incentives for keeping power! Who cares if billionaires all over the world do? Let me frame the headline to distort reality, because idiots who watch TV think Trump and Putin are best friends!*”
Just extremely annoying.
Stumpyflip on
Who do you think is teaching them how to do it? Russia and Israel with their propaganda spewing hate-mongering media outlets. Removing freedom of speech for those who would oppose. Fascism 101 going on over here but people have become complacent, until it’s too late to turn back.
Caraes_Naur on
That’s what happens when the president is a Russian asset.
stumu415 on
Worse as tourist because to enter Russia I don’t need to provide more than half the information that will be required by the US including my DNA and last 5 years of socials. At this point I rather visit Russia.
System_of_a_Doubt on
Why? I hear the free state of California is a lovely place.
Time-Warthog2000 on
Love the American fixation with seeing their own shithole country and the Americans in America doing it to them and being like, “this is exactly like x other country!”.
It’s time for a lot of serious wake up calls about what country has been a backwards regime with slipping quality of life and it’s not *every other country*
nasorrty346tfrgser on
No is more like early 1990s Russia, chaos
NomadFH on
The biggest thing I’ve noticed is every billion dollar corporation kissing Trump’s ring and giving him gifts because he was the sole approver of every one of their monopolistic mergers. Very mob like.
Derpy_Derpingson on
But at least we “punished” Democrats by refusing to vote for them in 2024 over an issue that doesn’t affect Americans at all, and in the end that’s what *really* matters.
Choice-of-SteinsGate on
Remember that Trump has defended Putin for years, like when he pushed back against claims that Putin is a “killer” who murders, exiles, and jails his political opponents, who suppresses civil liberties and crushes all dissenting voices—methods that Trump no doubt admires.
Trump has even indicated that he’s been taking advice from Putin on how to ~~run~~ steal elections.
Elections in Russia are performative. They are decided well in advance, they are rife with fraud and state-run media basically has a moratorium on election coverage.
This sort of illusion of popular support is what Donald Trump dreams of—it’s no wonder he’s taking advice from a dictator. Trump wants to legitimize authoritarianism at home and consolidate power under a western kleptocracy modeled after the economic and social tyranny of Putin’s regime.
micr0w8ve on
Oh boy. Things are getting complicated for Europe.
22 Comments
Praying to South Park Jesus. 🙏😔
people lining up for Jordan’s in the same month they were worried about food stamps.
No it isn’t.
Not saying there isn’t a problem, but these hand-wringing media types have no effing idea what is like to live in Russia. Hint: no uber eats to bring their fav dishes to whatever cozy place they do their writing.
Pieces like this are just whining. Whiners don’t help. We know there are huge problems. Instead of whining about it, how about doing something to fix it?
Saying this as someone who has lived and seen life in Russia. The real Russia, not just the rich parts of Moscow where photo ops never venture out of. Even so-
That you all really think what you’re getting, means it’s only going to *only* be “as bad”?
You have no idea.
Being the richest nation in the world means little when the average person who live there is anything but
It’s where the “don’t say gay” bills began.
Eventually we will be unrecoverable
I don’t want to miss riding the wave: I’m going out tomorrow to buy a Trabant
God, the victimizing never will stop.
Lucky for us, Trump is too much of a fucking idiot to be an effective dictator.
Putin is trumps muse.
What an utterly stupid headline.
Has absolutely no basis in reality. What the fuck is this even supposed to mean?
1. You can’t quantify that
2. Even if you tried, it still makes no sense. No, we look absolutely nothing like Russia. The differences are vast.
3. You can literally make any stupid comparison if you try hard enough. “*Oh no, the UK is clamping down on online social media speech and arresting people! That’s something Putin would do!*”
This can be summed up by an emotional journalist thinking *USA bad, Russia bad* and little else. The main point of the article is the wealth disparity between the ultra rich and middle class, but that’s literally happening all over the world right now.
This article uses a purposefully inflammatory headline because the author wants to exploit uninformed political talking points. Seriously, fuck off.
“*Both American and Russian billionaires both have similar incentives for keeping power! Who cares if billionaires all over the world do? Let me frame the headline to distort reality, because idiots who watch TV think Trump and Putin are best friends!*”
Just extremely annoying.
Who do you think is teaching them how to do it? Russia and Israel with their propaganda spewing hate-mongering media outlets. Removing freedom of speech for those who would oppose. Fascism 101 going on over here but people have become complacent, until it’s too late to turn back.
That’s what happens when the president is a Russian asset.
Worse as tourist because to enter Russia I don’t need to provide more than half the information that will be required by the US including my DNA and last 5 years of socials. At this point I rather visit Russia.
Why? I hear the free state of California is a lovely place.
Love the American fixation with seeing their own shithole country and the Americans in America doing it to them and being like, “this is exactly like x other country!”.
It’s time for a lot of serious wake up calls about what country has been a backwards regime with slipping quality of life and it’s not *every other country*
No is more like early 1990s Russia, chaos
The biggest thing I’ve noticed is every billion dollar corporation kissing Trump’s ring and giving him gifts because he was the sole approver of every one of their monopolistic mergers. Very mob like.
But at least we “punished” Democrats by refusing to vote for them in 2024 over an issue that doesn’t affect Americans at all, and in the end that’s what *really* matters.
Remember that Trump has defended Putin for years, like when he pushed back against claims that Putin is a “killer” who murders, exiles, and jails his political opponents, who suppresses civil liberties and crushes all dissenting voices—methods that Trump no doubt admires.
Trump has even indicated that he’s been taking advice from Putin on how to ~~run~~ steal elections.
Elections in Russia are performative. They are decided well in advance, they are rife with fraud and state-run media basically has a moratorium on election coverage.
This sort of illusion of popular support is what Donald Trump dreams of—it’s no wonder he’s taking advice from a dictator. Trump wants to legitimize authoritarianism at home and consolidate power under a western kleptocracy modeled after the economic and social tyranny of Putin’s regime.
Oh boy. Things are getting complicated for Europe.