Time is on the side of the Russians in Ukraine and the Chinese on pretty much anything else when it comes to confronting the US empire.

But ever since the ceasefire in Lebanon and the fall of Assad I can’t help but feel that the Palestinian cause is getting worse every day. No one is lifting a finger for them except the Yemenis and it only seems that the Zionist fucks are getting closer to their objectives.

Civil war in “Israel” when? True Promise 3 when (lol)?

It doesn’t help that some of the loudest voices cheering for Assad’s fall where Palestinians and that sectarism is strong against Shia’s…

  • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Unless you live in Russia, it’s basically impossible for someone’s views to be determined just by Russian propaganda. We are submerged in Western liberal hegemony. Any kind of worldview we develop is going to be related to that liberal hegemony and the narratives it presents. At worst, we might overreact to the propaganda by deliberately swallowing the Russian narrative, but I think that it’s also not true that we are uncritically following the Russian narrative (even when it’s a lot closer to the reality I’ve surmised than the Western liberal narrative) where Russia is the beacon of traditional Western value against the woke, perverted West. That’s also trash. We prefer to stick to analyzing material reality and the facts on the ground, not vibes.

    Also, in my own comments I think I’ve done a good job of showing that there has been, indeed, a fascist coup of Ukraine in 2014, that was ethnically cleansing Russian speaking minorities and threatens all the same minorities that nazis always threaten. I showed you that while primarily citing liberal Western media like CNN, NBC, and the BBC. If those sources are too pro-Russian, then what sources can we use to get a level-headed assessment of the situation?

    • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      At worst, we might overreact to the propaganda by deliberately swallowing the Russian narrative, but I think that it’s also not true that we are uncritically following the Russian narrative

      Perfect. Yes and I will take the opposite for myself. At worst I might swallow the mainstream western narrative but its not true that I think uncritically and I fact I actively seek out alternative information just like in this conversation.

      Also, in my own comments I think I’ve done a good job of showing that there has been, indeed, a fascist coup of Ukraine in 2014, that was ethnically cleansing Russian speaking minorities and threatens all the same minorities that nazis always threaten.

      When we went through it, the people you had claimed were being ethnically cleansed from what I saw turned out to be armed Russian proxies who had been fighting in Donetsk for 2 years (2014) before Ukraine bombed them (article from 2016).

      You’ve provided evidence there was collateral damage when Ukraine was fighting a separation/civil war instigated by the Russian invasion in 2014. Not that minorities were targeted or that ethnic cleansing took place.

      You didn’t provide evidence there was a fascist coup, in fact the opposite? You suggested there was an American backed coup to install American friendly people in power (Victoria Nyland)?

      And btw, everyone padding adjectives into everything is driving me nuts.

      Sometimes the discussion breaks down to “The neo nazi Ukrainian regime pulled a fascist coup and you’re too propagandized to see it”

      Can’t you just say “the Ukrainian government pulled a coup”?