…No discussion of Western hypocrisy is complete without Ursula von der Leyen, the unelected queen of the European Commission and an unequivocal master of the genre.

There is a video, widely circulated at this point, of von der Leyen being heckled by a member of the public. The man asks a difficult question. She responds with a smile and a line that was clearly rehearsed:

‘If this was in Russia, he would be arrested.’

The crowd laughed.

The man was arrested.

Crosspost from https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11847282

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      They lied to us about Cuba, Palestine, Korea, Vietnam, Venezuela, Hawaii, Chile, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti, ANC/Africa, Peru, the Dominican Republic, but surely they won’t lie about China!

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      Perhaps if you all read the information presented, you may get a clue. Reading is fundamental!

      So, rich crooked ones probably don’t agree, much like the Batistas push their narrative about Cuba, but regular people seem happy.

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    This is my first time seeing an altmedia.house post, is this yet another tankie cesspool?

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      is this yet another tankie cesspool?

      Ah yes, because facts and principled analysis is overwhelming the internet and lemmy lmao

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      West: Plaguing the mental health of the world for decades with social media manipulation.

      This guy: Why isn’t the fediverse bigger