Comments by "R" (@rdrrr) on "Russian TV has hit a new low" video.

@ChucksSEADnDEAD Russians and Ukrainians are not the same - that denies Ukrainian national identity, which has a long history separate from Russian national identity. However, they do have a lot in common - just like Portuguese and Spaniards do, or - frankly - Greeks and Turks do. Turns out neighbours often have things in common. Who knew?
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@vylbird8014 I wonder if there will ever be a Russian government that isn't oppressive and brutal. So far, the closest Russia has come to freedom is the 1990s, and Yeltsin's government was awful. The only reason Yeltsin didn't go full dictator was because his government was too much of a shambles to consolidate power. He still managed to do a whole bunch of shady shit.
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@LightHouseChurchThailand I know times are tough economically, but there's gotta be a better way to scratch out a living than shitposting on behalf of Vladimir Putin.
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@19ThreeLions97 I'm willing to bet lingering animosity towards "the West" over Trianon is in there somewhere. Is it stupid to be salty over a 100-year old treaty? Yes. But ultra-nationalist Hungarians aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.
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@YurkerYT Startlingly original. You think of that one yourself?
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@mitchyoung93 That's not what the video shows at all. Victoria Nuland is a diplomat. She doesn't have the power to "pick the President of Ukraine". The US following momentous events in Ukraine with interest is not the same as "Ukraine takes orders from the US". I'm not interested in playing your games (taking things out of context, making wild leaps of logic, ignoring questions you don't want to answer).
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@lordcommandernox9197 Authoritarian regimes have a way of wearing you down. They humiliate and disempower their citizens until they feel like they're not in control of their own lives. After all, authoritarian regimes don't need your support - the elections are rigged and the police will beat the crap out of you for protesting. Authoritarian regimes just need your apathy. I am full of admiration for Russians that will not be beaten into submission.
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@durema9720 I am from the UK. We have such shows and they are similarly braindead, cheesy and watched only by the elderly. I suppose the English equivalent of Yevgeny Petrosyan would be Bruce Forsyth. However, I cannot imagine Bruce spouting war propaganda and hatred. Bruce was inoffensive, tacky, your grandparents' favourite TV presenter - but he was a gentleman.
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Afghanistan, Chechnya, Ukraine. It seems like every generation of Russian men has been forced to endure the trauma of war. It's such a waste.
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@samwindmill8264 Zelenskyy looked like 10 years younger when he got elected. It's understandable. He's got the weight of the world on his shoulders right now.
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@MrToradragon The USA absolutely has "us vs them" and ethnonationalist contingents, they just don't control the government (right now). Doesn't mean they're not a political force. Plus, Israel is an "immigrant nation" that is literally founded on exclusive ethno-nationalism.
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@tzenzhongguo Yeah, Ashkenazim are the ruling class in Israel. Every Israeli Prime Minister has been Ahkenazi. Sephardim and Mizrahim are poorer and less educated. Ethiopian Jews ("Beta Israelis") have a similar situation to African-Americans.
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@tzenzhongguo Yeah, the "homeland for the Jews", but some Jews are treated better than others. Ain't life grand?
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It must be nice to live in a world as simple as yours.
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A lot of people both inside and outside Russia did not think Putin would do something as brazenly stupid as attacking Ukraine. I remember thinking "Putin's a bastard, not he's not a stupid bastard. This is just a show of strength. Authoritarian regimes do this shit all the time.". Well, it turns out Putin is, in fact, a stupid bastard and I along with half the world was wrong. I don't feel bad that I was wrong, nor do I feel like I deserve anger for following a logical train of thought to the wrong destination, but you do you. I learned my lesson - the world's gone insane and I should stop trying to be Nostradamus. The world's gone so crazy that whatever prediction you make you'll be wrong every time.
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@stevemcgowen He's grown from a boy to a man very fast...
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The endless Wagner assaults on Bakhmut reminds me of World War 1; endlessly throwing men at entrenched positions to gain mere metres of ground, at the cost of many lives. It also reminds me of the Federation propaganda at the end of Starship Troopers - "They'll keep fighting - and they'll win!". No lessons learned, the slaughter will continue until Russia has run out of men.
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@tudorpop961 I get the schaudenfraude, Romanians and Hungarians have an unhappy history together, but Hungarians don't deserve this shit. If there was one good thing about the cancer called Communism, it made Romanians and Hungarians realise they were suffering together and understand each other more.
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@19ThreeLions97 At this point Trianon revisionism is basically just contrarian bullshit, because the odds of Hungary reclaiming even a fraction of the land it lost 100 years ago is nil. It's like a weird political psychosis.
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@raapyna8544 Yeah, problem was that wasn't what he was trying to do.
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If Russia attacks Lithuania, NATO will defend you. I do not think Russia can occupy your country so easily. Putin said he would capture Kyiv in three days. And how did that go?
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@Imwer I tried watching his analysis of Putin's annexation speech and found his tone really irritating - smug and histrionic. I know Putin's speech was full of historical falsities and shameless propaganda - I'd have appreciated a sober, factual breakdown of it. The eye-rolling mockery made me feel condescended to.
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@lordcommandernox9197 No worries, didn't think you were trying to offend anyone, just adding my thoughts on what you said.
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Nikolay Karlovich Yes, it's true, and it's also a waste. However, the US military is now volunteer only. Russia still conscripts men against their will, and the conscript army is hell. In fact, being tortured by Satan is preferable to being a mobik.
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@dki-ruzzianfreeenvironment7695 Nice bait. However, I'm able to distinguish between governments and people, so I find your name-calling childish and embarrassing.
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@jademoon7938 Yeah, people often say Trump was a fascist. It's more like he was a *proto-fascist*. His regime was like the first years of fascism, before the dictator's managed to consolidate power and fully fuck things up. Americans are lucky he didn't get the chance.
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@jademoon7938 What exactly did I say that pissed you off so much?
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@mitchyoung93 Nice try, Мич Янгскй, but the Maidan revolution wasn't an "armed coup backed by foreign agents". If you're going to make wild claims like that, you have to prove them, and I know you can't. Also if you're gonna dust off the old "Ukrainians are Nazis" shit, then please do explain how revanchist aggression against a neighbouring state justified by nationalist fervour and bullshit claims of genocide isn't fascism, because that's what Putin is currently doing.
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@mitchyoung93 Revolutions aren't pretty and shots get fired in both directions. Doesn't prove it was orchestrated by the US. If anything, the fact nationalist Ukrainian organisations violently resisted Yanukovich after protests destabilised the government tells me the opposite - that the Maidan revolution was the consequence of genuine, long-held grievances against Yanukovich, sparked by Yanukovich's U-turn on EU candidate status for Ukraine. I am under no illusions that right-wing nationalist organisations in Ukraine are "the good guys", but Putin is using the fascist playbook to justify the violent subjugation of Ukraine (the rhetoric is remarkably similar to the rhetoric Hitler used to justify invading Poland), so Putin can fuck off.
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@jademoon7938 Glad to hear it. What did I say that you disagreed with, then?
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@enginerd80 Orbán basically controls the media, so middle aged and older Hungarians eat up the propaganda and support him. Hungary has a population crisis and younger people leave the country if they can, so that means Orbán's got a solid grip on power.
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