Comments by "David Glickman" (@live_free_or_perish) on "NFKRZ" channel.

  1. Thank you for explaining the difference between the US and Russian law. This is important.
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  2. My family left when Stalin came to power and I remember hearing stories about what a nightmare is was when I was a child. They left with nothing and managed to make a good life in the US. Like you, they helped other refugees who came after them and I respect you for being willing to help. Hope you get through this alright no matter how it plays out.
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  3. Any thinking person understands that polls in Russia are unreliable and street interviews are not representative. But the interviews still have value if you understand their limitations. You get some insight into what its like to live under tyranny, to be unable to express yourself freely. 1420 is a courageous team of content producers and I respect and admire what they do.
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  4. Here you go, have some US aid 😉 Thanks!
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  5. I don't know how Russian YouTubers manage to hold back on what they really think. I've watched several of them recently and it's hard to watch them struggle to be so careful. I'm so used to saying what I want I'm sure I would slip up and get busted if I was there.
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  6. The people who post on social media are not a representative sample of the population Roman, they're just the loudest. Most people everywhere are indifferent, focused on their own lives. You should know by now there are 10s of thousands of us that get what you're going through and hoping you'll find a way out of your tough situation. Wishing you the best of luck 😊
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  7. I thought exactly the same thing. But I doubt anyone will fall for it.
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  8. Compensation for all having to put up with Putin's bots in the comments. Thanks!
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  9. I would put Estonians in the top tier just for their sense of humor. Been laughing so much at the video and the comments. This was a good one.
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  10. It's hard to imagine what it's like to be so powerless. I think many of us with freedom of speech, the right of assembly, and all those "first amendment" rights struggle to understand how people living in a police state can tolerate being deprived of those rights. I hope you will be ok and I admire you for the risk you are taking to speak honestly.
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  11. So true. There is a saying "eternal vigilance is the price of freedom" that applies everywhere.
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  12. My mother lived in Alma Ata in soviet times. She gave me the impression it was just another Russian city. Had no idea it was in Kazakhstan until recently. I guess one result of this war is a lot of us are getting a crash course about the Russian world.
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  13.  @werdormen  😄 made me laugh out loud
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  14. Freedom & democracy was expanding then, I remember. Now we (I'm older than you) have to watch it decline 😢.
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  15. Thanks! Your Poland "part one" and this follow up definitely held my attention. Well done 👏
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  16. I have to admit I'm still frustrated with the response of Russians to what is happening but this video explains a lot. I can imagine what it might be like if my own country changed for the worse and I couldn't stop it. I appreciate your honest observations.
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  17. Thanks! I'm always surprised at how well you understand American culture for someone who didn't grow up there
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  18. Sometimes I think I'm out of touch with the US and I still live there. The culture has changed a lot in the last 3 or 4 years.
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  19. @grizellda2540  the supreme court effectively made the president a king. Exactly what the founding fathers did not want!
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  20. That was an interesting conversation. Would love to see a collaboration with Natasha and/or 1420. Depressed Russian is an interesting new Russian vlogger too. If any viewer knows of new Russian vloggers I would like to know.
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  21. Thanks! This was a necessary video. Glad you took on this subject 🙌 👏
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  22. Thanks! Always appreciate your honesty.
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  23. Good one 😅 Thanks!
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  24. We have an expression "stuck between a rock and a hard place" meaning you have no good choices. I wish your critics understood that. I think you're making the best of a very bad situation. Good luck friend, hope you find a way out of this mess.
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  25. Are you deleting all comments that are not positive? Of course I'm glad your life is going well but I've noticed all controversial comments have disappeared.
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  26. Almost embarrassed for how entitled we are. Affluent nomad? Oxymoron?. Serious cringe 😬
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  27. My worldview has changed over time. Yours is evolving too. Part of the reason i watch your videos is to see you react and change as events have an impact on you.
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  28. The free world needs to find a way to identify authentic asylum seekers and provide sanctuary for them. We can't keep treating all Russians the same way. People who are clearly at risk like Roman should be allowed passage out of the Russian sphere of influence.
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  29. She will have to become a nun and live out her life in a convent.
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  30. I saw that. Can confirm this is a fact
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  31. Thanks! I take this as a wake-up call for us in the West. It could happen anywhere. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance"
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  32. It's everywhere, been that way for two thousand years.
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  33. Dissidents were welcomed to the West during the cold war. Sadly we have become xenophobic since then. America and most EU nations started closing their doors for some reason. America forgot they are a nation of immigrants, they forgot a long tradition of welcoming refugees and asylum seekers. I'm sorry the West isn't more open to people escaping tyranny for a better life in a free country. It shouldn't be that way.
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  34. I definitely support Ukraine but I also disagree with Zelensky on Russians leaving Russia. Dissidents escaping Russia were welcomed by the free world during the cold war so why not now? Seems odd that YouTube would care that much about opinions on this subject.
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  35. Just an FYI Roman: we don't really use the term "commie" anymore. That word was used during the McCarthy Era when innocent people were accused of being communist agents and were shunned and lost their jobs. It was not one of our finest moments 😕
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  36. Thanks! One of your best 👏
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  37. So true
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  38. Sadly reminds me of the MAGA crowd.
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  39. Just great. Two superpowers with seriously flawed leadership. This will not end well.
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  40. Do you think Russians would prefer the EU if it was easier to get a visa? There are 2 other Russian vloggers I follow that are in Georgia now. It would be interesting to see a vlog about what influences the choice of destinations Russians choose when they decide to get out of town.
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  41. But it's common knowledge that the elections are rigged. Maybe it's important to make a symbolic effort.
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  42. I don't know if non-Americans understand how extreme the situation is. I've been voting since the 70s and I've never seen so much hostility between the parties. And if you try to be neutral both sides will condemn you. Not good, not good at all 😳
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  43. @caleymckibbin2304  so you think American law restricts free speech as much as Russian law? I don't think so.
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  44. You've crossed the threshold when your accent doesn't distract from what you are trying to say. There are regions in the English speaking world that speak so differently than I do (California native) that I can barely understand them. Your English is easy to understand.
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  45. 😅😅😅😅
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  46. Japan definitely doesn't want war and Russia is too weak to open another front. Not gonna happen
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  47. Exactly 💯
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  48. 🤣
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  49. It's like a cult
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  50. The far left and far right are easily influenced by Russian propaganda.
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  51. "kid at the playground no one wants to play with" 😂 but also sad.
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  52. Even among those of us who are completely assimilated. The echo of the past hasn't faded away.
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  53. This is all about cold hard cash. The man has been bought and paid off. I doubt he cares about anything else.
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  54. Haven't seen anything new from IC3PEAK for a while. Wonder what happened to them.
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  55. They are beyond apolitical, they are oblivious.
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  56. So was it a good bargain? Trading freedom and democracy for economic gain? There is the difference between Russia and the free world.
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  57. It's the choice you made. Where I come from citizens made a different choice. Different values. Now you have a tyrant that acts in your name and you can't do anything about it.
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  58. Putin's FSB and propaganda machine are so incompetent. If he wants mind control, he should learn from China.
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  59. So random, born in the wrong place at the wrong time. I don't know what I would do in your place. Definitely get out of Russia's sphere of influence - even Georgia doesn't seem safe to me.
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  60. This is a no-win for you. No matter what you say, half of your viewers will applaud, and the other half will boo. We Americans are extremely polarized about this election. But yeah, I'm sure Putin has launched a covert influence campaign to get Trump elected.
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  61. Thanks!
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  62. I feel bad for laughing, but your kafkaesque nightmare is kinda funny you have to admit 😅
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  63. @edonveil9887  Yes, I understand the limitations. Both 1420 and Roman cater to Western audiences.
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  64. You need a side hustle, like, maybe translation services or something you're uniquely qualified to do
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  65. Putin must think Russians are naive. How many Russians actually fall for that kind of propaganda? They must know the odds of coming back alive are slim to none.
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  66. Why does this issue get so much attention? It's getting boring.
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  67. No one does influence wars like Russia (except maybe China). They cant win on the battlefield so they try to destroy from the inside.
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  68. It really does look like American far right wings propaganda.
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  69. I guess if Putin is going to steal from the wealthy, this is a good place to start 😅
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  70.  @xotleti  if they hqd stayed they might have died in the Holodomor when Stalin stole Ukraine's grain and let millions die of starvation. So much cruelty at that time.
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  71. Great video. Tragic story.
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  72. Putin will stroke Trump's ego until he comes around to what Putin wants.
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  73. 👍
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  74. The "digital nomad" was hilarious 😂 affluent nomads? Oxymoron? Absolute cringe 😬
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  75. "child beating Russian patriarch" 😅 made me laugh.
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  76. You're a funny guy Roman 😂
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  77. I never judged Russians as lessor people. But most have been brainwashed and its not their fault. You managed to avoid that and its commendable.
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  78. Just when I thought it couldn't get more bizarre... 🤪
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  79. Putin made the population passive and now he wants the to actively support his obsession. Not gonna happen 😂 Karma.
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  80. My mother lived in Russia for 15 years and had wonderful memories. I could never dislike Russians, they're my ancestors. The average Russian can't really do anything about the situation now anyway. It's not a democracy, it's a police state. Sorry you have deal with anti-Russian sentiment. Hopefully it will be over soon and it will stop.
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  81. All of the Russian YouTubers I follow are getting bolder, very slowly, but it's definitely happening. I take it as a good sign Putin may be losing his grip.
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  82. Same here. Started watching Natasha and now I watch about a dozen other Russian YouTubers. Saw them all go through this crazy stuff and now most of them have left Russia. I wish we had a special exemption for people like them. Seems wrong to leave them adrift like that.
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  83. Dance with bears 🤣
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  84. I have a colleague at work that sounds like the reincarnation of John Donne. His accent is so thick that I have to really strain to understand him
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  85. I always suspected this was true. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
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  86. Or vice versa or concurrently. Correlation is not causation.
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  87. 3rd attempt after deleted twice: You rejected Putin's tyranny. That's good enough.
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  88. Thanks!
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  89. Maybe he doesn't understand that there is a big difference between classic conservatives and MAGA Trumpers.
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  90. Glad you're ok. So can you say what you want now without getting in trouble?
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  91. Also consistent with pro-democracy, pro-freedom, pro- free market, pro-soveriegnty, and don't target civilians.
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  92. Since Putin is the new Tsar he probably want to bring back traditions from the era of the Tsars
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  93. Not giving up. Thanks!
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  94.  @shamelor5430  I was specifically referring to dissidents (see text above). And I have no idea what kind of visas are issued but I do know that dissidents are not as welcome as they once were.
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  95. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition - Monty Python, 1970
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  96. Thanks! I would like to see you do a video about "language war". Is it just Putin, or do the Russian people care so much about language that it justifies war?
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  97. Nailed it!
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  98. Thought it was important to watch. Total waste of time. That's 2 hours I'll never get back.
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  99. A gift from China to Putin. The Chinese have been doing this for decades. Putin is an amateur by comparison.
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  100. Its strange how much of this war is about language. Putin talks about protecting Russian speaking people as a justification for conquest
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  101. Good one. Interesting to see it through your eyes. As an American, I wouldn't notice some of the stuff you pointed out.
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  102. Is it worse now than before in Latin America? Because I've never seen it so bad in the US before. Wonder if it's a global phenomenon..
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  103. @POCKET-SAND  woke is no better than MAGA
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  104. "Less taxes. I'm from Russia, I had to go through shit" 😅 laughing, but it's kinda true.
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  105. Rational political discourse is dead. Facts don't mean anything anymore. The whole world is going to s**t 😠
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  106. Yep
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  107. Freedom is chaotic and messy but it's better than tyranny
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  108. @marymarlow3646  Yeah, it's a mystery to me they haven't been harrased or arrested. It's fairly obvious how they feel about what's going on. The only explanation I can think of is that they have a Western audience, and Putin doesn't care what we think.
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  109. I respect your honesty.
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  110. It's probably less than polls say. Some people afraid to be honest, some respond as they think they should even though at some level they know it's wrong. But I'm not sure how much the poll numbers would change if they were exposed to the truth because most of them wouldn't believe it anyway.
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  111. Yes, exactly!
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  112. Americans are the kings of conspiracy theories. You wouldn't believe some of the crazy stuff people believe here.
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  113. So don't confuse economic systems with political systems. Most countries have mixed economies and it works for most of them if their political system guarantees human rights
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  114. Please understand that most people living in the free world would find it intolerable to live under the tyranny of Putin. Police states create a constant state of fear that permeates through the population but people find ways to cope. I think most Russians just disconnect from anything political. No judgement here, it just seems that way to me.
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  115. The Russians must know the odds of coming back alive are not very good. They must be really ignorant to be persuaded by those ads.
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  116. The vast majority understand it's all Putin and the Russian people are not at fault. Maybe it's time for you to get the hell out of Dodge.
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  117. How is it they got into the US when the good ones like you can't get in. I say extradite them back to Russia and send us Roman instead
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  118. You can't please everyone. No matter what you say, some people won't like it. I don't judge you. You have a right to your opinion. It's a free country.
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  119. My point was that a similar sounding law means something entirely different. In Russia, there is almost no freedom of speech. In the US, there is almost complete freedom of speech.
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  120. Putin and his crowd will say whatever they think helps them. I doubt they really care about either side.
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  121. Russian dissidents that escaped during the Cold War were welcome in the West. What changed?
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  122. You got my vote 😊
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  123. @streptococcus1  wow. What are the odds of that. Thanks, made me smile
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  124. Good topic, witty review. You make good stuff 👍
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  125. I'm not sure what's happening, but something has changed. It could be YouTube, but it could also be Russian and Chinese hackers have figured out how to manipulate the platform. The comment sections get bot bombed a lot more than in the past
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  126. Schadenfreude
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  127. Its not about Russia vs America anymore. I have more in common with Roman than the authoritarian right and left in my own country.
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  128. Roman is the good kind of "woke". He isn't like the judgemental thought police and thier constant virtue signaling. Being liberal and being "woke" are not the same thing.
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  129. Whatever you think of NFKRZ, he has always been honest.
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  130. I would think that most Russians living outside of Russia are like you, left Russia because even unintentional dissent could land you in prison
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  131. Obviously for a domestic audience. Nobody in the West is going to believe this.
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  132. If they send them to the front that's practically a death sentence. Harsh.
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  133. Freedom is everything. This is great news! Really happy for you.
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  134. Especially since not one comment was critical of Roman. Not a single one.
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  135. I'm sorry you had to experience such poor treatment. No one deserves to be burdened by the distant past or take the blame for tyrants like Putin that rule them.
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