• Mateoto@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    There was a time the GOP would have fought tooth and nail against the Soviet Union. Now that it’s called Russia, it funnels money to the GOP. They act as useful idiots to the Soviet Union 2.0.

    And I can’t figure out how people still support them. US citizens have a high tolerance for idiots.

    • ME5SENGER_24@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I blame Ronald Reagan. People think when he implored Gorbachev to “tear down that wall” that the US had penetrated the Soviet Union. We didn’t it fell apart and oligarchs seized power like warlords do. Now we have an autocratic regime that vehemently and violently crushes diversions to its goal of unlimited power. The same goal that the Republicans have.

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      11 months ago

      Because followers of a cult are more concerned with harming others, even if it happens themselves slightly less.

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      11 months ago

      They can’t see past their own noses. They don’t want any government spending on things that don’t directly affect them in a beneficial way.

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    11 months ago

    “My amendment is going to lose overwhelmingly when it is put up for a vote,” said Gaetz. “But the American people will see who wants to represent them, and who wants to represent Crimea.”

    Thanks Matt, now we know who the Russian assets are in the House.

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    11 months ago

    should focus greater attention on domestic issues

    Ah yes, that will most definitely happen…

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      11 months ago

      They’re not just cowards, they’re greedy capitalists.

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        11 months ago

        Economic systems exist beyond socialism and capitalism. The GQP want a dictatorship. Bend the knee or we’ll use state power to punish you. If it was as simple as capitalism, Disney would still have their weird pseudo-government thing.

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          11 months ago

          That’s true that there are more systems, but I think most Republican politicians are just capitalists despite everyone playing the Christofascist game that was unlocked recently because Trump proved it wins votes. If they could win elections to be in power to steal more money just by being Bush neocons, then I think they’d do that.

          There are a few true believers, just like with Christianity itself (albeit a distorted version), among Republicans but I really think they aren’t so ideological at core. They have a price, and Putin paid it.

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    11 months ago

    They should be billed for wasting time on writing up and voting on a bill that doesn’t have a chance in hell to pass.

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    11 months ago

    Add Israel and Saudi Arabia to the list and they’ve got my support.

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    11 months ago

    Хорошая новость! I understand correctly that the main thing is the well-being of America and Europe, and the Russians should die because they create problems…

    • c0c0c0@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Russia is the largest country on the planet, with boundless natural resources. All they need to do is learn how to keep their armies within those massive borders, and they would be everyone’s favorite trading partner. Instead, they do … this. They don’t need to die. They just need to go home.

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      11 months ago

      Russian soldiers murdering people in another people’s land should go home is they don’t want to die.