• skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Got any proof of that?

    Because if not, then you’re pushing your own conspiracy theory on par with pizzagate or birtherism.

    Trump is a known Russian asset.

    Want more? There’s more.

    America shit the bed, sure, absolutely. No disagreement here. This does not mean that we didn’t shit the bed with assistance.

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      So glad Kermit the Frog’s included in the monthly men’s magazine as a part of your damning “proof”, just in case anyone gets bored and wants to take a break from the US State Department slop you’re serving

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        “This article cannot be true because it contains an ad on the page” 🙄

        Yes that’s very sane and reasonable of you

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          29 days ago

          yes, normally that would be dumb and stupid… but guess what’s dumber and stupider? It’s entertaining this widely debunked copium, which is very much encapsulated with this dumb ad.

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      Because if not, then you’re pushing your own conspiracy theory on par with pizzagate or birtherism.

      This might literally be the single stupidest attempt at a “no, U!” that anyone has ever done.

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      29 days ago

      The claim over whether Donald Trump is officially employed by Russia misses the structural and materialist analysis of imperialism and class interests. The global capitalist class, particularly those in positions of concentrated wealth and power, does not require formal employment to align their actions or interests.

      Trump’s alignment with Putin’s authoritarian model and policies beneficial to Russia could easily stem from overlapping class interests, ideological affinity, or even strategic manipulation (eg., blackmail or kompromat). These dynamics are more indicative of how imperialist powers operate than any need for formal employment. To focus on whether Trump receives a paycheck from Moscow is to obfuscate the larger systemic issues: the shared objectives of reactionary elites to consolidate power and suppress working-class movements.

      Framing such alliances as conspiracies diverts attention from the deeper critique of capitalism and imperialism.