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  • dubya@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Russia had a choice: play by the west’s rules, or play second fiddle to China. They chose the latter unfortunately for them and for us.

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      2 months ago

      That’s just what happens when you go from tsarist serfdom state to a communist peasant regime to a “democractic” dictatorship while constantly greasing the gears with vodka and corruption.

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        2 months ago

        Hey at least the alcoholism has gotten a little bit better, right?

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          2 months ago

          Hey, you’d think so, right?

          https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/15/alcohol-dependency-in-russia-increases-for-first-time-in-a-decade-a83718

          I mean, even if we trust the numbers coming out of a propaganda-riddled shithole whose only saving grace at this point would be a couple hundred strategically placed nukes (which - to be clear - I don’t. Their entire government+military is probably downing shots just to get through morning briefings). Even trusting their sources, they’re still back on the potato wild ride again. At this point I can only commend the nation for slowly killing itself, and blame them for not choosing a speedier route.