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1. Smári McCarthy (smari@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 20:22:26 JST Smári McCarthy

   If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend Timothy Snyder's briefing to the UN on "Russophobia". https://youtu.be/uBz9EeLeQ8w

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   • 寮 (ryo@social.076.moe)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 20:46:58 JST 寮

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     Don't forget, those very same institutions that have been saying how you can say whatever you want in Ukraine, and overal painting Ukraine as the ultra freedom loving "liberals" since 2022/02/22 have all been saying how oppressive and corrupt Ukraine is up until 2022/02/21.
     So if they can just pull a 1984 on this one (sudden shift from Oceania vs Eurasia to Oceania vs Eastasia claiming that Oceania has always been Eurasia's best allies and have always been at war with Eastasia, and the population just believing it without any questioning), then how seriously do you think I'll be taking this video clip?
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   • Smári McCarthy (smari@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 21:03:05 JST Smári McCarthy

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     • 寮

     @ryo Nobody who wants to be taken seriously has talked of Ukraine as oppressive since Maidan. Corrupt, yes, but again, if you've paid any attention you'll know that there's been massive progress there. Still a long way to go, but I dare say it'd be going faster if they weren't being invaded. Nothing is as simple as your ridiculous worldview would have you believe.

   • Smári McCarthy (smari@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 21:04:25 JST Smári McCarthy

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     • 寮

     @ryo btw, corruption and freedom aren't mutually exclusive.

   • 寮 (ryo@social.076.moe)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 21:13:52 JST 寮

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     > Corrupt, yes, but again, if you've paid any attention you'll know that there's been massive progress there.
     
     Progress, you mean the massive amounts of money that's endlessly being sent there and yet barely anything changes?
     Or is it only "progress" just because their president is pro-western lol?
     
     > Nothing is as simple as your ridiculous worldview would have you believe.
     
     That's quite a big mouth you got there young man.
     I wasn't even talking about worldviews in the first place.
     I know that border wars isn't as simple as just good vs evil like how the media on both sides spins it.
     
     > corruption and freedom aren't mutually exclusive.
     
     Alright, explain me how that's apparently not mutually exclusive then.