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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I agree that the ballots should have focused on fixing the inequality and should have fucked the billionaires who caused these problems.

Ukraine was trickier at that time though. They were still uncertain who was going to run Ukraine. Poroshenko was a bit questionable but at least started to defend Ukraine, but had serious problems with corruption too if I recall. Zelenskyy wasn’t in power yet and propping up the wrong guy was risky.

The problem is that the Obama team never seemed to think Trump had a chance and figured Clinton would be able to work on all the problems it was in the middle of. That was the biggest mistake of his presidency IMO. that and allowing McConnell to steal the Supreme Court

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  • [–] 1 point 23 hours ago

    The only things Russia exports more than oil products are propaganda and corruption.

    Many formerly Russian-occupied countries spent a few generations under a system that's run as a mafia rather than a government. Estonia is a great example of resisting that culture and rebuilding quickly after re-independence. Ukraine is also culturally distinct from Russia, but Russia entrenched itself much deeper in Ukraine, because i) the land is richer, ii) the population is larger, and iii) Kyiv is 'their' place of origin.

    It was much harder for Ukraine to sever the ties. Estonia had the non-violent singing revolution, while Ukraine had the bloody Euromaidan, which resulted directly in the 2014 invasion. Corruption is still an issue (and not unique to Ukraine), but at least their government listens to their people now.

    Ugh, McConnell... (shakes fist gerontocratically)... I need a drink 🥃

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