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[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It really shows how much Reddit represents a vocal minority. And how much of it is most likely astroturfed.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My Ukrainian flags in the rich town next to mine index never lies

As those flags came down, so did the public support

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago

yeah that's a really great visual indicator

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Good to see the libs coming around to where I was two years ago.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago

too bad 100s of thousands of people had to die in the process

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago

Wow I can't believe that the majority of Americans are now tankie Russian bots

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Do they want the conflict to end as in "we recognize that prolonging the conflict will only lead to more suffering so we should negotiate a deal between Ukraine and Russia" or do they want the conflict to end as "russian subhumans must evacuate Ukraine immediately and let them reset their borders to the ones prior to 2014". Because one of those is an actual serious opinion and the other one is shown by every Lemmy lib who wanders into Hexbear for more than 2 minutes. The latter opinion is also seemingly shared by Zelensky and Co. as they keep having these peace summits without inviting Russia, which seems like wishcasting more than anything.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago

It seems like increasingly the former. I think it's important to keep in mind that terminally online libs on social media aren't actually representative of the general opinion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

do they want the conflict to end as “russian subhumans must evacuate Ukraine immediately and let them reset their borders to the ones prior to 2014”.

Idk what the people asked meant, but the questions 1,3,4 clearly suggest that people making that poll meant that option i quoted.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago

de-logicYes, Ukraine has no serious chance of coming out of this with anything remotely resembling a victory and the immediate brokering of peace has been the only sensible path forward for the past two years.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Fortunately Democracy™ isn't determined by something as vulgar and pedestrian as "what most people want".

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

If it was we'd call it something super undemocratic like "a people's democracy"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Democracy of the working class is authoritarian!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

to be fair, they never specify democracy for which class

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

At this point I want to just see the signing ceremony, where at the end Putin reminds everyone "you could have gotten this exact same deal in March 2022."

This war now is basically to salvage the legacy of the Overpromoted Comedian, and the west as an entity. Anything less than a fantasy victory that cedes everything west of Vladivostok to Kiev will be evidence their obstinance cost thousands of lives.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Idk if it's politically feasible for Putin to offer the same deal as 2022. He needs to show gains for lives lost and treasure spent to the Russian people.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

They would get way better deal in march 2022 and infinitely better at any point between 2014 and 2022.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

Salute to the 6% of Yanks and 3% of Euros who fully support Russia's special military operations.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Why do the totals add up to well over 100%?

Nevermind I'm dumb and didn't read the fine print. The participants were allowed to select two options.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

The wording of questions 1,3,4 clearly suggest that the "negotiated settlement" is just Russia withdrawing.

Also love the explanation what "western Europe" means in the small print.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

now let's see what the western state media says should happen to Ukraine. shock, surprise, etc. it doesn't represent the majority