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It seems he lost his mind, before losing his body too. :(
Sounds like a good kill. Chose the wrong side, should have stayed home.
eco-activist, women’s rights supporter, and anti-fascist
fighting for Russia
ummm, something doesn't compute
From the end of the article
But despite supporting Ukraine at the beginning of the full-scale war, he was at a military recruitment center in Moscow, alongside other foreign nationals, on September 5, 2023, Russian border data shows.
His social media posts show a distinct change in his views — one identified by Important Stories as belonging to Gloss suggest he believed in conspiracy theories involving Ukraine, and claimed NATO was an evolution of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party.
It seems they convinced him that NATO and Ukraine are Nazis. Typical stuff from the play book. Dude just went all in on it. Pretty sad, he had his whole life ahead of him.
Who'd guess the cia deputy director would raise such a gullible piece of shit
I remember times when I rebelled against my parents and did some pretty stupid shit, but kids today are on a different level.
Some people consider Ukraine to be a neonazi stronghold. So fighting Ukraine would be fighting against fascist nazis. That logic is prevalent with conspiracy nuts/scammers like Alex Jones.
Also very prevalent with tankies.
Tankies don't have their own beliefs. They're just mouthpieces for the Russian and Chinese government.
Just look at ML or Hexbear right here on Lemmy. The tankies love Putin and Xi. Horseshoe is a law not a theory.
I hate fascism.
So he fought for Putin to invade Ukraine? That's some top tier thinking there.
I certainly don't recommend following the link to his obituary from the article and reading the entries in the traitor's tribute book.
Example of some of those entries:
Edit: Somebody noticed.
Since they took the page down...
That country turns fascists into sunflowers
Completely aside from what he was doing in Russia, he gives me the same vibe as Ché Cook from The OC.
Chris Pratt was in the OC?
What an hero. They should all an hero themselves.
What growing up under the CIA does to a person.
Fucking moron
