Why the fuck would everyday Russians use dollars in the first place two years after the currency was rendered useless in Russia?

  • Adkml [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    For me it was this and honestly it was coupled with wondering why every single combat footage video was from the Ukranian pov and why after a few months of what was being painted as a completely one sided battle the Ukrainians weren't making any advances.

    Seems weird that the only country with functional weapons being outfitted by every single nato country was having such a hard time against people that allegedly didn't know what a toilet was.

    Then it was getting banned because I said it wasn't good to give unrestricted weapons to dudes with black sun patches on their uniform yelling "die f*****s" in every video.

    Having libs explain to me that I didn't understand the context of why the f slur wasn't a big deal in Ukraine was a real mask off moment.

    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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      4 months ago

      Welcome to the right side of history comrade. I've been disillusioned for long enough that I watched 9/11 happen live on TV and my first thought was "well shit we probably had that coming"

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        4 months ago

        Oh it's been a long time before that in general that's just what flipped me from 50/50 to actively opposing what was happening.

        9/11 was a big day for me because it's the first day I actively watched the news after getting sent home from school.

        And then a couple months later nobody could come up with an explanation for why we were invading Iraq that made any sense to 8 year old me.

        "So they're the ones that attacked us?"

        "Well no, but you see...."

        "Then why are we going to war with them?"

        "Welllll.... you see....."

        Then I started noticing a pattern that cause and effect didn't really seem to have anything to do with decision making.