https://reddit.com/comments/tfd5uk

  • TheOwlReturns [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    How did these people get SO delusional that they are convinced that heading into this meat grinder is anything but a complete waste of their lives? Is this what popular media is making people believe? That Ukraine actually stands any chance in repelling Russias military? Reading that thread made me very concerned. It's like reading a bitcoin thread, it's all frenzy and no planning, rationality, anything. "Leave today, leave now and you won't regret it!" Jesus christ.

    • regularassbitch [she/her]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      a lot of people will blame propaganda but I think there's gotta be a suicidal element to this behavior. like they're so alienated and bored that even death is a welcome alternative. if they survive, they're "heroes," and if they die, they're martyrs

    • chantox
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      1 year ago

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    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I don't think a lot of people conceptualize how fucking wasteful and costly war is. Let's assume that the increased gas prices represent $1000 imposition on someone who commutes to work over a year. A fucking war is more like 1/2 your salary, you give up your son, and you have to receive a ration of butter. And THEN you use those taxes to do a friendly fire mortar round on the poor son of a bitch who got sent over there. The $1000 imposition was already enough in this zeitgeist to make a healthy majority want to avoid war even if you call it a no-fly zone. It's just such a fucking mockery of human relations