Oh shit they've got him.

  • Great_Leader_Is_Dead
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    9 months ago

    I'm curious why anyone really gives a shit about this, the likelihood this guy was ever gonna me a challenger to Putin at this point is, what? .000000000001%, if that. Surprised I'm seeing as many posts about this as I am.

      • Great_Leader_Is_Dead
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        9 months ago

        Yeah but I haven't heard Libs talk about him in YEARS. He's less relevant that guaido

            • Adkml [he/him]
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              9 months ago

              Yup 1% for Devalney and .1% for gaido is more realistic.

              Unless you have actively followed south American politics for a long time you aren't going to remeber the minor b plot character that was supposed to be implanted through a half hearted coup.

              He was relevant for like 2 weeks.

          • Great_Leader_Is_Dead
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            9 months ago

            Ehh, probably <1% of Americans could tell you who Juan Guaido is, but 10% could tell you that Navalny was a political opponent to Putin

            My experience has been almost the exact inverse, save it's more like .1% vs .001%.

            I suspect half the Libs I hear talking about him now have literally just heard about him the first time.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      Western liberals believed that Navalny was the opposition leader to Putin. He was always talked about in media as "the opposition leader". Not "a opposition leader" but specifically "the".

      This is important because it frames in people's minds that he was the main opposition. It makes people think of it in a Republican vs Dems way.

      This framing is helped by the fact that the communist party is literally NEVER talked about in western media. They don't exist as far as liberals know.

    • grendahlgrendahlgen [he/him, any]
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      9 months ago

      We have to hear about this guy solely because the US State Dept wanted him to be the guaido of Russia. Well, I guess he was, in that he failed utterly.