Comment on "What is the cost of lies?"

LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• FrenziedFelidFanatic@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Mostly hype. Plague isn’t that virulent with modern precautions and antibiotics, and Russia’s response has been to swiftly quarantine hundreds of people. Plague occurs naturally on occasion, and is largely a known threat.

  Most of the hype has been speculation around this case being a bioweapon combined with distrust in Russian institutions generally.

  I’m not one to trust Russia generally, but I don’t see much evidence that this is more than a nothing burger blown out of proportion by growing anti-Russia sentiment due to their invasion of Ukraine.

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  • mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Authoritarian regimes are a breeding ground for shitty cover-ups

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster

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    • FrenziedFelidFanatic@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean. You could have just linked Chernobyl.

      I don’t doubt that there would be some degree of cover-up if there was an escalating situation. I just don’t see any reason why it would be escalating.

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  • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What are you talking about? Where? Who?

    www.dw.com/en/…/a-79560752

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    • snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gross, don’t link dw. Basically muscovite propaganda now.

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      • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        He’s a Kremlin shill btw. Essentially pushing the the idea that Russia is nothing but a victim of the west, instead of a victim of the kleptocracy under Putin.

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      • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        German state media is Russian propaganda?

        Don’t talk while you’re chewing crayons.

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  • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think Ukraine itself is a symptom of a bigger contagion, virulent capitalist greed that will kill us all.

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    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean it is, but Russia was giving up its resources for pennies ever since the 90s, this framing is a bit weird.

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      • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think if that was true then there’d be no adversarial relationship with Russia, like attention to Venezuela disappeared overnight with them folding to Trump.

        The Arctic thawing is opening up access to a vast trove of natural resources. The fabled Northwest Passage is about to finally become a reality. This is why Trump wants Canada and Greenland. There’s only three nations, and Denmark has already folded.

        Russia has changed quite a bit since Putin took leadership, and for the better. Like it or not, it’s why Russians like him.

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    • one_step_behind@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m surprised to not see DR Congo on the list.

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      • Soupbreaker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, it ought to be in there between China and Iran, just based on mineral wealth. Makes the whole list suspect, tbh. Went to check the sources on Statista, but they want me to register before they’ll show me, so fuck that.

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      • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Congo has much of one of the things listed, rare earth minerals.

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• peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hi Mr. Local Area Man. Funny of you to show up in yet another thread claiming that Russia is being preyed upon by the west again.

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  • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    🙄 as if, huh

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    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hey man, I’m just saying, maybe Putin shouldn’t have orchestrated apartment bombings, sold former soviet assets to oligarchs, own several luxurious properties throughout your country, had political dissidents and opponents assassinated (inside and outside of Russia) took extreme efforts to install pro-Putin leaders in other countries, make all displays of LGBTQ pride and education illegal, control the entire media system, and not relinquish power ever.

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      • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Let’s say your wildest accusations against this foreign Emuel Goldstein boogieman were true. You’re saying that the West wouldn’t want to destroy Russia and take all their shit? As if. Everything you accuse Russia of doing is true for America or the dictatorships we foster. We’re currently arming over 80% of all dictatorships. The only difference is that they’re willingly giving us their natural resources.

        Weird how no one talks about Venezuela anymore. That propaganda sure dried up quick after they turned over their oil fields to corporations.

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