Comment on Why isn't Putin receiving the same level of hate than people like Trump and Elon are?
dinckelman@lemmy.world 16 hours agoThis is the correct answer. Putin has been almost universally hated, even within Russia, for years.
Everyone knows of his election fraud, and the assassinations of political opponents, let alone changing the law in his favor.
It’s just hard for people to have a strong response to what he does, because he spends the vast majority of his time controlling his meat puppets in silence. Meanwhile, both Trump and Musk yap their face off on every occasion
Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 16 hours ago
Wouldn’t it also be correct to say that on Lemmy, Trump and Elon are also almost universally hated too? That’s why it’s so confusing that I mostly see it directed at them when I feel like it should be more towards Putin.
On a second though, the amount of tankies here probably explain this to a some extent.
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
The real answer to your question is that Lemmy is probably 70% American. Most of these Americans that shit on Trump and Elon either don’t know what’s going on in Russia or don’t care because it has no direct influence over their livelihoods.
tyler@programming.dev 6 hours ago
Or prefer to talk about what is affecting them, even if they do care about the situation in Russia, it’s pointless to talk about because the only way to affect it is through talking about people like trump.
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
I think this is the most accurate answer. Trump and Musk have a direct impact on ppls’ day to day, and has the impact of the countries politics to be considered. Putin is just the big bad guy that’s always been there for Americans, so maybe a bit of a novelty affect for the other two too.