Its not funny and theyre not mental infants, its calculated, sociopathic geopolitical maneuvering by very capable, ruthless people

If someone is only willing to communicate with you through WhatsApp, they don’t value your friendship.

I suspect they don’t go all in because, as I said, they want to keep the Kremlin engaged. If you look at the cost and amount of military equipment destroyed its staggering, and the Kremlin won’t be able to replace it any time soon.

You misunderstood my comparison to Afghanistan, but no need to be rude about it. Russians are brainwashed, many actually believe “the West” wants to invade and destroy them, and they’ve been taught lies about their history of brutally oppressing people.

I think many of Ukraine’s partners have seen this as a cheap opportunity to see the Kremlin destroy its military… at the cost of Ukrainiane lives.

In other words, part of the equation for them is balancing support so it keeps Russia engaged but mostly static. So this lowers the Kremlin’s ability to repeat this kind of barbaric land grab because their Soviet stockpiles are gone and the people are left wary of starting a new war.

Surprising to me that the war in Afghanistan cost 20,000 Russian lives over ten years and was a major factor in the dissolution of the USSR. This war in Ukraine absolutely dwarfs those numbers and its in its third year, yet the Russian people are too scared or brainwashed to act.

They followed me around and down voted everything I posted for a while (memes, conversational comments, everything). Oh and they also threatened to kill me. Fuck hexbear and all its users.

Hexbear isn’t driven by real people, it’s a politically-motivated, organized effort to spread disinformation.

I don’t have an anecdote, but I do have a good joke.

Late at night, a German coast guard radio operator gets a distress call. A British ship has capsized and is quickly taking on water.

“We’re sinking, we’re sinking!!” The panicked sailor yells over the radio.

Confused, the German operator takes a minute then responds “What are you… sinking about?”

Maybe I’ll switch to Mastadon. I find myself going back to Reddit as often as using Lemmy these days, so maybe it’s time.

I suspect everyone switching won’t solve the problem. Seems unavoidable that open-access, anonymous social media will be a target for propaganda any time it becomes popular. If everyone leaves for Mastadon, the shills and their LLMs will move over there.

The communism is a facade for their propaganda, and it also bolsters extremist discourse. Win-win for them.

Thanks for your efforts fighting disinformation. Seriously.

No doubt many have tried the fediverse and walked away because of Lemmy.ml/hexbear.

I don’t even admit that I use it as is because of the propaganda. I’m still hopeful for the future but my enthusiasm is dying.

Well said, I completely agree.

Yeah I just skip comments if I see they’re from Lemmy.ml.

I hate that instance.

Fuck Meta.

Its certainly a key part of it

Just more anti-western propaganda, welcome to Lemmy.

The US elections aren’t the only thing targeted by the Kremlin’s propaganda

The Kremlin would be thrilled to see you in this thread shitting on the US

Lemmy.ml communism is mostly just a facade for spreading propaganda to useful idiots. If they were real communists I’d have some respect for them.

Lemmy.ml spreads a lot of propaganda/disinformation, has opaque and questionable moderation, and regularly advocates for violence.