Mateoto 60 points 3 years ago

There was a time the GOP would have fought tooth and nail against the Soviet Union. Now that it's called Russia, it funnels money to the GOP. They act as useful idiots to the Soviet Union 2.0.

And I can't figure out how people still support them. US citizens have a high tolerance for idiots.

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postmateDumbass 13 points 3 years ago

Soviet Union was communist.

Putin is an autocrat.

Of course they love the dictator.

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ME5SENGER_24 9 points 3 years ago

I blame Ronald Reagan. People think when he implored Gorbachev to “tear down that wall” that the US had penetrated the Soviet Union. We didn’t it fell apart and oligarchs seized power like warlords do. Now we have an autocratic regime that vehemently and violently crushes diversions to its goal of unlimited power. The same goal that the Republicans have.

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Tangentism 8 points 3 years ago

Because followers of a cult are more concerned with harming others, even if it happens themselves slightly less.

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Djangofett 4 points 3 years ago

They can't see past their own noses. They don't want any government spending on things that don't directly affect them in a beneficial way.

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purahna -7 points 3 years ago

You know, there's a difference between modern Russia and soviet Russia, soviet Russia posed an actual ideological threat to America whereas modern Russia is just kinda irritating and is threatening to hurt our economic dominance. There's a reason that Russia is a partisan squabble now and back then it was pitched as a nonpartisan fight of good versus evil.

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dub 16 points 3 years ago

arguably the modern russia is worse. destabilizing our politics and our economy is worse than any proxy war we've been in. Putin is the dictator the US was worried about for a long time but for some reason the conservatives want to kow tow to him.

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novibe -6 points 3 years ago

Putin is the direct result of US meddling in the USSR. He is the heir to Yeltsin, the CIAs guy in the USSR that forcefully brought it down agains the will of the USSR state apparatus and the people.

Putin was even super cosy to many western political figures, like the Clintons. He was seen as the good guy, privatising everything and allowing western companies to exploit Russian resources.

Russia even tried joining NATO multiple times, with good support from many western politicians.

That changed somewhere during the mid to late 2000s.

Now Russia and Putin are evil and want to destroy the US.

Dare I say this is all fucking theatrics? Not that Putin is still secretly friends with all his old western buddies. But he and Russia were just used as pawns at first, to help bring down the USSR and it’s remnants, and then as a boogeymen by the “west”. Like he was played hard. Not that he has much to complaint about, as he is a fucking billionaire.

And also a lesson. Never trust the US… Like Saddam thinking he was buddies with GWB and sending him letters after 9/11 saying “hey man we got this we’re gonna find the terrorists together!” then getting no response and getting invaded lmao

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xuxebiko 28 points 3 years ago

70 Putin's agents out themselves.

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Sharpiemarker 1 point 3 years ago

3000 black jets 70 agents of Putin.

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sylver_dragon 27 points 3 years ago

"My amendment is going to lose overwhelmingly when it is put up for a vote," said Gaetz. "But the American people will see who wants to represent them, and who wants to represent Crimea."

Thanks Matt, now we know who the Russian assets are in the House.

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Corkyskog 10 points 3 years ago

That's what I was thinking. We now know 70 Republicans are either absolute morons or traitors.

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hubobes 18 points 3 years ago

should focus greater attention on domestic issues

Ah yes, that will most definitely happen…

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Rhoeri 15 points 3 years ago

It’s because they’re cowards. They’ve always been.

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ikiru 7 points 3 years ago

They're not just cowards, they're greedy capitalists.

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steltek 2 points 3 years ago

Economic systems exist beyond socialism and capitalism. The GQP want a dictatorship. Bend the knee or we'll use state power to punish you. If it was as simple as capitalism, Disney would still have their weird pseudo-government thing.

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ikiru 2 points 3 years ago

That's true that there are more systems, but I think most Republican politicians are just capitalists despite everyone playing the Christofascist game that was unlocked recently because Trump proved it wins votes. If they could win elections to be in power to steal more money just by being Bush neocons, then I think they'd do that.

There are a few true believers, just like with Christianity itself (albeit a distorted version), among Republicans but I really think they aren't so ideological at core. They have a price, and Putin paid it.

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eek2121 10 points 3 years ago

They should be billed for wasting time on writing up and voting on a bill that doesn’t have a chance in hell to pass.

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The_other_me 5 points 3 years ago

Putin apologists taking orders from their Dear Leader Trump

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PowerCrazy -2 points 3 years ago

Add Israel and Saudi Arabia to the list and they've got my support.

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pescetarian -9 points 3 years ago

Хорошая новость! I understand correctly that the main thing is the well-being of America and Europe, and the Russians should die because they create problems.....

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c0c0c0 22 points 3 years ago

Russia is the largest country on the planet, with boundless natural resources. All they need to do is learn how to keep their armies within those massive borders, and they would be everyone's favorite trading partner. Instead, they do ... this. They don't need to die. They just need to go home.

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lemmyshmemmy -7 points 3 years ago

Russian soldiers murdering people in another people's land should go home is they don't want to die.

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