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Why are so many Americans into supporting Putin these days? It's crazy that it used to be bipartisan in our adversarial relationship with Putin but now we have one party ( and their followers) cozying up to him.
Is it our education system? Lack of critical thinking skills? Seriously boggles me that Putin has been so successful at mindfucking Americans online.
Comment by FreeSpeechWarrior at 06/12/2019 at 22:24 UTC
9 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I have no support for Putin, he's an even more dangerous authoritarian than Trump.
I support transparency in governments, and unless claims are made that the leaks are fabricated I will support and encourage their dissemination.
Information is the only tool citizens have to secure democracy, and I do not want to see true information suppressed regardless of the originating source.
Comment by thephotoman at 06/12/2019 at 22:23 UTC
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They see what Russia is selling itself as: a preservation of the bad old days, where European Christians were on top. It turns out that so much of what's *actually* happening in Russia is image and not reality: while it *seems* like Christianity is on the upswing there, that's not entirely true. Actual practice of the faith is fairly uncommon. But the society is as racist and homophobic as ever, which is what the right actually likes about it.
Comment by guestpass127 at 06/12/2019 at 22:10 UTC*
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It’s because these people hate liberals and Democrats *so much* that they don’t care WHO they have to associate with just to punish and spite those groups
They’re willingly aligning with Russia and Putin because they see SJWs and garden-variety liberals as being far, far worse than a hostile foreign power
Plus they know that this state of affairs alarms and frightens liberals and Dems, and they want liberals and Dems to feel alarmed and frightened
Party over country, ideology over party, and naked pursuit of profits over everything else
Comment by 80_firebird at 06/12/2019 at 23:51 UTC
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Why are so many Americans into supporting Putin these days?
Propaganda that they fell for.
Comment by walker_harris3 at 06/12/2019 at 22:34 UTC
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So you take pride in furthering a neo Cold War arms race and McCarthyism instead of detente? The fact that “our education” doesn’t fully implant the idea in children that the rooskies are inherently evil is lamentable, huh? Who would think it would be a good idea to invest the exorbitant sum of money that America sends abroad to proxies fighting those god damn rooskies on its own population and infrastructure instead? Only Putin disciples and Russian assets, certainly not rational and free thinking individuals like yourself. The military industrial complex is a total myth.
Comment by [deleted] at 06/12/2019 at 22:13 UTC
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