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Lemmy.ml tankie censorship problem

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I’m myself tired of how tankies deals with criticism.

It's because tankies are just contrarians that use communist ideology as a vehicle to be anti-west / anti-United States (anti-liberal democracy). Tankies will defend any cause or ideology that is against 'the west' even if that means happily ignoring the blatant homophobic, genocidal and repressive authoritarianism.

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How ordinary Poles are preparing for a Russian invasion

Poles ready to defend the country if those fears become a reality? A recent poll found that only 10.7% of adults said they would join the army as volunteers in the event of war, and a third said they would flee.

Understandable, but also kind of sad. Poland exists because its people fought back against authoritarian bastards.

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Diplomacy dies on live TV as Trump and Vance gang up to bully Ukraine leader

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Zelenskyy is the president of an authoritarian government who turned to martial law

Active invasion of their country from Belarus and Russia. What a brain dead take.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilization_in_Russia

Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics

The mobilization was accompanied by mass raids on men of military age. In the enterprises of the region, up to 80% of employees were called up, which led to shutdown of mines and public transport, as well as the paralysis of cities and public services. To avoid mobilization, residents hid or tried to illegally leave the republics.[21]

Recruitment of prisoners

Implementation

It was reported that Russian authorities were targeting poor, homeless and people from poorer regions of Russia for conscription.[79][80] Russian authorities drafted detained protestors with no previous military experience, including a 17-year-old boy who was arrested at an anti-war demonstration in Moscow.[81]

On 14 April 2023, Putin signed into law a bill that would allow authorities to issue electronic summons to draftees.[92][93] The law blocks anyone eligible for military service who has received a digital summons from leaving the country.[94] Russian lawyer Valeria Vetoshkina called it a "hidden mobilization." According to Russian economist Konstantin Sonin, "Now, any person, regardless of whether he took a summons or not, [or] has an account with Gosuslugi or not, can be arrested and convicted for not going to war."[95] Russian lawyer and human rights activist Ivan Pavlov said that the "only option is to leave the country as soon as possible, but there is very little time for that."[96]

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Ukraine: Zelensky condemns "inhumane" Russia Christmas Day attack

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My point is; he condemns Russia but encouraged Israel to do the same thing (and worse) to Palestinians. That’s in my opinion, bullshit.

Not really, not at all actually.

See Iran, Qatar and Russian supported proxy groups reignited the Palestine-Israel conflict to derail a Israeli-Saudi peace deal (that would have benefited the Palestine Authority).

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Israeli-Saudi-peace-deal

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Hypocritical Oligarchic Rulers

Well you see, Obama and Biden used unelected bureaucrats to destroy the country. On the other hand, Trump is fine because he will save us and fix everything.

(Honest to God, that is the TLDR of a conversation with some of my relatives)