• fonix232@fedia.io
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    14 hours ago

    Wow. You’re incredibly wrong, and/or blind.

    Trump is in the pockets of the 0.00001%, the billionaire corporatist elite, that’s been obvious since the beginning. Hell, go and read about how the elite of New York viewed him, and it will all make sense - he’s a useful puppet and in return he gets to be part of the big boy club.

    Putin on the other hand… The man is anything but an idiot. You don’t survive and raise through the ranks of the KGB and FSB and then rule a country for 26+ years by being an idiot. His most recent steps might seem… less than ideal, but they’re hardly dumb steps. Attacking Ukraine, even with the war stretching now nearly 4 years, is a brilliant way of keeping Europe distracted AND divided (especially with the disinfo campaign going on, a good chunk of European population actually sides with Russia and/or disagrees with the support provided to Ukraine, heightening tensions locally and across Europe), resources tied down, and disrupting trust in governments (look how the rushed energy independence move caused energy prices to skyrocket in the middle of an economic slump, angering people against their governments). Again, Putin cares not for the Russian people, because he’s a dictator. To him, the people are just a resource to use, as they’d still be too sheepish to rebel and kick him off. Last few times the Russian people stepped up, their movements were immediately co-opted by authoritarians and caused more damage than the previous oppressive regime, this would make anyone more cautious.

    Simply said, it might seem stupid but Putin is playing the long game and he’s most definitely isn’t in someone else’s pocket.

    • Bazell@lemmy.zip
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      13 hours ago

      I said this is a conspiracy plot. So your response is not relatable. Don’t state that someone is wrong if he specified that his point of view is a conspiracy plot. Learn to be more attentive. From my side I apologize for wrong using of terms. I meant the conspiracy theory, not plot. Forgot that these 2 have different meanings.