My cat’s breath smells like cat food.

Japan has a mascot for almost anything, there’s more than enough to fill that hole in your life.

Someone tossed a pyrite house from monopoly in there as a goof.

That cat does look like a party-er…

Where in my comment did I back Russia?

You’re right, you didn’t explicitly back them.

It doesn’t have to be run by the Russian government to be affected by it. This article is about election meddling, not deep state conspiracy stuff. Do you deny that meddling? That it has had a serious impact on the US and a wide array of other countries?

Intentional destabilization while not mucking about with actually controlling it is often times even worse, especially when it comes to as influential country as the US.

That doesn’t mean they have no culpability… but as I said, it’s not a vacuum. There’s always more than one factor, and ignoring any in favor of only one is intentional ignorance of the worst kind.

And how much is the Russian interference having on US action? Ignoring that for the obvious baddy is exactly what this interference is meant to do. You’re essentially helping them do their job.

If youre a communist and youre backing Russia, youre doing it wrong.

Now if you’re a soviet apologist on the other hand…

There is also the evidence that this Russian interference is directly impacting how US is being run. Does that not factor into your value judgment?

No one can, in good conscience, say that the US isnt having a significant negative impact on world stability… but obviously it’s not happening in a vacuum.

But whattabout…

He’s probably got quite a few oligarchs eager to put him on their board.

Indeed.

“You ever think about all of your shit is stuff, and everyone else’s stuff is shit?”

-George Carlin

Who said it did? People aren’t saying there has to be a good guy, they’re saying they’re both bad. That trying to make one better or worse is pointless because they’re hurting people either way.

You don’t have to pick one of two sides in this. You can just say “The war is bad”.

So worse because of opportunity, not because of effort? Do you think the Iranian regime would have been any better if they were in the same position as the US?

Here we have another my way or the highway extremist who only takes what they want to hear from a statement instead of the intent… or the actual content of the words.

I’ve noticed it’s especially bad on lemmy for some reason.

It already has to be affecting small to medium businesses significantly…

I’d imagine that is a major factor in why it’s so accepted right now. Gotta consolidate the market!

That or you turn into a wendigo.

They didn’t forget… to kill!

Im well aware, but as I see things in full color im going to understand that they’re frustrated, but at least working on pushing for a better future for everyone. So im not just going to give up and assume they’re all horrible people who I should ignore and instead try my best to work with them towards that better future.

You can hate something but still appreciate when they make steps in the right direction. Progress is never instantaneous, and expecting it to be is a recipe for disappointment and disenfranchisement.