☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

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  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Life comes at you fast
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    11 hours ago

    Trump just didn’t magically appear out of a different dimension, and opportunists like him were always there. What changed was that the material conditions declined to a point where large swaths of the public lost faith in mainstream politics. They never recovered from the 2008 crisis when Obama bailed out the banks and left the public hanging. That set up the stage for the first Trump victory where he campaigned on draining the swamp. Then they were hit by the pandemic, and the proxy war in Ukraine under Biden. And the anger at the collapsing standard of living, lack of jobs, housing, and healthcare started driving people over the edge. And that’s the America we see today. One ripe for a conman to tell people how he’ll magically fix everything. But make no mistake, all this is a product of liberal politics working over many decades.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mltoWorld News@lemmy.ml•Iranian lawmaker says Ukraine's drone support makes it a legitimate war target
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    12 hours ago

    You show me some doomer articles from right wing press like they are a slam dunk while I base my figures on actual GDP figures and statistics based on the EUs and Russia’s published financial reports. These two things are not the same, I have not seen any real evidence of EU industry collapsing, you are just a massive drama queen who believes every article they read.

    I showed you articles from mainstream financial publications. You dismiss them without addressing anything they say, and then in the next breath tell me that Russian economy is collapsing because some telegram channel told you so. The fact that you don’t understand this is clown behavior is really phenomenal.

    Russia has also not replaced EU companies with domestic industry, they have switched to Chinese products further increasing their dependency on China.

    Yes they have, and you’d know this if you actually bothered reading the WaPo article I linked you earlier. You’re once again projecting here because it’s actually the EU that’s further increasing its dependency on the US as European industries flee to the US due to high energy costs in Europe. That’s what Biden’s Inflation Act was all about incidentally. Trump’s tariffs, which EU bent over for immediately, only made the whole thing worse.

    NATO is increasing its weapon output but we are not under pressure to do so as we are not at war.

    Literally every article in mainstream western media says that NATO is failing to increase its output, and obviously it is in a proxy war in Russia. The only reason Ukraine is able to keep fighting is because NATO is pouring hundreds of billions of resources taken from its own people into it every single year. That’s why the standard of living in the west is now collapsing. That’s why you dumb fucks have austerity so you can pay 5% of your GDP to NATO.

    For all of Russia’s supposed increase in production it is not evident on the front lines. More Russian fluff and lies.

    You keep on coping there dronie. Again, mainstream western media disagrees with your delusions. Here’s the reality of Ukraine. The AFU is running out of manpower, and it should be obvious to anybody who didn’t fail grade school math that Russia has a huge advantage here. Meanwhile, the west is now unable to continue supplying weapons at the rate it has been, especially now that Iran chocked off oil. And of course, since you keep braying about the economy. Why don’t we talk about the fact that Ukraine requires $160 billion in external financing is required through 2028 to cover budget deficits, which peak at $103 billion in 2026 for defense alone. That’s money coming from the pockets of mouth breathers such as yourself.

    Always with the whataboutery with you guys isn’t it.

    I mean we’re literally comparing the situation of the two sides of the conflict here. The question is who will last longer. And since you keep screeching that Russian economy is collapsing because of military spending, we have to put that in the context of US military spending with the US being the main military sponsor of the proxy. Let me know if you need this explained to you using smaller words.

    Further emphasising Russia’s dependence on China and vassal status.

    It’s called trade, but I guess it’s difficult for somebody living in a vassal state to understand how trade between two countries works without one being taken advantage of.

    This explains why you think the way you do. If that is where you get your information you are weeks behind and are likely unaware of Ukraine’s recent improvements in drone range and tactics that are destroying Russian logistics.

    Weird how it’s the Ukrainians that incessantly complain about Russian drones destroying their infrastructure at scale with Russia producing drones at an industrial scale while Ukraine has artisanal workshops. Again, anybody with even a couple of brain cells to bang together would understand who has the advantage here. Not to mention the destruction of most of Ukraine’s energy production which obviously affects industrial production which needs energy.

    Ukraine are the ones taking land now as Russia attempts to recruit more Kenyan mercenaries.

    Go read up what a war of attrition is so you don’t keep making a clown of yourself. This is frankly embarrassing.

    Why does the Russian regime keep on turning off the internet in Moscow?

    Why do European regimes ban Russian media and want to personally identify you all online? This doesn’t sound like something the winning side would be doing. Kid Starver seems worried…

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mltoWorld News@lemmy.ml•Iranian lawmaker says Ukraine's drone support makes it a legitimate war target
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    1 day ago

    The EU has a much larger and more diverse manufacturing sector both in raw size and as a percentage of GDP.

    Absolutely hilarious how you continue to claim this even after I’ve already linked you a bunch of articles showing that industry in the EU is collapsing. My favorite part about your low effort trolling is how you never provide any links to support your bombastic claims.

    Russia’s manufacturing sector has increased since the war, this is largely military industrial output. Russian manufacturing has also faced a severe manpower shortage lately for some reason. Russia is a resource mining and export economy, a “gas station” if you will.

    It’s not, I’ve already linked you an article explaining this. All the industrial niches that were left by western companies leaving were naturally filled in by domestic companies. All the assets, such as factories you idiots left, were taken over by Russian companies.

    Have you ever thought that maybe Russias military industrial output is bigger because they are at war and NATO are not? Are you actually for real?

    Oh hey, why can’t NATO ramp up its own output numbnuts? Dumbfuck western politicians kept claiming this would happen, and yet you losers are simply unable to do that.

    Trade numbers with India and China has naturally gone up as Russia is a commodity exporter and their previous largest customers don’t want to do business any more so Russia has picked the next best option.

    Oh dummy now admits that Russia had no problem diverting its exports to countries outside the west, which incidentally directly hurts western economies. You imbeciles are directly competing with China and India and their input costs are now lower. That’s part of the reason your economies are collapsing.

    What you call pearl clutching I call reality.

    The reality is that you’re a liar, and I’m simply pointing out how you have zero consistency.

    I have not seen any evidence of “European economies collapsing”. Many would say they have weathered the storm of losing the untrustworthy supplier they developed an overdependence on quite well.

    Literally did see it from mainstream western sources I linked in this very thread, and then proceeded to say you don’t believe it.

    Rand represents the view points of its biggest doners and no credible person should take them seriously due to their track record. Look it up for yourself dronie.

    You keep telling yourself that child.

    Not projection, you are correct about European position under the USA and it has been this way since WW2. Russia used to be sovereign, it is no longer, now it is completely dependent on China the way Europe is on the USA. How does it feel to be the proxy?

    Europeans are chortling American balls right now, and when the orange man says jump you lot say how high. You’re an expendable proxy for Americans. Meanwhile, Russia is very obviously not dependent on China the way you are dependent on the US because Russia produces its own necessities such as food and energy. And having energy production is what’s required for having functional domestic industry.

    There is a difference between borrowing on the bond market and printing money.

    On tiny problem for the west, and especially the US which Eurotrash is entirely dependent on, is that relying on bond markets to borrow trillions works great until it doesn’t. When the government sucks up all the available capital by selling debt it crowds out private businesses that cant get loans to expand which means the economy stagnates while government spending keeps demand high creating that stagflation scenario where nothing grows but prices still go up. Investors start looking at 36 trillion in debt and get nervous if they ever demand higher interest rates to compensate for the risk suddenly the government is spending way more just to service the debt and those higher rates trickle down to mortgages car loans and credit cards for regular people. And if confidence really cracks the currency weakens making everything you import more expensive which is just another flavor of inflation hitting everyone at the grocery store. So the west is basically walking a tightrope where the very thing keeping us afloat today massive borrowing could be the thing that drags us down tomorrow.

    You also don’t seem to be aware that the Russian money machine has been going brrrr since COVID,they have been printing money like crazy! https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/money-supply-m2

    That’s cute, now compare that with the US.

    Russia has been trying and failing to raise money on the bond markets since the war started, still no takers because everybody believes Russia will default like they always do. This is not secret information, it has been widely reported on.

    Meanwhile, in the real world https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202512/1349491.shtml

    The milibloggers getting info from the front lines? Individuals have been wrong, but when they are all talking about front line collapse, inability to counter drones and lack of communications all at once you should start to believe. Where do you get your information from? I would love to know what source you have more reliable than the Russian milibloggers.

    I get my information from mainstream western media which, if you actually follow it, clearly explains that Russia is steadily making progress in Ukraine, that western support is fading, and that Ukraine is steadily collapsing both militarily and economically. But you keep cherry picking what your favorite milibloggers are writing because you find it oh so comforting.

    Somehow I doubt it.

    And that’s precisely what it’s gonna be hilarious when reality hits you in your smug mug.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mltoWorld News@lemmy.ml•Iranian lawmaker says Ukraine's drone support makes it a legitimate war target
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    1 day ago

    Incorrect again, Russian growth 2025 was 1%, the EU which is 10 times the size of Russia’s economy grew at 1.5% despite further weaning off cheap Russian oil.

    What you clearly seem to be missing is that the quality of the economy that matters. In Russia, the economy consists of actual industry and material production. While EU economy is largely bullshit jobs like the service industry. That’s how Russia producing a year’s worth of NATO ammunition in three months. This is the same idiocy propagandists were parroting claiming that the size of Russian economy was same as Italy. You should learn what GDP actually measures before making a clown of yourself in public.

    Hilarious hypocrisy coming from a Russian supporter. Russia has not released their real financials since the war began, we can only estimate from the limited data we have because they are obscuring the real situation. The USA has always had the most detailed published financial figures, this transparency is a reason they have the biggest economy. Under trump they have started hiding the jobs figures but not much else.

    We can see Russia’s output in concrete numbers of trade and military production. And the fact that Russian industrial output is outpacing all of NATO says all we need to know here. We can also see the trade numbers with countries like China and India which keep growing.

    Then why didn’t you mention Russian obfuscation? By your own standards you must by lying then!

    Hilarious of you to clutch your pearls after outright dismissing western media showing how European economies are collapsing as fear mongering.

    I can’t believe you are quoting Rand, the dumbest of all the think-tanks. Do a little bit of research on them before using them as a source, makes you look quite uneducated.

    RAND consistently represents the US government motivations dronie. Nobody was saying that it represents China’s motivations, you just have poor reading comprehension. It’s not just RAND of course. Mainstream US media has been very open about the goals https://nationalinterest.org/feature/strategy-avoiding-two-front-war-192137

    Without China’s support Russia would have lost the war a long time ago. China is giving Russia enough support to keep going but not enough to win the war. A long war causes more damage to Russia and pushes them deeper under China’s thumb as a vassal state.

    LMAO this is what we call projection because it’s precisely what’s happening to Europe right now. Having been cut off from Russian energy, Europeans are entirely dependent on the US now. And being vassals themselves can’t help but imagine the same situation happening with Russia and China. Absolutely fucking hilarious.

    Brics is a Mickey mouse organisation, how much oil has India bought from Russia since the secondary sanctions kicked in recently?

    Cope harder!

    India are exploring the cheap Russian oil when it suits them and making bank off Russia’s resources. They then leave Russia high and dry when the going gets tough, great friends!

    Amazing things are happening in the fantasy world you inhabit.

    Western countries can borrow to fund deficits, nobody has been willing to lend to Russia since the war started despite Russia offering huge returns. Russia needs to find deficits from its rapidly diminishing sovereign wealth fund. Even China will not lend to Russia as the anticipated a default.

    It’s like talking to a small child who doesn’t understand, the baseless claims really add to this impression. You don’t even understand how fiat currencies work. Russia can do the exact same type of money printing the west does. They simply haven’t had a reason to do that so far. Nobody with a working brain anticipates any Russian default. I love how you just make up stuff and expect people to take it seriously.

    They have given us the only view inside the Russian war machine other than the state narrative. You can believe the state of you like or vibes or whatever, I will continue to trust the best source of inside information we have, typically from the troops themselves.

    And they’re constantly proven to be wrong, but hey why look at what’s actually happening in the war when you can just cherry pick information that feeds into your delusions right?

    You can continue to enjoy the hardship you are so great at tolerating. Life in Europe has not changed one bit, nobody even talks about the war in Ukraine, not now, barely even in 2022. It’s big news for you guys though as you endure hardships that we don’t even notice. Martyrs for nothing, lol.

    Stay smug little fash, life’s about to get real hard for you and I’m here for it.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mltoWorld News@lemmy.ml•Iranian lawmaker says Ukraine's drone support makes it a legitimate war target
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    2 days ago

    Anybody that didn’t fail economics at school would realise that the war is the major driver of the Russian economy.

    When you’re too dumb to tell the difference between government spending and the overall economy. 🤣

    It also sounds as though you are unaware of what is being referred to as Russia’s “hidden war debt”. Russia has been using commercial bank loans to defence companies to finance the war.

    Oh man, wait till you find out about the scale of military spending in the US.

    Then explain to me why all of Russia’s growth has evaporated. Someone’s either lying or doesn’t understand…

    It hasn’t evaporated, nobody expected Russia to keep growing at 4% a year. Growth has slowed, but it’s slowed in the west as well. Last I looked growth in Europe is worse than in Russia, and nobody even knows wtf is going on in the US because they’re cooking their numbers. Anybody who isn’t lying would obviously mention this fact.

    China only cares about China, they are not Russia’s buddy.

    Yeah, China cares about China and Russia collapsing would mean the west surrounding China with puppets states on its western border as RAND explained in detail is the whole strategy in Ukraine. Anybody who has a functioning brain would understand why China would not want Russia to collapse economically. But here we are.

    Now Russia just has one large customer who can dictate the terms to Russia as we are seeing play out in the pipeline negotiations.

    One large customer being all of BRICS. At least put more work into your narrative not to make your lies so obvious. For example, there’s this little country called India, go look it up. 🤣

    More delusion with no basis in reality, as if cutting yourself off from the richest half of the world will somehow help economically. Lol.

    Amazing counterpoint dronie.

    You do realise that Russia recorded an official deficit of 2.6% of GDP in 2025 right? That is called losing money Einstein, guess what the prediction for 2026 will be?

    Oh wow, official deficit of 2.6% of GDP. That sounds terrible!! Remind me what that’s like for western countries again Einstein. 🤡

    If you have been following this conflict at all you would be aware that the Russian milibloggers have been the best source of information on how the war is actually going for Russia

    If you have been following this conflict at all then you would be aware that Russian milibloggers are the biggest drama queens around. The fact that you take everything they write uncritically shows that you’re utterly incapable of critical thinking.

    Russia aren’t just winning slowly, they actively lost about 10% of all 2025s gains in the last month.

    Oh you’re seriously dumb enough to think war of attrition is about territorial gains. 🤣

    Don’t worry about us here in Europe, we will survive on our hamster meat. Quite delicious once you get used to it. The EU grew by 1.5% in 2025, that was better than Russia for all your doomer articles.

    The EU is on the verge of economic collapse, but hey let’s ignore all the mainstream western media. The dronie here has good vibes. 🤣

    You’re the most coddled people on this planet. You’ve never known any real hardship since the end of the second world war. Meanwhile, Russians survived the 90s and are still here. If you think you’ll outlast Russians when it comes to hardship, prepare to be very surprised in the near future.