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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon
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Well, hopefully India has more success.
Whatever scientific data humanity would gain from such a success is in no way worth the decade of triumphant screeching from Hindu nationalists that would result.
There’s gonna be nationalistic screeching no matter what, like I’m sure it felt in the 30 years after the US moon landing
Tbh the only way to win an interaction with a Hindu nationalists is to not interact.
But would it be worth it if Russia did the same?
(Though, this isn't mentioning they targeted the moon because all their missions to other planets ended in total failure. This one did at least make it to it's target, so that's better than Russia has done in a long time. Their space program, along with their government and military, is a joke.)
I suppose that depends on your opinions on the relative annoyingness of Russian nationalists vs Hindu Nationalists.
Given that most Russian nationalists post in Russian and aren't heavily present in English spaces, I find the Hindu nationalists to be more annoying.
So purely because you think they're annoying... and you're on hexbear where 90% of the comments are a stupid image instead of anything meaningful. Alright. I guess you're probably an expert on annoying at this point so you're opinion must be valid, right?
I find this characterization strange, we've got emotes and we use them, but the clear majority of comments on most threads are still text-only. Seriously, go to Hexbear and pick a thread.
Yes, I am the solitary Truth Decider. That's exactly what I claimed.
There are fascists among Russian nationalists, but they are not the people in power (e.g. darling martyr for western media, Navalny, is one). In India, the fascists are much more powerful. On that basis, I think the Russian ones would be bothersome but not as much so. Much better for it to be China, but they can't do everything.