BadEmpanada is fine for entertainment, but Jesus he has plenty of off the cuff bad takes. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by ButtBidet@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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The TLDR of the video is that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was bad, and that Western and Ukrainian aggression didn't poke the tiger. He doesn't mention that the West could end the war tomorrow.

To be fair, I'm not pro Putin. I know Russians in Russia who are risking their safety to be peace activists, which is the correct and noble position to have in Russia. An Australian guy taking the position that Putin bad just seems easy and is doing the work of the State department.

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[-] catonkatonk@hexbear.net 24 points 17 hours ago

Kind of a sidebar here but he says that Russia is a dictatorship and that people should gtfo about the "elections".

Now, I don't really know much about Russia at all, but polling shows that Putin is immensely popular, right? So what's the point in rigging elections that you're going to win anyway? I don't think he was trying to make a broader point either, I think he was saying the elections themselves are shams? So... Are they?

[-] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

It's not a sidebar

You found the weakest thing in the video. The elections can be questioned. We literally cannot know either way because it's not like Russia will be allowing in the UN to inspect voting.

But Putin is objectively very popular and has been for over 20 years or so. So, following your same logic, it of course makes sense for them to elect him repeatedly. Is it a de facto dictatorship? Maybe. I don't really care either. It's clear that the people of Russia like him for better or worse

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 33 points 16 hours ago

The elections aren't shams. The fact various powers in Russia will kill any threat and get away with it is the main drawback. With that said it's not like the US doesn't have a history of assassinations of political figures, carried out both by the state and by non-state actors.