• gustofwind@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Ok how about this

        Have they been invaded since their permanent borders were established in 1953?

        • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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          10 months ago

          Again, very convenient: only an invasions are to be considered. Thank you for making my point.

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            10 months ago

            Ah sorry I thought we were talking about invasions since the image is about Ukraine receiving support because they were invaded

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                10 months ago

                Hey, quick question, were those votes held before or after Russian troops were occupying those regions?

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                    10 months ago

                    And might those ethnic Russians have been there due to a sustained campaign on the part of the Soviets to depopulate the region of ethnic Ukrainians and replace them with ethnic Russians as part of a plan to increase loyalty of the region to the central Soviet authority?

                    You can justify almost anything if you reach back in history far enough. It’s our responsibility to break the cycle and it’s pretty easy to stop believing the framing of a dictator who only wants to justify his territorial ambitions (and who has made noticeable overtures toward the recreation of the Russian Empire).

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            10 months ago

            I hate to be on the same side as a .world chud, but, like, this is a question about invasion not all the other myriad fuckery and provocations.