• Łumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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        You know, weirdly enough. Back in my idiot libertarian years, I didn’t see the world of :1984: as a representation of “Stalinist Russia” or something. But of neoliberal US and UK… Huh, :1984: was instrumental in me becoming a :red-team:. lol

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          Despite the crowing about Stalinism, 1984 was absolutely moreso based on the state of the UK at the time. Orwell wrote about how his letters were opened by UK intelligence before getting them, how he felt obligated to write propaganda for the BBC to support the war effort a direct analogue to Winston, democracy was at the time effectively suspended in the UK, and the ‘ministries’ mentioned are direct references to the UK ministries. So you were surely right.

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    1 year ago

    overpower Moscow once and for all

    The wine cave warriors can’t hide their bloodlust forever. They want slaughter and conquest on their screens to clink glasses to.

    maybe-later-honey 🍷 🍷 maybe-later-kiddo

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    This came through on my news feed today with the headline “Is this the turning point? War in Ukraine”

    Here’s the turning point:

    If you can’t spot it, it’s that tiny blue area in the zaporizhzhia oblast, on the border of the red area.

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        Just start requiring EU citizens to take genealogy tests, and anyone with any ukranian/eastern slavic ancestry needs to report to the front lines . Of course, for freedom and democracy, so it is totally fine, don’t worry.

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    What weapons can they be given that are going to fix their manpower issue. Clones? Robots? Weapons don’t do much without people to use them, and trained in how to use them properly.

    I suppose a few more teenagers will be old enough to be conscripted by 2025.