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minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months ago“Help stop the colonizing war Putin started!”
minus-squaredoben@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down18·2 months agoYou seriously think this war is about colonization?
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThere is some nuance about how Putin got himself in a weak political position such that he felt the need for a desperate military victory, but it fundamentally is an imperialist action to colonize another country, yes
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoHe literally wants to rebuild the USSR, so yeah it’s about colonization.
“Help stop the colonizing war Putin started!”
You seriously think this war is about colonization?
There is some nuance about how Putin got himself in a weak political position such that he felt the need for a desperate military victory, but it fundamentally is an imperialist action to colonize another country, yes
He literally wants to rebuild the USSR, so yeah it’s about colonization.