Nah, there's no erasure of the agency of the people which was expressed by the uprising in DPR and LPR where people rebelled against the regime. Same agency is being currently expressed in Georgia where they're kicking out western propagandists.

The fact that the west ran a coup in Ukraine is well documented, and it's very clear that the fascist regime there does not represent the majority o the people. The very fact that Ukraine no longer has elections underscores just how unpopular this regime is.

Go spread your propaganda elsewhere.

[–] tellah@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

the uprising in DPR and LPR where people rebelled against the regime.

You mean these people, right? The ones Russia sent in?

The fact that the west ran a coup in Ukraine is well documented,

It most certainly is not. If it were you’d have provided a source.

and it's very clear that the fascist regime there does not represent the majority o the people.

Citation needed. The events of 2005, 2013/2014, 2022-present beg to differ.

The very fact that Ukraine no longer has elections underscores just how unpopular this regime is.

Oh you got me, I definitely can’t think of ANY other reasons why elections would be challenging in Ukraine right now.

Go spread your propaganda elsewhere.

Pot, meet kettle.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You mean these people, right? The ones Russia sent in?

Nah, I mean these people that the fascists you support have been bombing for 8 years are reported by western media

Also, once you spend a bit of time to learn some history instead of trolling here, then you'll find out that Ukraine was cobbled together when USSR was formed and that LPR and DPR is predominantly populated by Russians because it was part of Russia previously.

It most certainly is not. If it were you’d have provided a source.

Just because you're ignorant of something doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Citation needed. The events of 2005, 2013/2014, 2022-present beg to differ.

Yes, it's typical for a government that has mass public support to ban all opposition parties, free media, and to cancel elections. 🤡

Oh you got me, I definitely can’t think of ANY other reasons why elections would be challenging in Ukraine right now.

I can't see why elections would be a problem if there was support for the government and the war. But you keep on making a clown of yourself. It suits you well.

Let's take a look at a few slides from this lecture that Mearsheimer gave back in 2015 to get a bit of background on the subject. Mearsheimer is certainly not pro Russian in any sense, and a proponent of US global hegemony. First, here's the demographic breakdown of Ukraine:

here's how the election in 2004 went:

this is the 2010 election:

As we can clearly see from the voting patterns in both elections, the country is divided exactly across the current line of conflict. Furthermore, a survey conducted in 2015 further shows that there is a sharp division between people of eastern and western Ukraine on which economic bloc they would rather belong to:

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