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[–] Florn@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

They died like human beings, doing something for themselves, instead of dying like pigs for someone else's money.

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's horrifying when you realize a modern day country has legit thrown out an entire generation of their youth to the wolves to be eaten or die as they flee at the behest of western capital, freakin' WWI all over again with empty towns that no one is coming to return to.

[–] johnyma22@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Peace with no occupation would be ideal.

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For two years the dominant propaganda has been : Russia is losing.

Suddenly, we are expected to believe this?

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 months ago

? How is that even related? Wether russia wins or loses, a lot of people (both in ukraine and in russia) dont want to participate in a war, so will try to fuck off to somewhere else.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

This is what people like @poVoq@slrpnk.net are cheering on.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works -3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ita crazy how most every post I come across expecting to see people fighting underneath it is posted by this person. It seems they're only here to cause unrest.

[–] welldraught@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you prefer to see posts and comments which only regurgitate one single opinion, literally all other social networks are better at that. Lemmy is not a good pick for the echo chambers. Reddit for example seems to have single orthodoxy on the Ukraine war.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Ok yeah but this dudes whole gimmick is posting unpopular opinions without ever seeing the other side. I get having a differing opinion here and there but when you're whole personality is just 'what everyone else thinks is wrong' is crazy to me. I genuinely have never seen this person post something the majority agrees with.

Granted I've never just went through his profile, but when I go through my feed and see a post that's trying to stir up people, 90% of the time it's Y

[–] welldraught@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I agree that these opinions seem unpopular. But I am not sure if they are. Most people oppose war and even in the Ukrainian war, they support some realistic way of stopping it. Its the job of popular media to make sure that these people feel alone in their opinion and that they believe that most hate the other side. Then there seems to be popular support and funding of the war effort. Good read that you might already know is Manufacturing consent by Noam Chomsky. The sole reason I'm on lemmy is because it still has some realistic community, unlike other sites which just have bots spamming the 'popular' opinion. For example where I'm from the correct opinion is to support Israel in all its efforts against Gaza. If one were to read the comments on common articles, which are trying to apologize or shift the blame to others for Israeli war crimes, he would find very strong hate of the clear victims. Yet Ukrainians, all not just the victims, have almost ideological support here. Again something found in Chomskys book regarding unworthy victims.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What counts as a "majority?" If you mean the majority of sh.itjust.works users, then no, Communist opinions aren't going to be popular. Lemmy.world? No. Outside of instances that are generally right-leaning? Depends, but usually more people agree than not.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yogthos is a Communist that tends to post Agitprop, yes. The goal isn't the unrest, but the outcome of that unrest.

[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Chsos where fascist dictators rule? That sounds even worse tbh.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I said "Communist," not "fascist."

[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes people often call themselves communist or similar while supporting fascist dictatorships and the like, makes it easier to say.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Do they? Outside of MAGA Communists and PatSocs, I don't believe there are many, if any, Communists supporting fascist dictatorships. Historically, it's the opposite, Communists have gone to war with fascists.

Edit: oh, you're projecting, you're a fascist:

"I hope hamas can be defeated and the people of Palestine can be free from their oppression and propaganda. I was brought up being told it's the job of the strong to protect the weak and we can't fool ourselves into being tolerant to the intolerant. Its hard making difficult choices especially against enemies who use human shields and lies but the IDF are making the area a better place so history will respect them regardless of what agents and fools say now."

Supporting the genocide of 180,000 Palestinians and saying that genocide is "making Palestine a better place" is absolutely monstrous. Checks out for a sh.itjust.works user though.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io -4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Tough decisions all around. The army needs people for defense and they seem to only be able to get men (are women being conscribed?). But men also want to live. Their deaths would be less certain on the front lines if NATO countries hadn't dragged their feet for a decade.

[–] bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Oh yeah, to forcefully kidnap people from the streets/homes, put them into vans and send them to die a horrible death or not, a truly tough decision we got here...
And please don't forget, those people for whom this is a hard decision are the good guys trying to save the world, while those who see this as totally not fucking okay are fascists, Russian bots, "want to take our freedom away and kill us", etc.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thanks for all the links.
Being called fascist (which happens a lot on Lemmy for some reason) when speaking out against Ukrainian government which ticks almost all the boxes from the fascism definition on the wikipedia (dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy), is a brand new level of irony... :/

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The least ghoulish liberal has logged on everybody.

[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Yeah, NATO letting this linger and dragging their feet for no reason has resulted in so much extra suffering, it's the classic case of trying to appease people with a one second single issue attention span while dealing with conflicts that span decades and involve thousands of complex elements.

And of course trying to appease people that literally just want to see the world fall into chaos because order and the long path to social progress aren't as romantic and fun as playing the heroic idealist. So many people suffer because so few are willing to actually engage with reality.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com -5 points 3 months ago

yeah its a tough decision. get killed in war or get killed by invaders. Do you fight or run when faced with invasion? I think much will depend on if you have wives or children but even single men have mothers and nieces and nephews. Ultimately some will not have such attachments or maybe already lost them to missiles or drones.