All the actual left has either fled the country, went underground or died. As any fascist government, Ukrainian one first came for communists.

LGBTQ Ukrainians are between a rock and a hard place now. For all the governmental posturing about how progressive it is, very little actual progress has been made, and its being curbed by nazis at every step. Still, the LGBTQ community staunchly supports the current nazi government like a good liberals they are.

It's worth noting that the book Joker grows out of his obedience to the empire and gets to know and relate to the people he has come to Vietnam to kill. The movie doesn't explore the second book of the duology (despite borrowing some imagery from it), where the consequences of serving the empire come back to bite Joker in the ass and, ostensibly, make him a better person.

All in all, I like the books a whole lot better.

Signalis

Signalis very quickly became one of my favourite games of all times. In the end it turned out less anti-communist than I initially feared, mostly due to it's story being not really about politics.

I definitely simp for the space DDR though.

Fake news?

It's been proven time and time again, if it's possible for fascists to ignore the satirical aspects of the media that criticises them, they'll happily do so. They'll appropriate the satire that makes them look scary, violent or insane. The only surefire way to avoid that is to make them look stupid and ridiculous.

As soon as I finally move to Russia and settle down, I'm planning on taking the trip there with my SO. It's going to be great.

He was a comedian, but not a stand-up comedian.

We in eastern Ukrain don't want it either, tbh...

Don't let the door hit you on your way out.

Late 20s. Do you mean the general ways to escape it or how I personally do it?

I live in fear conscription and hope of borders opening. The second they do, I'm leaving this dump forever.

When I watched them dismantle USSR's coat of arms on the Motherland Monument in Kyev, I had that wretched feeling in my guts. I have no motherland anymore.