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[–][deleted] 19 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

It appears the most a man could contribute to the modern world right now is servers.

[–][deleted] 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

Possibly. They're back up at kiwifarms.ru now. Going to Russia for freedom is so ironic.

[–]ukrdude10 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

It's actually a good argument for Russia's "multi-polar world" ideal. Dissident Russians can escape to the West, and dissident westerners can escape to Russia. I can't imagine what would happen if Biden's America still had total hegemony.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Not really, that's just propaganda. Russia is not exactly a bastion of free speech unless they're busy making the US look hypocritical.

[–]QueenBread 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

And yet, I feel the individual citizen in Russia might have more freedom than the individual citizen in America. Why? Because in America it's the OTHER citizens who snitch and attack you.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Hahahaha. Oooo, thanks for that laugh. That's a really stupid take, Russians are known for snitching on political dissidents. That's why it's ironic to need them in this instance....

[–]QueenBread 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Are you stuck in the '50s? Do you think Russia is like the movie Red Heat or something?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I was drinking. I was being an asshole. 🙏

[–]ukrdude10 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

In the 1930s they did, but now it's considered a taboo behavior. Americans snitch way more than Russians, they will snitch on someone for a parking violation, playing music in a park after 10pm, etc. It got especially bad during the Covid restrictions. I come from a Ukrainian family, this shit seems absolutely insane to us.

[–]ukrdude10 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yup I totally agree. I can't fully trust fellow citizens, they might be very friendly and caring, then one day snitch to the FBI and send me off to the hole. I find the Russian/Ukrainian community to be more trustworthy. Although subhuman rats are found there too.

[–]ukrdude10 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't say they are a bastion of free speech. What I meant is, persecuted figures might find refuge in the enemy country, like Snowden did in Russia, or how Russian dissidents escape to the west. If all countries were under the wing of the US, Snowden would be rotting in prison now.