dacalla@lemmy.zip to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoPublic sentiment across multiple countries in relation to Russia's war against Ukrainelemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarejustOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 day agoUkraine is being punished because of two centuries of local leaders opting for easy western cash at the expense of the greater local populace. Reminder that the US would never have existed had it not been for opportunistic Iroquois and later Huron leaders propping them up.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoImperialism doesn’t become less imperialist when you do it through a sock puppet, so sure? The greater local populace can and does just hate both sides of that equation.
minus-squarejustOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoOften they dont realize how much the local elite benefit from it. E.g. that Bibi helped ensure Hamas survived and dominated in Gaza over the more peace oriented groups.
Ukraine is being punished because of two centuries of local leaders opting for easy western cash at the expense of the greater local populace.
Reminder that the US would never have existed had it not been for opportunistic Iroquois and later Huron leaders propping them up.
Imperialism doesn’t become less imperialist when you do it through a sock puppet, so sure? The greater local populace can and does just hate both sides of that equation.
Often they dont realize how much the local elite benefit from it.
E.g. that Bibi helped ensure Hamas survived and dominated in Gaza over the more peace oriented groups.