Post AYybjaIQyRFB6MjCUK by silo_bear@mindly.social
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(DIR) Post #AYybSmLwtUuvZWMIIi by bobthetraveler@mastodon.world
2023-08-22T02:48:01Z
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A coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapsed OTD in 1991 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/russia/moscow.html?s=mb #travel #Russia #history
(DIR) Post #AYybSn0iRvWjbxQqqO by silo_bear@mindly.social
2023-08-22T03:26:41Z
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@bobthetraveler Russia is not a place to visit these days.It is a place of terrorism and the State Mafia. Nothing more.
(DIR) Post #AYybSnjNlrFvqUKWSu by mayonesa@berserker.town
2023-08-22T03:36:36Z
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@silo_bear @bobthetraveler This is true of most places on Earth.
(DIR) Post #AYybjaIQyRFB6MjCUK by silo_bear@mindly.social
2023-08-22T03:39:40Z
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@mayonesa @bobthetraveler Oh sure everywhere is literally the same and both sides are the same and hitler is just like ghandi. Very deep.
(DIR) Post #AYzSeaXXw37nyqId60 by mayonesa@berserker.town
2023-08-22T13:32:39Z
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@silo_bear @bobthetraveler No, but most of the human species lives in third world conditions.Russia is not exceptional in this regard, just more noticed.
(DIR) Post #AYzaCNaXINajKtl2si by silo_bear@mindly.social
2023-08-22T14:57:11Z
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@mayonesa @bobthetraveler Oh. You were talking about the actual spread of authoritarianism. That's correct. I thought you were making equivocations, sorry for the sarcasm
(DIR) Post #AYzb7cIrG5CjTnmXYG by mayonesa@berserker.town
2023-08-22T15:07:33Z
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@silo_bear @bobthetraveler No worries. I am most concerned with the state of humanity in general, which seems rather confused, and am in favor of an independent Ukraine. To me, this transcends politics... independence for Ukraine is a good idea, and imperial gestures starting in Eastern Europe have a bad history.
(DIR) Post #AYzbGXjvauRNvthT1M by silo_bear@mindly.social
2023-08-22T15:09:09Z
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@mayonesa @bobthetraveler It really is black and white, there really are evil dudes out there trying to take over the world, and they really are as stupid as "Dr Evil" and "The Brain." It's crazy.
(DIR) Post #AYzbNoznpq7DTjb0sa by mayonesa@berserker.town
2023-08-22T15:10:28Z
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@silo_bear @bobthetraveler Cluster B traits seem under-diagnosed, and there seems to be no shortage of narcissists with designs on taking over the world, agreed!I always wonder what they intend to do with this power when they get it. Make brilliant societies? Go to space? Create sanity and joy?No, just power and a dozen Mercedes-Benz cars.
(DIR) Post #AYzc2Z43yKQbwR15DU by silo_bear@mindly.social
2023-08-22T15:17:49Z
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@mayonesa @bobthetraveler Heh. It goes back to the old Lewis Black joke."What are they gonna do, build their own space program??"