I think Dugin gets too much credit, here’s a pretty good write-up from an outsider’s perspective. As a Russian, I think it’s one of the most accurate description of what’s been going on.

https://cscr.pk/explore/themes/politics-governance/aleksandr-dugin-and-russias-military-propaganda-machine/

it honestly feels like a psyop at this point. in russia there was a particular focus on making people “apolitical”, which is a different direction but still was focused on reducing opposition turnout.

“Hitler” = “argument lost”

Yes, both sides are “evil”. Your country is fucked up, and I’m getting shit in this thread because I’m seemingly a liberal and a US dem party supporter (кринж). Fix your country, be it by voting, revolution, economic collapse, whatever. But if you choose to argue on the Internet and do nothing, the party “genocide and more” will win instead of just “genocide”. Слава Украине, Free Palestine. А местные долбоёбы, которые ртшные помойки репостят, пусть дрищут неделю за каждый пост.

Is everyone here from the US? Am I lost?

no u

dude, I’m not reading all of that. and what do you mean by “people like you”?

Not mine, I’m not from the US. That’s another reason why I’m honestly asking and not just trolling.

By not participating you’re letting others win.

And how? I’m honestly curious. I’m not saying voting is perfect, but at least it’s better than doing nothing and letting the worse evil win.

oh brother, I wish. I’m from a country with only one party. just wishing that US will vote out their shitheads. yeah, I understand that they suck too, honestly, but let’s be real for a second. last time everyone boycotted harris we got THIS, was it worth it after all?

Yeah, I quit for good after comments about Spain and France. I got recommended subs I’ve never seen before and that look like they’ve been made to lure right-wing folks (with some bot comments and obviously framed posts).

It’s a mess, I don’t even know what’s real anymore and I fear it’s the people who are becoming so unloving to each other, and especially to ones who look different.

just don’t vote because everyone sucks!

useful idiots, reposting Russian propaganda outlets

Bureaucracy is a bitch, unfortunately. Sometimes it’s much better, according to immigration “experts” (people who analyze asylum cases and help with all the docs), to arrive as a tourist and try to find a time slot to present the case.

Just recently a man crossed the border from Kaliningrad to get asylum in Lietuva (not the best option but it was the closest). He got denied and now he’s facing jail time in Russia for his social media posts.

If you have a RIGHT to apply it doesn’t mean you’re gonna get approved. There are some anecdotes for denying Russians asking for asylum (or another type of visa, I don’t recall exactly) for having a criminal record in Russia for the exact thing they were trying to run away from (it’s usually donations or social media posts “discrediting” russian army)!

I’m sorry but you are very naive.

Very useful, ask any LGBT refugee from Russia or Belarus in Spain, Germany, Netherlands or almost any other EU country.

YEAH! Fuck everyone! Fuck every person born in a wrong place! Or in a wrong family! Or with a “wrong” sexuality/gender/race!

Thank you for thinking a bit more than a regular reactionist. This ban will hardly help with EU’s “defense”, and it’s certainly not going to make an ordinary Russian angrier at their government because it’s too fucking expensive to go to EU anyway.

Yeah, some middle-class moskali will cry about it a bit, but above everything else it will make leaving Russia for people in danger more difficult. But yeah, it’s gonna give an illusion that EU finally does something decisive for Ukraine (cough-cough, >4.5 years of the invasion).

Muricans, don’t fuck this up. We’re so tired of all the political news from your country dominating every single “global” space. Sincerely, the rest of the world.