You wouldn’t think of a European community of being so insanely pro Russia, yet on every single post mentioning Russia, any negative comments about Russia or their government will get downvoted to hell, some people get banned. I would not be surprised if I am banned or downvoted for posting this. People who are not just blatantly spamming Kremlin propaganda, please say why you are so pro Russia, to someone confused.
it’s all about the economic situation. large masses of people were wealthy in the US in 1960 and people saw that and said “well, here in the west it works well for us” (somehow without owning the means of production) meanwhile there’s just soo many stories about long food-lines and general poverty in the former sovjet union. talk to anyone from romania and they will shout your ears full how much they hate the sovjet union.
so, do you think it’s fair that lots of people have a pro-western bias?
i recognize that the US is rapidly enshittifying people’s economic situation these days. this is mostly a historical contemplation. the future will be different than the past.
Since it’s inception through it’s long campaign of perpetrating, funding, and backing colonialism, neocolonialism, and imperialism across the periphery.
I’ve got a story of 500 trucks waiting in line to feed people in a concentration camp but the West blocking them from entering.
Here’s a meme from the front page today