GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBut they claim it's Russia interfering in our elections to deflect from the real problemlemmy.worldimagemessage-square171linkfedilinkarrow-up1562
arrow-up1562imageBut they claim it's Russia interfering in our elections to deflect from the real problemlemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square171linkfedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month ago The elites turned a blind eye. They were enthusiastic accomplices. The courts saw him as too costly to prosecute fully. So they prosecuted the most broke and vulnerable, instead. Putin was still a part of this As a scapegoat, a boogeyman, and a useful idiot who could justify another generation of Western military industrial economic looting.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI think Ukrainas might have an opinion to Putin being called a scapegoat.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe whole eastern block got demolished by Shock Therapy back in the 90s/00s. Zelensky and Putin are fighting over table scraps.
They were enthusiastic accomplices.
So they prosecuted the most broke and vulnerable, instead.
As a scapegoat, a boogeyman, and a useful idiot who could justify another generation of Western military industrial economic looting.
I think Ukrainas might have an opinion to Putin being called a scapegoat.
The whole eastern block got demolished by Shock Therapy back in the 90s/00s.
Zelensky and Putin are fighting over table scraps.