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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    First of all, I'd like to make the point that imperialism (and globalism) are both fundamentally economic systems. The 'deep state' is the system of unelected career bureaucrats that run much of the administration of the US government, and the powerful lobbying political systems that influence...
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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    So many contradictions and ideological conflicts, I'm just gonna list some by number. For one you could make a decent argument that #4 is inherently contradictory with itself, as popular as it is for people to call themselves a Marxist Leninist. 1 and 4 and 1 and 5 are both contradictory. 2...
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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Fascism and communism are different in ideology, but very similar in practice - authoritarian state that exists to enrich its own beauracracy, lots of racial chauvinism, etc. Relevant.
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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    🤣 Don't be an ass, that's an incredibly common mistake even among English native speakers.
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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Probable fake, people have been posting fake images from CNN regarding the Ukraine war for a while. If CNN was faking Ukraine footage it wouldn't be nearly that obvious. They're evil, not stupid. CNN is scum but you shouldn't believe anything you see on Twitter, regarding either friends or...
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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    - US & Allied Killed | Costs of War. https://thehill.com/policy/international/599557-russian-troop-fatalities-in-ukraine-higher-than-during-10-years-in Estimate of Russian losses is 7-15 thousand. If its not quite there its close, but we probably are already at that point.
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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    I was gonna say something about troop numbers - Russia has sent more to Ukraine than we sent to Afghanistan or Iraq at any one time. But here's a better way to put it: Russia has already suffered more losses in Ukraine than the US ever did in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    Russia doesn't have the economy needed to survive a war with the US. Russia doesn't even have the ability to project power enough. Yeah, they have nukes. So does China, India, Pakistan, France, UK, etc. And when it comes down to it, we need Russia to help us to counter China. We desperately...
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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    How, exactly? Other than things that boil down to "they're a threat because we keep saber-rattling against them" or "they're bad because they're doing the exact same things we've done or are actively doing."
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    Armchair General's DonbAss Derailed Discussion Thread (Topics Include History, Traps, and the Ongoing Slavic Civil War plus much much more)

    American leadership continuously alienated Russia when we should've been building relations with them. Now we're going to be paying a price for that arrogance.
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