• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    22 hours ago

    US gets to appoint Ukrainian politicians […]

    LMFAO so if, say, Scholz says to Macron “I don’t think Trump should be US president, he’s not suitable, Harris is a much better option” then it necessarily follows that the EU is controlling US politics.

    i’m an individual with imperfect knowledge doing my best to reach the closest thing to truth i can with the information i have available

    No you aren’t, or you wouldn’t just take those “US appoints Ukrainian politicians” talking points at face value. You’d use your own head and assess for yourself what that tape means.

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      48 minutes ago

      You’d use your own head and assess for yourself what that tape means.

      it’s a coincidence the guy they decided on just happened to be the guy who ended up being Prime Minister for two terms, right?

      like i said in my original comment. it’s an interesting phenomenon. if you were to look in the past, it’s very easy to convince people the US acted covertly in many ways that were clearly imperialist. for example in Guatemala or Cuba or Iraq. It’s hard to find someone trying to defend US actions in these cases. But as it’s happening that goes out the window because propaganda has a powerful hold on emotion

      Let’s take a step back and let me ask you a question. Please answer instead of diverting or otherwise trying to deflect

      Question is: Do you believe money holds influence in US elections and do you think people with money actively try and influence elections?