Neo-Nazism’s rise in Ukraine is due to the silent approval of Ukraine’s political and military elites who prefer to turn a blind eye because they rely on the far-right for their military potential, Ukrainian academic Marta Havryshko tells Natylie Baldwin. By Natylie Baldwin Special to Consor

  • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    i used to struggle to understand why americans refused to see that the ukrainian far right is so empowered until i came to lemmy and see the election results; now i understand that we’ve been punching left for so long that the the right seems reasonable.

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          @freagle
          Because you don’t agree! Whatever floats yer boat, grasshopper. Always good having an intelligent conversation with you!

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            You’re a nincompoop not because I disagree with you but because 1) you thought free speech was the domain of the left and 2) you think the center right is the new left.

            These are both demonstrably inaccurate statements about reality and represent a form of vibes-based politics, quite commonplace, wherein ignorance is considered to be a position from which respectable opinions can be formed. It’s poppycock. All of it. Your skull is full of mashed potatoes.

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                I have no idea what your potatoes are saying to you but you don’t know anything about me. Check out my comment history and you’ll see I am not sock puppet