kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 28 Oct 15:32
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Fascist regime is fascist.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
on 28 Oct 15:45
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A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar in Berlin for a friendly drink
CIA Agent says: Why do you like Russia so much? You have no freedom. In the USA, you can stand in front of the White House in Washington, DC, and yell, “Down with Ronald Reagan”, and you will not be punished.
KGB Agent smiles and shakes his head: Nonsense, you can also stand in Red Square in Moscow and yell, “Down with Ronald Reagan”, and you will not be punished, either.
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 28 Oct 16:14
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lemmy.ml in a nutshell
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
on 28 Oct 16:39
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A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar for a friendly drink.
“I have to admit, I’m always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up,” the CIA agent says.
“Thank you,” the KGB says. “We do our best, but truly, it’s nothing compared to American propaganda. Your people believe everything your state media tells them.”
The CIA agent drops his drink in shock and disgust. “Thank you friend, but you must be confused… There’s no propaganda in America.”
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org
on 28 Oct 16:04
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American vibes.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
on 28 Oct 16:16
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This generation’s Pussy Riot?
HubertManne@piefed.social
on 28 Oct 18:31
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I know folks hate the us peanut gallery with this but this is exactly the type of things we were told made russia worse than the us and now people are arrested for playing innocuous songs in front of ice facilities. Heck even prayers by actual clergy results in being shot in the head.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio
on 29 Oct 01:59
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I remember monsters of rock or whatever it was. I was hugely into Pantera, my parents hated Pantera. Pantera played to the largest audience in the fucking world after the fall of the commie scum, suddenly, Pantera ain’t so fucking bad.
RIP Dime and Vinnie.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
on 28 Oct 18:49
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yes i too enjoy doing things i know will send me into jail and be put on my record.
paper_moon@lemmy.world
on 28 Oct 19:20
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The point is to show how fucked up and authoritarian your current government is. Someone just got arrested by the police in the US for playing the Darth Vader song to protest the National Guard. So yeah, we’re about as fucked as Russia right now.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
on 28 Oct 20:07
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i dont live in the US, but its funny you use the word authoritarian, people in Canada on the right call liberals/left that.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
on 28 Oct 20:29
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well things like hating the jews, authoritarian, hating each others races, its really interesting because I’m curious what the driving force is behind it, despite the base ideals being different. There has to be some innate human reaction that causes similar rationality.
paper_moon@lemmy.world
on 28 Oct 21:51
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Still really confused, you’re gonna have to explain more about your personal views.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
on 28 Oct 21:52
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MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 29 Oct 01:47
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Horseshoe theory only holds up if you believe that all of politics is on a 1 dimensional spectrum from left to right. That’s simply not that case. There are anti-authoritarian right wingers and leftists alike, just as there are authoritarian right wingers and leftists alike and everything in between, below, and to the side.
You probably see Stalin and Hitler and say, “See! Both authoritarians!” But, like, yeah… That’s the problem. That’s not even pointing out anything meaningful.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
on 29 Oct 01:52
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It really is though, it points out let’s not do that again.
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 29 Oct 01:55
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Right, but that’s already a given. What about anti-authoritarian leftists?
I’d like to talk to you,
But the TV is too loud—
It’s pretending to be your head,
Its speaker is so much like your mouth.
My country has risen from its knees
In all its negative growth.
I negatively agree with everything—
Here’s my answer to your non-question:
Where have you been for eight years,
Fucking inhuman beings?!
I want to watch the ballet—
Let the swans dance!
Let Grandpa tremble in fear for his “Lake.”
Get the nightingales off the screen—
Let the swans dance!
When it’s all over, you’ll be silent
And pretend you had nothing to do with it.
Your face is more sour than a Crimean cherry plum:
You’re clearly slightly depressed about something.
I’d like to talk to you,
But the TV is too loud—
It’s pretending to be your head,
Its speaker is so much like your mouth.
Where have you been for eight years,
Fucking monsters?!
I want to watch a ballet—
Let the swans dance!
Let Grandpa tremble for his “Lake.”
Get off the screen, Solovyov—
Let the swans dance!
A lot of references to the fall of the USSR
ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world
on 28 Oct 22:03
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I fucking love “let the swans dance”
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
on 29 Oct 01:14
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What does it mean?
ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world
on 29 Oct 02:38
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Historically, the USSR would broadcast a recording of the ballet Swan Lake (on loop I think?) when their leader died, and it was also broadcast during the failed coup in 1991. The lyrics in the song that the teenager played, assuming the above translation is correct, are a not-so-subtle call for a certain kind of event…
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio
on 29 Oct 01:54
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Please explain to the lyrics to someone like me who can’t understand them due to a case of severe ADHD, and possibly an undiagnosed learning disability as well.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio
on 29 Oct 04:16
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Fascist regime is fascist.
A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar in Berlin for a friendly drink
CIA Agent says: Why do you like Russia so much? You have no freedom. In the USA, you can stand in front of the White House in Washington, DC, and yell, “Down with Ronald Reagan”, and you will not be punished.
KGB Agent smiles and shakes his head: Nonsense, you can also stand in Red Square in Moscow and yell, “Down with Ronald Reagan”, and you will not be punished, either.
lemmy.ml in a nutshell
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Today it is the US president yelling “Down with Ronald Reagan(s advert)”
Nowadays the President is also a KGB asset.
A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar for a friendly drink.
“I have to admit, I’m always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up,” the CIA agent says.
“Thank you,” the KGB says. “We do our best, but truly, it’s nothing compared to American propaganda. Your people believe everything your state media tells them.”
The CIA agent drops his drink in shock and disgust. “Thank you friend, but you must be confused… There’s no propaganda in America.”
The KGB smiles and says “Exactly”.
Every time I see a picture of a Russian activist its the most beautiful person ive ever seen. What are they putting in the water over there???
Ah, the Nadezhda Tolokonnikova effect
How tf you gonna fight back against someone who looks like this? If this woman told me I was doing something wrong I’d hang myself
A raving beauty now, but at age 38 she’ll turn into a beautiful babushka! Something about the water…
.. and prison
American vibes.
This generation’s Pussy Riot?
I know folks hate the us peanut gallery with this but this is exactly the type of things we were told made russia worse than the us and now people are arrested for playing innocuous songs in front of ice facilities. Heck even prayers by actual clergy results in being shot in the head.
I remember monsters of rock or whatever it was. I was hugely into Pantera, my parents hated Pantera. Pantera played to the largest audience in the fucking world after the fall of the commie scum, suddenly, Pantera ain’t so fucking bad.
RIP Dime and Vinnie.
yes i too enjoy doing things i know will send me into jail and be put on my record.
The point is to show how fucked up and authoritarian your current government is. Someone just got arrested by the police in the US for playing the Darth Vader song to protest the National Guard. So yeah, we’re about as fucked as Russia right now.
i dont live in the US, but its funny you use the word authoritarian, people in Canada on the right call liberals/left that.
I’m confused, what are you hinting at with this comment?
no its interesting because it defines horseshoe theory more clearly. there really is a lot of ideals both extreme sides share.
Explain more, I’m still confused.
well things like hating the jews, authoritarian, hating each others races, its really interesting because I’m curious what the driving force is behind it, despite the base ideals being different. There has to be some innate human reaction that causes similar rationality.
Still really confused, you’re gonna have to explain more about your personal views.
can’t help you there, sorry.
Thats a shame you can’t express your personal beliefs more.
ok buddy.
how are the left ever authoritarian, when it has always been right wing governments, USSR, and CCP are not left wing, they are more to the right.
I dunno, ask the guy with the 1985 Mustang.
Horseshoe theory only holds up if you believe that all of politics is on a 1 dimensional spectrum from left to right. That’s simply not that case. There are anti-authoritarian right wingers and leftists alike, just as there are authoritarian right wingers and leftists alike and everything in between, below, and to the side.
You probably see Stalin and Hitler and say, “See! Both authoritarians!” But, like, yeah… That’s the problem. That’s not even pointing out anything meaningful.
It really is though, it points out let’s not do that again.
Right, but that’s already a given. What about anti-authoritarian leftists?
Are you okay about doing time for a song?
being edgy like this doesn’t do anything to overthrow putin.
It’s not that edgy.
18yo is jailed for a couple of songs lol.
It won’t do anything, right, but that what I and them should be free to do.
its pretty edgy to get yourself throw into jail for something stupid you know will put you there.
Not when you know it’s wrong for it to be a jailable offence. That is literally what the act of protest is.
Hey, just like us in the Freedom country of USA.
How long until an anti MAGA song has the same penalty?
I believe this is the song she was playing
Terrible Google translate of the lyrics:
A lot of references to the fall of the USSR
I fucking love “let the swans dance”
What does it mean?
Historically, the USSR would broadcast a recording of the ballet Swan Lake (on loop I think?) when their leader died, and it was also broadcast during the failed coup in 1991. The lyrics in the song that the teenager played, assuming the above translation is correct, are a not-so-subtle call for a certain kind of event…
Them’s some fire lyrics right there. I like it.
Please explain to the lyrics to someone like me who can’t understand them due to a case of severe ADHD, and possibly an undiagnosed learning disability as well.
What to I look like? A special ed. Councilor?
I didn’t mean literally you. I meant anyone reading this. That’s how public forums work. Anyone can reply.
This kind of thing coming to 'merica thanks to Taco and pals.
only jailed? america’s best allies in the middleeast would have killed her and sentenced her entire family to life.
Pussy Riot vibes
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