Post by @LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world

2026-10-12 10:52 UTC

At least we have elections. Ukrainians don’t. All opposition parties have been banned. All opposition media has been seized by the government. Men have to dress as old ladies in public so they don’t get kidnapped and pressganged ICE style. Victory or death. And why? 👀👇

Replies (3)

@brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world 2026-10-12 16:42

We were paying for Russia’s natural resources before they started the war. How is this situation any better for them or us?

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@REDACTED@infosec.pub 2026-10-13 04:15

Wait, you actually, unironically, without trolling, while being sober, in all seriousness, think democracies should hold elections while being invaded? Thank god my country has a law that makes that illegal (not Ukraine, don’t know about Ukraine, but in any case that is extremely idiotic thing to do, so good on them for not doing it)

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@meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-12 14:07

You’ll get one comment out of me just so others see reasonable push back to your bad faith argument, afterwards I will no longer engage. All democratic countries I know, have provisions in their constitutions suspending democratic processes, centralizing power in the executive and conscripting their unfortunate male population in the event of an invasion of the country. It is a frankly ludicrous idea to suggest that this war is somehow ongoing because “we” want Russia’s natural resources. Russia started this. Russia can end it any day by stopping the bombardment and withdrawing their troops from within the borders of Ukraine, at least to the status quo before its 2022 invasion.

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