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Culture War Roundup for the week of June 19, 2023

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this whole Prigozhin situation made one fact crystal clear: American dissident right (and "anti-nato left" by extension) is extremely solipsistic

I noticed exactly the same thing in this context about the Hungarian leftist opposition, and I'm sure in this they aren't one bit different from any leftist political community in the West which considers itself the underdog, for whatever reason (and I guess this describes most of them for sure). By coincidence I was offline the whole day yesterday, and by the time I decided to check online reports on this today, the whole rebellion was already in a fizzled-out state for hours. Out of curiosity I checked out a bunch of online platforms where this sort hangs out, and I saw an enormous number of braindead takes, divorced from all political reality, unvarnished glee at the supposed prospect of a civil war in a country with thousands of nuclear warheads, expressions of the firm belief that Putler will be toppled, overtly optimistic conjecture about the expected consequences in Europe, lousy memes expressing various combinations of this, pretty much zero understanding of the likely motivations of Wagner members etc. And when the whole leftist mirage collapsed in a matter of hours, there's pretty much nothing left on their part but example upon example of pathetic copium.

pathetic copium

I don't understand this attitude of many pro-Ru people. Here is my 2-minute paint meme to illustrate my attitude toward this (add it to the list of "lousy memes"):

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But I can understand "pro-nato" people, in their naïveté they thought it might bring the end to this senseless war a bit closer.

Don't do this. This is not rdrama and this is not an argument.

I can't speak for everyone, but I at least would prefer you expressed yourself in words instead of (contemptuous) memes.