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Weird to see enough residual idealism in Russians to sustain such reality distortion fields 😵‍💫 You’d think the last 30 years would have turned them all into cynical realists
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2. As this unfolded, she called her aunt who lives just outside Moscow, to tell her what was happening. Her aunt said, "Nonsense, that's not possible. It must have been Ukrainians dressed up as Russians. They've really brainwashed you there." They have not spoken since.
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I think the evidence is against this possibility. There is plenty of real deluded radicalism going on. There is certainly a surveillance state and people are careful, but the bulk of the MRGAism is genuine I think
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Right??? I thought it was encouraging when they all went super skeptical about the Sputnik vaccine. Domain-specific I guess.
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The immediate “you’re brainwashed” reaction just hit too close to home as someone from a deep red state…2024 is not gonna be fun
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I don’t think it’s idealism. I think it’s choosing the devil who speaks your tongue over the one who doesn’t. The enemy has an accent.