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Are we the baddies? (i.imgur.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

America is an endless expansionist that has illegally invaded multiple neighbours by force while calling it a “military exercise”.

Yes?

America has a semi dictator that gave themselves full unlimited power after being elected once and has since then meddled in every election in order to win

The US literally overthrew their democracy, and then when elections took place within a bourgeois 'democracy' interfered in those too. Russia post-overthrow of USSR could never have become a democracy, the US wouldn't have allowed it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Also Texas and California. If we change the point of view of what constitutes power in USA this days from precidency to wealth, both questions are easily answered, specially considering all the elections USA or money coming from USA has meddled with (Chile for starters, Mexico, Honduras, Argentina, Guatemala, Cuba, Libya, Iran, ...).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Russia post-overthrow of USSR could never have become a democracy, the US wouldn't have allowed it.

America is when Russia

[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes?

Which do you think applies? The US hasn't added any territory lately that I'm aware of.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The "territory" you're looking for is called NATO. Its members totally join on their own free will, please ignore the regime changes that happen almost always before a country joins.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The only things forcing countries to join NATO are the aggressive invasions of countries like Russia.

They either get invaded (see Crimea, Chechnya, Georgia, ...) or join the defensive alliance of NATO so they get to keep at least a semblance of individualism.

NATO wouldn't be needed if Russia kept to itself.

If you want forced regime changes, just look at all the territories before they were invaded by Russia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you believe history is driven by people and ideas, or material conditions and the interests that arise from them?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Marx reeling rn

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ah yes, famous invasions during the 90s. Where NATO expanded a shitload after promising not to.

Also your knowledge of these events is lackluster. Gerogia attacked Russia, not the other way around (one couldsay Russia over reacted, but that does not change the fact who initiated hostilities). Chechnya was a civil war (a country can't invade itself). Crimea seceeded. So all of your examples are wrong.

Oh and Russia asked to join NATO in the eaely 2000s. Got denied.

IF you want to go further back it gets even better. NATO was founded before the Warsaw Treaty Org, the latter was founded after the USSR asked to join NATO and was denied.

You are correct that NATO is a anti soviet/anti russian alliance, but not for the reasons you think.