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I find it very hard to believe, given CowBee's constant proselytizing, that they do not understand the distinction being made here.
I guarantee you they 100% understand. They simply don't care and are just being dishonest. They believe the ends justify the means.
That sweet Kremlin dough...
I mean he's not what they call a useful idiot.
You think cowbee is being paid by the kremlin?
In some way yes, and/or China.
You'd be astonished how many people went to Moscow just as "tourists", especially before the 2022 full scale invasion of Ukraine. And got favours, got baited, and so on. Tim Pool (one example just on top of my head) got millions of dollars, we know because he got caught.
The kremlin can literally spread dissent by paying thousands of dollars which is insanely cheap, and that's what they have always done so no "news" here.
They do it for the love of the game.
Or being paid by parties in the US who want to make "Communism" look bad.
I think that's the real source for a lot of tankie bullshit.