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Frankly, I've explained to you why what I face as a small country under threat is not what you face as the aggressor. You say I'm blinded by rage and you talk about propaganda, but your country destroying my economy or attacking militarily is not propaganda. That's real life, those are real food shortages and real bullets. Don't get distracted by high minded ideology that points me at the oligarchs or the corporations or whoever is responsible. I don't care about that now. I have more pressing concerns.
In the process of discussing with you, you made it clear you don't care about my country so I don't expect you to understand what I'm going through. And I recognize that infantilizing others is an easy way to dismiss them and validate yourself, but as I said before you don't know me and I'm not sure why you think I'd be bothered if an Internet stranger thought he was more mature than me. As I said, I have more pressing concerns.
However, I updated my original comment because I realized that I have more I needed to say to my American friends and family and others like them. So I guess you can congratulate yourself for bringing me to that point. It's ok we don't have to like each other. I don't take it personally.
Frankly, you are a mess. You really don't know one end from the other and I hope you handle your family a shit ton better than this conversation.
You are constantly oscillating between being a victim and rage hating. The fact that I am more mature is self-evident. Your alarmism is unbecoming and counterproductive.
If you just came here to rage and not to discuss, understand, learn, or grow that is fine. You should at least be honest with yourself if you can't be honest with me.
I like you. You are certainly passionate and remind me of myself many years ago.
Wow you're a real sanctimonious ass, eh?. I even tried to bring it down at the end, and you couldn't find a way to meet me there, preferring to keep the insults and rage going. I thought your whole point was about propaganda driving rage? Are you Christian by chance?
You talk about suffering like you know what it is, but Americans have no idea. You've never suffered an invasion. You showed up years late to both world wars and then made movies bragging about winning them for the next century, ridiculing the efforts of the rest of the world. You think you're special because you've figured out the wealth divide. You're not special. You're another know it all who acts as both victims and savior. You are the shitty part of America who just happens to think you're better than the shittier part.
Don't you worry about me. Worry about yourself. I hope the worst for you, maybe you're in upstate NY when we cut your power, and you get the distinct pleasure of freezing in the dark.
Now go wrestle your nub to your new orange daddy, maybe this time he'll finish in your mouth ya cunt.
You act like a garbage human being. Have fun catching bullets in your made up fantasy.
I'm surprised you haven't figured it out yet: I don't believe you or anything you've said.
I think you're a fascist who cosplays as an enlightened populist online, so your insults mean nothing, I see who you look up to.
Edit oh man kicking myself for not looking at your post history... You're a nihilist and you clearly think your cynicism gives you an enlightened perspective. But in the end, you offer no solutions and you end up in violence and ultranationalism. You have no objective. And you talk about propaganda driving rage. Its hard to imagine a less mature and accountable belief system.
I think you act like a mentally ill asshole. I am sure your family already knows this. My apologies to them.
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