There are 3 types of people: those who believe everything the media says, those who go against everything the media says and those who think independently about each issue. Many dissidents have taken the side of Putin in the Russia-Ukraine conflict simply because they instinctively go against any mainstream media position and because apparently, ‘the enemy of your enemy is your friend’.
Observe the pretentiousness of the memes:
Touting themselves as independent special-boy thinkers, these dissidents simply take a default position against the mainstream Western media and then mock the normie types who do the exact same process in the opposite direction.The irony is thick and in fact both groups are acting like NPC’s.
There also appears to be a certain childishness and naivety about the seriousness of war and its potential to escalate out of control in an extremely unpredictable manner. One small misstep now from either side of the conflict now and the destiny of Europe can be forever altered, plunged into yet another brother war.
It’s less funny when you’re the neighbouring country who has to deal with the burden of refugees, or when you happen to have fighting age male family members in the region who might get dragged into the conflict should things escalate. Are these people really ready in the case that the natural gas supply gets cut off? Do these people realize that Russia and Ukraine combined supply a quarter of world’s wheat? The ironic humour and childish attitude of the right becomes quite tiresome.
While were at it, can we please stop with the ridiculous claims of Ukraine not being a genuine nation despite having them having their own language and clearly defined recent history distinguishing them from the Russians?