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The Russian "state" rapes its own soldiers, regularly and systematically. And then sends them to go do even worse to the Ukrainian civilians.
It's really, really not working right. It's not doing for its own people what those people deserve.
And just because you don't like the US doesn't mean you should like Putin's Russia.
(Me? At this point I'm all for whatever version of socialism or liberalism or social-democracy or whatever that says the Kurdish feminists are right, the Israeli dissidents are right, BLM is right, the Amazonian defenders are right, etc.; — and really, if your government rapes and tortures people, you're not okay.)
Liberalism bombed and still occupies Syria, backs the apartheid state of Israel, persecuted the BLM protesters and is currently destroying the Amazon forest.
Cool story. Putin's army is currently raping young Russian men to prepare them to go rape Ukrainians.
Like, right now that's an ongoing thing. Not a previous administration, not a controversial doctrine.
It's going on right now as you're reading this.
Putinism is terrible for Russia. Bushism was terrible for Russia too, but that doesn't help Oleg who's being raped by his sergeant right now.
What rag did you hear that from? Condescension aside, I am genuinely asking.