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Just watched Icarus. Not a big fan of this "Russia" fellow. (hexbear.net)

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I have no choice but to abandon gummunibm and reassert myself as a Marxist-Leninist-Bidenist.

No but seriously, it seems like Russia sucks. Thoughts? Does this inform your perspective on Ukraine at all? Does this speak to the biases of the film maker? Are you like "fuck the Olympics anyway"? In essence: you seein this shit?

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[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Why are you watching a propaganda sports doc for your political opinions

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Someone said it was about the biggest doping scandal and I thought it was going to be about cycling.

[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

im just not sure you should base your political analysis on a doping scandal documentary

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://hexbear.net/comment/6287881

I guess in my mind it was something like "If they're all lying through their teeth about doping in sports, I wonder how much of what Putin was saying about the context for the protection of the Donbas region was hot air and bullshit."

But again, my source is a documentary about sports? I didn't even make it through Putin's speech. I don't know.

My sentiment exactly. I want to know more.

[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

i think you should rather just look into the history of the region, read some books on the topic, apply materialist analysis. you should not take everything at face value, neither from putin nor from a propagandist doc