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[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shadow fleet makes it sound much cooler than it probably is. Like FUCK I want to join the Shadow fleet and cause death and suffering to the western lapdogs.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They really try to make it sound like some Pirates of the Caribbean type shit when all it means is ships getting insurance outside the UK.

[–] Samsuma@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's the "crypto-communism" of today's news cycle

[–] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

At this point, is it really still called shadow fleet because we don't know which ships are part of it somehow or is it just cope like: not mad "We can't stop them only because we can't find them and totally not because we couldn't do anything about it even if we knew!".

[–] CommonTern@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

As a tanker

Can confirm