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Russian cities cancel New Year celebrations to save money for war
(kyivindependent.com)
Russia is speedrunning their way to North Korea-level global pariah and I'm all for it.
They won't recover from this for decades upon decades. By then their tech will be 60 years behind the rest of the world. As it stands, it's already 30.
It'll be a good investment if you want to leave something for your kids!
If only there was something their leader could do…
I’m thinking he should try not leading
We need a bot who will replay on similar threads with smth like "you just violate law 207.3, you will be sentenced in russia up to 3 years in prison"
"For those who don’t know, New Year’s in Russia is like Christmas in the west."
So you're saying Putin is the Grinch who stole New Years? That checks.
That's unkind to the Grinch. Putin doesn't even have a heart. Not even one three sizes too small.
I mean the Tin-Man didn't have a heart and he wasn't a total ass. The literature is inconsistent in that area. We have to work with the metaphors we have at our disposal.
That's because Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man that he didn't already have.
Sorry, just got dig down through the plurality of negatives you just laid down there.
Sounds like Russia is 3 years out from being completely out of money to pay for their war effort. Austerity measures started.
An Empire is supposed to provide bread and circuses to keep control of its people. Russia forgot the first two steps!
Russians just need propaganda and alcohol.
Fuck em.
this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2023
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