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Relative went to Ukraine, claims war is a lie (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 months ago by lil_tank@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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I don't know what I should tell him honestly. Like, sure man the media is lying about a lot things especially Ukraine but... I mean they are being invaded. He said everyone is working and living their lives. Like, dude what did you expect?? Yeah civils will still live their lives, reality didn't just become some video game where everybody shoots 40 enemies before lunch. Yeah if you're far enough you're not going to get bombed... I guess? And like, you're not Ukrainian but if you were they would probably have got you enlisted to go fight, your experience would've been radically different...

He was always a wierdo crypto-rightwing bro so I don't even know what he's trying to say here. Like, he could totally be accused of shilling for Russia. Saying western media is lying in a country where the government are pro-west extremists, denying that the war is a big thing to a martial law nationalist regime is kind of insane.

Oh, and, he wants to move there now

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[–] Jabril@hexbear.net 51 points 3 months ago

Tell him to go to the front? That's like someone in Ohio saying the LA fires weren't real because everyone in Springfield is doing just fine.

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He was always a wierdo crypto-rightwing bro

Oh, and, he wants to move there now

he should join the foreign legion

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fortunately for him he's more of a hyper-individualistic macho hussler kind of rightwing wierdo, not a militant racist and definitely not the kind to risk his life for a collective/ideas

[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

ah he should invest in property Russia will own but Ukraine is selling right now then, this would also be funny

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

I'm pretty sure that's what he's planning to do. iirc he's buying cars there to sell them for a profit in western Europe or something i-cant

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Why didn't you invest in Eastern ~~Poland~~ Ukraine?

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 34 points 3 months ago

Would be funny if he ended up being press-ganged into service

You can't shoot me, there is no war, this is all fake smuglord

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago

"so I don't even know what he's trying to say here"

I don't think he's trying to say anything he's probably just kinda dumb about this situation

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

did he fly to Kyiv and make the short 300km walk to the front-line and just accidentally missed it?

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

He went by car from another country in eastern Europe so he arrived by the west

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago

Lmao

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago

this centers the u.s. rather heavily so it may not be helpful to send over in its entirety but i think it makes a good point about societal collapse being a process rather than a dramatic event.

https://indi.ca/i-lived-through-collapse-america-is-already-there/

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

The war is fake and made up just like the stars in the sky, which is a projection from NASA headquarters, the earth is actually hollow and we live inside it.

[–] Jabril@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Just saw this new video and it reminded me of your post:

2:21

"Here in Kiev, there's MacDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and all the regular stuff. You wouldn't know there's a war on in another part of the country apart from the memorial where we were there's no signs of the conflict."

He proceeds to go East and show different areas that have been destroyed