• DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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        8 months ago

        Sure, because the Russian propaganda machine has absolutely no contact with or knowledge of modern fascist movements.

        One might even point out that it not working in Cyrillic is even better for him, because he sends a dogwhistles to his allies his citizens don’t hear.

        If one wasn’t a simpleton that thinks there wasn’t a discussion over what exact percentage he should win by and why.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      8 is also similar to the infinity symbol. And 1988 is the year when USSR very clearly began crumbling.

      I mean, Nazis and Hitler are things which Putin always very clearly didn’t like, from all his history of interactions. This even seems to be a trait of personality.