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[–] anaesidemus@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Putte? Is this some language thing or an infantile baby name a la Putler?

The roots of the conflict lie in the illegal dissolution of the Soviet Union

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Putte is a Swedish name that is commonly used to talk down to a person, calling them small, it is similar to Putin, and I like insulting dickheads with imperial dreams.

As for the "illegal" dissolution of the Soviet Union, that is a different discussion and happened 22 years before the invasion of Crimea, and can't be used as an excuse for the invasion in any rational argument based in reality.

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I like insulting dickheads with imperial dreams.

Oh, the irony

[–] wildncrazyguy@kbin.social -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pop quiz, what is the largest country in the world by geographical size?

[–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"Imperialism is when you own land, I am very smart."

[–] anaesidemus@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago

So it's both, got it.

It's not an excuse, it's a cause. It causes regional instability that eventually results in a civil war in 2013 that escalates further in 2022