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Why the fuck would everyday Russians use dollars in the first place two years after the currency was rendered useless in Russia?

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[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Welcome to the right side of history comrade. I've been disillusioned for long enough that I watched 9/11 happen live on TV and my first thought was "well shit we probably had that coming"

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Oh it's been a long time before that in general that's just what flipped me from 50/50 to actively opposing what was happening.

9/11 was a big day for me because it's the first day I actively watched the news after getting sent home from school.

And then a couple months later nobody could come up with an explanation for why we were invading Iraq that made any sense to 8 year old me.

"So they're the ones that attacked us?"

"Well no, but you see...."

"Then why are we going to war with them?"

"Welllll.... you see....."

Then I started noticing a pattern that cause and effect didn't really seem to have anything to do with decision making.