• Mikael@lemmy.zip
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    11 hours ago

    I’ve recently heard from one of them that they could actually win the war in a couple of months but they intentionally chose to make it last because it boosts their gdp. Scarily I’ve heard that from a friend who’s far right and eating up Russian propaganda 🙁 I fear for the next elections in my country and for Europe as a whole.

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      11 hours ago

      they could actually win the war in a couple of months but they intentionally chose to make it last because it boosts their gdp.

      It is literally a cope. That probably applies two years ago when businesses had to increase wages to attract more workers, as many people were sent to the frontlines. Of course, ordinary workers are all to happy with the increased income. But now, the Russian economy is overheating and with rising inflation and businesses closing because of increased expenditures, this negates the increased wages of workers. Russians are gradually opening up more to express frustration because of worsening cost of living crisis and heightened censorship. Putin’s approval ratings have been slipping faster than witnessed before.

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        11 hours ago

        Oh yeah for sure. It makes me rage though that some Europeans gobble up their bs. Their disinformation campaign, and financing of far rights candidates throughout Europe seems to be rather effective at obtaining moral support and crippling the EU.