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DavidlikesPeace t1_j29v2w4 wrote

Reply to comment by SeekerSpock32 in Kosovo: Serbs agree to dismantle barricades after talks by nopedoesntwork

> Pretty much every major stoked conflict has some Russian influence on the anti-democratic side.

Agreed. They were the main 'antagonist' this generation, doing everything they could against the West / global democracy.

It's darkly comical how Russia is capable of using the internet to stretch tentacles in every unstable nation, at one point overseeing 3 coups in quick succession in 2021... But they can't march their army 30 miles to take Kharkiv. Talk about failed priorities.

They are at once both strong and weak. Global pretensions, but ever shrinking conventional military reach. It must infuriate Putin to preside over this disintigration, he with his fever dreams of past imperial glory and obsessive rivalry with the USA. Thank god Ukraine fought a good fight.

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SeekerSpock32 t1_j29w30b wrote

A lot of times proponents of fascism portray their scapegoat as both strong and weak, but for Russia, they actually are both strong and weak. Just in different ways. Russia’s skills are in stoking conflict and disinformation, and not in actually fighting a war.

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Me0wTTV t1_j2ajhjp wrote

USA v Russia reminds me of the famous moment from Th Last Dance, where Gary Payton goes on and on about how great their rivalry was, and Michael Jordan laughs and says “I had no problem with The Glove”.

They’ve invented their own rivalry, we just kinda laugh at the fact that they really think they can compete with the US in anything.

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Voodoochild1984- t1_j2d50dr wrote

> we just kinda laugh at the fact that they really think they can compete with the US in anything.

Because the US is at best competing with it self!?

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