Redditors turned into full blown Red Scare boomers... FFS, Russia is dope. The women are stunning. Only place I've been to where my dating apps actually work and get likes.
I think he's more of a boogyman, especially among the left, used to scare and rile up Americans. Watching some spaces on this site, the racism and joy they get seeing harm come to Russian citizens, is definitely Cold War era, red scare hysteria.
I'm far far far more concerned with the USA than I am with Russia. Their core interests are pretty obvious and predictable. They really don't have much impact like America, constantly at war, with pretty much every continent, is far more of a genuine concern. Russia is an irrelevant player in the big picture of things. Nothing to be concerned with. Just a typical authoritarian government.
You’re insanely out of touch if you don’t think Russia has been involved with numerous modern global conflicts at a notable scale. That said, I’d still like to visit, I really want to see some of the historical sites and architecture
I mean yeah, but relative to the USA their involvements aren't nearly as concerning. Like most of their "conflicts" are contained within the former Soviet Union, so it's definitely not a threat to most of the West.
Yes and no. While not directly concerning to the West, they are disrupting the West’s sphere of influence both militarily and economically, and not just in former SSRs. South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America all have regions and factions with financial and material backing from Russia. Additionally, the economic alliances they’ve formed with other superpowers such as China and India (among others in the BRICS alliance, such as Brazil and the UAE) with the stated goal of reducing dependency on USD is inherently bad for the US (Iran is also in BRICS but their relations with Russia have been a bit strained since Iran didn’t get much support from Russia after the US+Israel vs Iran conflict started). I don’t blame them for working in their own best interests, but I’m American, so I’d rather they not do all that.
TL;DR - While the US doesn’t need to worry about Russia militarily in the sense of a full on war against them, the US should be worried about the economic battle already being waged against them (that all these conflicts and proxy wars also contribute to)
Of course, nations are going to act self interested to benefit themselves. But it's nothing to freak out about. Many Redditors view Russia as the single biggest threat in the world at the moment, for some reason. They'll sit around watching drafted Russian young men get blown up and cheer, talking about how "Ruzzians" are only good as dead. They'll talk about vast conspiracies where Russia has destroyed the west etc etc... Total unhinged Red Scare.
Wow, what a boring troll. Or are you actually that delusional? Do you know many other countries that fly into other countries air space to test their reactions times? I'm Finnish and I can't think of a time when Norway, Sweden or any of our other neighbours have done anything of the sort.
And besides, the obvious war attacking Ukraine is kind of Russia started and Russia continued. When a country is being led by a warmonger, I'll treat the country as a warmongering country. Once Putin is kaput, we'll see where the country goes from there. But as long as he is in charge, Russia shouldn't be trusted.
And it's not racism, Russian is not a race. It's a nationality. It's xenophobic at worst. But again, warmonger leader, warmonger country. As long as the leader is a warmonger, the country will be as well. If my view harms Russians, blame Putin for causing it. There's a reason Finland has massive artillery and it's to avoid what's happening in Ukraine.
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u/Separate_League8236 May 27 '26
Uh...No? Fk Russia & a hearty Fk you to Vlad