You fail to see something very obvious - that criminal might still kill me on a whim, because he feels like it. However, if uncle sam comes and points a loaded gun at the guy at any given time, I'm feeling a lot more safe because the guy might be more angry, but he doesn't want to die.

What was said in 1997 is irrelevant in 2025 - russia was a different country back then. That was before the second chechen war, the invasion of georgia, the bombing of syria and the war against the ukraine. I'm pretty sure both parties would say something differnt these days.

[+] wpb@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know which mod removed the comment, but I'm not happy about it. You can't argue against those people if the mods remove their comments. I want to convince those people that they're wrong, not push them further into their delusion.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was me.

You may want to humor them, but once a poster starts spreading misinformation, not just stupid conclusions from actual facts, I ban and remove their content. Wherever that kind of debate belongs, it ain't here.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

The thing is, some of these people might have a few braincells and just fell for propaganda. Nothing too terrible about that - it would be more effective to have a conversation with them, show them the evidence that they are infact wrong and maybe pull them out of their delusion. By just banning them outright ... idk, it keeps the community clean, but they fall deeper into their delusion.

Fair to say that that discussion doesn't belong here tho, not arguing with that if that is the stance.