If Russia were persecuting a whistleblower like Julian Assange, the US would rightly condemn it as authoritarian abuse. But because that persecution is backed by the US, the mainstream media and American politicians are fine with it.
I know, I know, hypocrisy and whatever. People never think twice, I really wish they would. There are people on places like globe twitter or /r/neoliberal that are mad that Anez got jail time for the Bolivian coup and insist it wasn't a coup because it didn't last more than a year while also insisting we should take Jan 6 very seriously. They'll say these things on the same day, literally no thought connecting the two. The foreign world might as well be an anime to them while domestic politics are the only real thing.
I know, I know, hypocrisy and whatever. People never think twice, I really wish they would. There are people on places like globe twitter or /r/neoliberal that are mad that Anez got jail time for the Bolivian coup and insist it wasn't a coup because it didn't last more than a year while also insisting we should take Jan 6 very seriously. They'll say these things on the same day, literally no thought connecting the two. The foreign world might as well be an anime to them while domestic politics are the only real thing.
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