• Successful_Try543@feddit.org
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    13 days ago

    Russia has like 140 million people, Ukraine had like 44 million pre war. The 28.5-29 million are only for the part of Ukraine that is currently under Ukrainian control.

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      13 days ago

      Russia has like 140 million people orcs

      Which is approximately equivalent to 39-42 million people. The same

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        13 days ago

        I don’t think dehumanising the enemy is something we should do. They’re people like everyone else, people who commit terrible atrocities because of a megalomaniac dictator

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          12 days ago

          The war crimes like torture, hunting civilians with drones, and rape are not performed by Putin. Maybe calling the entire Russian population orcs is a bit much, but the Russian soldiers (orcs) don’t deserve that kind of consideration.

          Edited to remove the strike-through of soliders

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            12 days ago

            You may want to un-scratch the word soldiers so that one can read “soldier orcs” (which is what you intended, apparently.) Else one just reads “let’s not call them orcs btw they are orcs” since, at least myself, skipped the scratched up word on the first read.

            As a remainder to everyone else: russophobia != anti-imperialism. And rule 4 will get you banned for the former (russophobia) meanwhile the latter (anti-imperialism) is welcome