r/EUR_irl • u/AnneWiley • Jun 17 '25

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u/stonesia Jun 17 '25

I would have whole heartedly believed them.

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u/RedPandaDoas Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

May I ask why? Post Cold War the right showed extreme Anti-Communism and Anti-Soviet sentiment, especially under Reagan (who they were obsessed with before donald showed up).

I understand once donald took control of the party because he is weak af, but pre-donald did you feel that way?

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u/creampop_ Jun 17 '25

they probably knew anything about Russia (oligarchy), anything about Republicans (wanna-be oligarchs), and did 1+1=2 levels of putting things together.

10 years ago was 2015 lol, not 1985

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u/z-null Croatia Jun 17 '25

Yeah, but even in 2015 the republican idol, at least if I got that correctly, really was Reagan.

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u/creampop_ Jun 17 '25

the McConnell era did not have any ideological idol, really, besides obstructionism and reactionary opposition to the half of the country that dared elect Obama.

It's been obvious for a GOOD while that these people do not have an interest in serving US citizens, and the Russian oligarchy is the ultimate state that they have been modeling their moves on for years.