TheDeadGuy

Defending yourself is escalating the situation? What’s the alternative you are looking for that Russia will accept?

It actually is their job. They have several treaties from SE counties trying to avoid being abused by China that go back decades

In the last 7 years they’ve been pretty one sided on the political propaganda spectrum

Ate the onion

Small town men are always the cliche bad guy in every movie/tv show for a reason

This is exactly why transparency is great. These people are ridiculous and lose credibility. Keeping everything visible is the best defense against manipulation

It’s not that scary. It’s not bending or anything, it’s just the larger bone swinging around the smaller stationary one. Joints pivot and move

Yeah Taiwan has had independence far too long for them to accept being swept into the Chinese system.

A lot of hypocritical trolling in this thread. Tankie lemmy?

The backstory from Google:

According to the most popular version, this scene is deeply personal for the artist Pukirev; this is his beloved marrying the rich prince. Most likely, she was a poor woman without a dowry and her parents considered marriage with a wealthy, prosperous prince to be the best option for her

From my experience it’s just not showing on your end but after a while it updates the votes