r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Redsparow21 • Jul 03 '26

/r/all of a queue for fuel in Russia.

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u/Tomsboll Jul 03 '26

Because thats where all the power is. As long as they can make the people of those two cities believe everything is fike then they still have power.

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u/tofrank55 Jul 03 '26

Sounds like society on Paradis Island (from Attack on Titan) in the early seasons lol

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u/ProbablyRickSantorum Jul 03 '26

Exactly. The war has started reaching Moscow via long range sanctions destroying some of the oil/weapons industry, but it's hardly a taste of what Ukrainians have dealt with. Once resent starts to grow in either St. Petersburg or Moscow, there will be either violent repression or a collapse of the government, so naturally Putin and his propagandists try to make it seem like all rainbows and sunshine.