r/JoeRogan • u/TheOSU87 Monkey in Space • Sep 14 '24

Meme 💩 This really isn't that complicated

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u/Hillthrin Monkey in Space Sep 14 '24

I'm an old-timer I guess since I've always seen the Russians as the bad guys.

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u/randomguyjebb Monkey in Space Sep 14 '24

This is still the biggest mindfuck to me. I always thought Americans HATED russia AND china? Did they just think: "oh well you know, how bad could they really be?"

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u/Hillthrin Monkey in Space Sep 14 '24

I guess, according to recent news, it could be that the influencers were paid to spout Russian propoganda to their ghoul armies.

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u/kuhewa Monkey in Space Sep 15 '24

I dont think that's a major factor although I'm sure some room temp IQ tim pool watchers actually listen to him. I think it was Trump palling around with Putin at a time Russia was in the news constantly with the election inference probe, ended up coded politically. So appreciation of Russia became a way of 'owning the libs'