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Cake day: March 23rd, 2022
  • Absolute@lemmygrad.mltoWorld News@lemmygrad.ml•Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Law Banning Religious Groups Tied To Russian Orthodox Church
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    4 days ago

    Definitely although hard to say how exactly because the ones openly belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate are being gradually deplatformed for years.

    this is what I was getting at I think when I said it might be viewed as a crucial error, because that group that has been systematically deplatformed can’t be tiny right ? and its one thing to mess with nationality and politics of these people but I feel like attacking the church is unnecessary step too far

    It’s not catholicism, there are below 8% of catholics in Ukraine, it’s state sponsored schism in the orthodox church, purely politically motivated and although the docrine remains the same the new de facto state religion supports the ukronazi actions very much and entire situation looks kinda like church support for ustase during ww2, though in this case the Kiev church is more of a puppet, after all, every sincgle church that didn’t complied ended up shaken up by Kiev goons with confiscates and priest imprisonments. Legality of the schism is also kinda dubious, because even if other patriarchates recognized it, Moscow didn’t so it’s outside meddling, something previously heavily criticized in orthodox church.

    When I said Catholicism I meant Orthodox I think sorry, I’m not as familiar as i should be with branches of Christianity. Totally agree with you that new doctrine is clearly aligned to push ukronazi agenda, I guess my question is just to what degree is there pushback against this in the Ukraine ? Perhaps its just my preconceived biases but id have thought that even among those in the Ukraine who were on board with russophobia, NATO war ect there must be many who find government attacks on the church unnecessary/unsavory, as it seems from what I gather that that previously existing ukrainian orthodox church was far removed from Russia already and really only took issue with theological type stuff related to the schism (though once again i am theologically illiterate so good chance i am misunderstanding)

  • Absolute@lemmygrad.mltoGenZedong@lemmygrad.ml•General Discussion Thread - Juche 113, Week 34
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    9 days ago

    I really wish F1 wasn’t such a mess of hypercapitalism, incredibly wasteful, only accessible to the rich ect because it’s so much fun to watch and can be to follow too when it is actually competitive.

    We need communist F1 where all teams have access to same kits/parts and a fixed budget, having the edge come down to engineering and driving skills only.

    Would be nice for it to be made more sustainable too, but I do love the world tour vibes of racing all over the world over course of season which id imagine is hugely wasteful :/

  • Absolute@lemmygrad.mltoLate Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.ml•Capitalism, Explained by Ads in London Tube
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    2 months ago

    I’ve heard people use the term since at least 2012 in football mostly in regards to UAE based ownership of Manchester City, but also Qatari ownership of PSG. Definitely been used more and more recently though.

    Honestly most of the time I feel like it is classic eurocentric/racist stuff because the term is basically only ever applied to ownership or funding that is not from EU/UK/US.

    I’m sure there is some genuine “sportswashing” going on that could be studied but I find it hard to believe that the Saudi Public Investment Fund decided to buy Newcastle or spend billions on golf competitions because they want random sports watching westerners to have a better opinion of the monarchy, which seems to me to be what the term sportswashing suggests