Tucker in Russia

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Anonymous wrote:It's not even that he praised Moscow--there are a lot of beautiful places around the world and it's quite conceivable some are in Russia--it's just odd to be praising Russia so excessively ("so much nicer than any city in my country") at this time in history.

Moscow is really nice - if you have been there is it truly the reverse of “paris syndrome”

But it is nice because it drains so much capital (human, financial, etc) from a continental sized country

as much as Americans complain about big cities sucking up all capital and young peeps and talent from flyover country, it is nothing like the scale of Moscow vs rest of Russia

When Russia first invaded Ukraine there was a lot of talk about how impoverished outlying parts of Russia are, as in no running water or electricity, still. Moscow always looks beautiful in pictures but, yeah. It’s draining a lot from elsewhere that isn’t getting any of the good stuff.

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I keep seeing the statistic that 25% of Russian homes don't have indoor plumbing. That's probably in the country. In the Brutalist Soviet apartment buildings, hot water is only available at certain times of the day.

I was there several years ago and really could not find anything to bring home other than Matryoshka dolls from an outdoor market. It was summer and I swear the only vegetable served anywhere was cucumber. I'm lucky I like them.

One thing that struck me is that people you see on the street never smile. There are many drunks and I suppose they are not happy with life.

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Anonymous wrote:I keep seeing the statistic that 25% of Russian homes don't have indoor plumbing. That's probably in the country. In the Brutalist Soviet apartment buildings, hot water is only available at certain times of the day.

I was there several years ago and really could not find anything to bring home other than Matryoshka dolls from an outdoor market. It was summer and I swear the only vegetable served anywhere was cucumber. I'm lucky I like them.

One thing that struck me is that people you see on the street never smile. There are many drunks and I suppose they are not happy with life.

It’s been like that for a long time and that’s one thing I don’t blame them for. They live in a country where, 90-ish years ago, people were all but randomly arrested, tortured, killed and exiled to Siberian prisons. It’s not the warm place Tucker thinks it is, but like all blowhards, he thinks he’s got some hotline to the truth.

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Tucker has been mum on Russia's gun laws.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been more pro Russia than pro Ukraine during this conflict but I just watched the entire interview and Putin comes off so poorly

This is a great breakdown:

https://open.substack.com/pub/snowdentodd/p/russia-as-a-wordcel-nation?r=bhpmd&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

right wingers love Putin/russia without realizing he actually behaves very similarly to blm / black nationalist types that right wingers claim to hate

Putin’s raison d’etre is functionally “we wuz kangz” but for Russian people

I stopped being pro-Russia about 15 years ago. I had such high hopes for the Russian Federation, after the breakup of the Soviet Union and the chaotic period of Russian Mafia era only to find Putin has turned it into his own greedy, corrupt kleptocracy, dialed back freedoms, and poisoned the Russian people against the west with all of his propagandizing.

You thought the “Russian Mafia era” was over? Oh my sweet summer child.

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This on the heels of the Russian nuclear space satellite.

Poor Tucker. He really picked the wrong week to blow Putin on TV.

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Anonymous wrote:This on the heels of the Russian nuclear space satellite.

Poor Tucker. He really picked the wrong week to blow Putin on TV.

The timing probably isn’t coincidental.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not even that he praised Moscow--there are a lot of beautiful places around the world and it's quite conceivable some are in Russia--it's just odd to be praising Russia so excessively ("so much nicer than any city in my country") at this time in history.

Moscow is really nice - if you have been there is it truly the reverse of “paris syndrome”

But it is nice because it drains so much capital (human, financial, etc) from a continental sized country

as much as Americans complain about big cities sucking up all capital and young peeps and talent from flyover country, it is nothing like the scale of Moscow vs rest of Russia

When Russia first invaded Ukraine there was a lot of talk about how impoverished outlying parts of Russia are, as in no running water or electricity, still. Moscow always looks beautiful in pictures but, yeah. It’s draining a lot from elsewhere that isn’t getting any of the good stuff.

Yep - Moscow and St Petersburg, the cities for the elites. The rest of Russia barely has paved roads or working sewers.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not even that he praised Moscow--there are a lot of beautiful places around the world and it's quite conceivable some are in Russia--it's just odd to be praising Russia so excessively ("so much nicer than any city in my country") at this time in history.

Moscow is really nice - if you have been there is it truly the reverse of “paris syndrome”

But it is nice because it drains so much capital (human, financial, etc) from a continental sized country

as much as Americans complain about big cities sucking up all capital and young peeps and talent from flyover country, it is nothing like the scale of Moscow vs rest of Russia

I agree with this. I lived in Moscow for a while decades ago and I do think it is a beautiful city and the metro is amazing. I think one thing Tucker liked about it is that you don’t see homeless people or drug addicts — that’s what he means by clean. But that’s a direct result of a totalitarian government. Tucker is willing to trade freedoms for not having to look at poor people. It reminds me of when Trump was praising the Dubai airport during one of thd campaigns and criticizing U.S. airports. I’m sure the Dubai airport is nice. But it’s the direct result of a political and economic system that I find pretty abhorrent. There’s a lot of things that can be accomplished if you’re willing to have a very economically stratified country with few rights for the majority. These folks would have loved the court of Louis Xvi, too.

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Tucker's such an idiot falling for the show tour.

I suggest he read up on the Potemkin Villages. They have been pulling the same con for over 200 years.

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Anonymous wrote:This on the heels of the Russian nuclear space satellite.

Poor Tucker. He really picked the wrong week to blow Putin on TV.

The timing probably isn’t coincidental.

Not for Putin anyway. Tucker's the sucker.

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If you don't see the difference then you are pathetically stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not even that he praised Moscow--there are a lot of beautiful places around the world and it's quite conceivable some are in Russia--it's just odd to be praising Russia so excessively ("so much nicer than any city in my country") at this time in history.

Moscow is really nice - if you have been there is it truly the reverse of “paris syndrome”

But it is nice because it drains so much capital (human, financial, etc) from a continental sized country

as much as Americans complain about big cities sucking up all capital and young peeps and talent from flyover country, it is nothing like the scale of Moscow vs rest of Russia

I agree with this. I lived in Moscow for a while decades ago and I do think it is a beautiful city and the metro is amazing. I think one thing Tucker liked about it is that you don’t see homeless people or drug addicts — that’s what he means by clean. But that’s a direct result of a totalitarian government. Tucker is willing to trade freedoms for not having to look at poor people. It reminds me of when Trump was praising the Dubai airport during one of thd campaigns and criticizing U.S. airports. I’m sure the Dubai airport is nice. But it’s the direct result of a political and economic system that I find pretty abhorrent. There’s a lot of things that can be accomplished if you’re willing to have a very economically stratified country with few rights for the majority. These folks would have loved the court of Louis Xvi, too.

The other thing that is eye-rolling is that things like a clean and well-run metro cost a LOT of taxpayer dollars. That's fine with me and I am prepared to pay taxes for such amenities even if I rarely use them. Infrastructure is important as is public transportation - spending money on such things helps the economy overall. But conservatives are always complaining about not wanting to pay more in taxes even if it's for things that benefit all of society. How does Tucker imagine our public transport systems can improve without more public funding?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not even that he praised Moscow--there are a lot of beautiful places around the world and it's quite conceivable some are in Russia--it's just odd to be praising Russia so excessively ("so much nicer than any city in my country") at this time in history.

Moscow is really nice - if you have been there is it truly the reverse of “paris syndrome”

But it is nice because it drains so much capital (human, financial, etc) from a continental sized country

as much as Americans complain about big cities sucking up all capital and young peeps and talent from flyover country, it is nothing like the scale of Moscow vs rest of Russia

I agree with this. I lived in Moscow for a while decades ago and I do think it is a beautiful city and the metro is amazing. I think one thing Tucker liked about it is that you don’t see homeless people or drug addicts — that’s what he means by clean. But that’s a direct result of a totalitarian government. Tucker is willing to trade freedoms for not having to look at poor people. It reminds me of when Trump was praising the Dubai airport during one of thd campaigns and criticizing U.S. airports. I’m sure the Dubai airport is nice. But it’s the direct result of a political and economic system that I find pretty abhorrent. There’s a lot of things that can be accomplished if you’re willing to have a very economically stratified country with few rights for the majority. These folks would have loved the court of Louis Xvi, too.

The other thing that is eye-rolling is that things like a clean and well-run metro cost a LOT of taxpayer dollars. That's fine with me and I am prepared to pay taxes for such amenities even if I rarely use them. Infrastructure is important as is public transportation - spending money on such things helps the economy overall. But conservatives are always complaining about not wanting to pay more in taxes even if it's for things that benefit all of society. How does Tucker imagine our public transport systems can improve without more public funding?

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And before anyone says “if there was no black people, people would be more inclined to invest in public infrastructure” — the whitest states in the country have terrible public infrastructure

As an example — brescia, a small tertiary city in northern Italy has a small subway in town

Where is Salt Lake City’s subway?