• Putin has signed a decree that Russia will welcome foreigners who want to escape Western liberal ideals.
  • Applicants may include those from countries unaligned with “Russian spiritual and moral values.”
  • The application process has been simplified, and visas will be issued as soon as next month.
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    As a western liberal, I would feel so owned if conservatives started heading over to Russia en masse. Just the thought of not being able to convert their children into Satanic, transgender bisexuals and forcing abortions on them makes me want to puke. Please stay, stop, don’t go.

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      I get your point, but if anyone goes over there, they’re bringing their underage children, and those children will likely suffer. So, I’d rather them stay and be safe than be right and have them suffer. I don’t wish ill on those hateful people, for the most part, I wish them a clear view of the social, political, and economic landscapes.

      Now, the people who intentionally hatemonger for profit, like Alex Jones, I would not be sad if they met an untimely fate.

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        Spoon in underwear at the airport, kids, if you think your parents might be trafficking you to another country and you don’t want to go.

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          Ok…I get the spoon would set off the scanner. I get you’d need a strip search…but I’m not getting how having a TSA agent finger your butthole to find a spoon would help.

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            Uh, that’s not exactly what happens when the metal detector goes off but it gives you an opportunity to talk with someone without your parents around. TSA isn’t police, but hopefully they can contact police.

            That said, parents do get a pretty strong say in where they take their minor children.

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                When did I say anything about a private room? You get a few feet of separation from your parents and a different adult to talk to for a moment. That may be enough of an opportunity.

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            They don’t need a strip search to see you have a spoon in your underwear with the scanners they use these days. They can tell what kind of genitals you have in your underwear and which way it’s tucked (at least they are technically capable of showing that, they might have pulled back from that due to the backlash about how much they could see). Spoon in the underwear is a specific signal to let authorities know someone is being trafficked and can apply to sex trafficking or kids being brought to countries where they can be married off into an arranged marriage. Not sure how it would work if the parents want to emigrate to Russia. Also not sure how thoroughly they block the arranged marriage thing if both parents are on board.

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        This is also just an attempt to shore up demographics after losing THOUSANDS of men against Ukraine, and a good chunk of Russian nationals simply fleeing the country to avoid conscription. So you don’t get a nice apartment in Moscow or St Petersburg, you get a little hovel out in Siberia and all the farmland you could want.

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        Conservatives grew up loving western liberalism and were later told to hate it. Kids brought over there will flip flop and rebel just like their parents did.

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          I don’t know. Maybe they need more cryptocurrency experts and sovcit hedge-lawyers to help with getting around sanctions

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            Maybe they need more cryptocurrency experts and sovcit hedge-lawyers

            They can have them.

            Preferably before November.

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          What are you on about? This migration will cause the IQ in Russia and the originating country to go up.

          /s

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        I have bad news for them if they think accepting people running from “Western liberal ideals” is going to help with that somehow.

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      Probably. “Come to Russia! Is safe place! Is not place with liberals! What? No, we don’t need bodies for military! No conscription of foreigners here!”

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      “If it works for Isis, surely this will work for me.”

      Odd thing is, he might not be far off. He could try to sell some incels on hot single Russian women whose men have all died in 60 year old tanks. Also maybe some gravy seals might be willing to sign up. Maybe when Trump loses he’ll move there followed by some of his MAGA cult, and they’ll be this English speaking enclave in Russia somewhere. Could be the premise for a sci-fi tv show.

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    Go Republicans. Go to the land of *true freedom!

    ^^^true ^^^freedom ^^^not ^^^guaranteed ^^^nether ^^^is ^^^food, ^^^goods, ^^^and ^^^conscription ^^^highly ^^^likely. ^^^Visas ^^^surrendered ^^^apon ^^^entry ^^^and ^^^use ^^^as ^^^a ^^^bargaining ^^^chip ^^^for ^^^Russian ^^^spies ^^^guaranteed.

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    On arrival, you will be provided with a military uniform with minimal bloodstains, a rifle from WW2 that may or may not work, and free transportation to the beautiful Russian countryside of Kursk.

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      At first I was going to say “сука бля, nyet, we have enough shitheads already”. But then I realized that they would honestly just fit right in. So you have yourself a deal… as long as you could also find a safe place for Snowden - the dude does not deserve to be in this hellhole.

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      I’m guessing it’s more of a propaganda thing. I’d be shocked if he’s hoping to net enough people for significant extra “мясо пушки”, given that this sounds like it only applies to Western countries.

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        Agreed, but I think it’s more than that

        I don’t think he’s offering them plane tickets. That means they have enough wealth to move there - it would instantly be a shot in the arm for the Russian economy. They’d get a captive market, and he’s not even inviting them to be Russian

        That selector also means they’re more likely to have useful skills, and the messaging is targeting people very susceptible to Russia style propaganda - he could censor their connection to the outside world, and they’d thank him for it

        Also, if NATO arms hit American civilians, that would be a powerful message to reduce international support for Ukraine or NATO.

        They’re too valuable. They’d pay off for him immediately, and long term he’d have an isolated community that is just begging to chug the Kool aid

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      Took way too long in this thread to come to the real reason. They will become food for the war machine. Troops like that have a horrid survival rate.

      I will fund to my best any repugnicunt that wants to go but can’t afford it.

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    About to be a bunch of confused conservatives showing up in Kursk with a few bullets and no training?

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    Let’s use trump’s plane to start the maga transfer to Russia.

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    Hey you!

    Want to live ina dictatorship where no one gives a shit about you, until you speak up?

    Want to walk very carefully by windows after speaking up?

    Want to be nothing but a pawn in the game of a dictator?

    Welcome to Russia!

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    I wouldn’t mind my tax money paying for their one-way tickets. Especially if they leave their passport at the gate.