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[-] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 64 points 1 year ago

This headline might be confusing for Americans. Free insulin?

[-] vinylshrapnel@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

I took it to mean they are withholding insulin from anyone that doesn’t have Russian citizenship. Price or no price.

[-] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago

The article does say free insulin paid by the government. We have that in my country (Brazil), even for foreigners, but my first thought was that in the USA not even citizens get that.

[-] caboclo@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 1 year ago

Unitedstatesans minds blowing right now.

[-] caboclo@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 1 year ago

An official document has already been issued [by the Russia-appointed administration] that medicines purchased from the Russian state budget will not be issued to foreign citizens, that is, citizens of Ukraine.

[-] mea_rah@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It does not sound that sinister until you realize these people usually can't even get back to Ukraine.

[-] caboclo@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 year ago

for me anyway it is really sinister. Putin is evil.

[-] mea_rah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's really fucked up once you zoom out a bit. You wouldn't even do this to POWs and these people are civilians that are being treated even worse.

[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

For context: A Type 1 diabetic, the type that requires insulin to survive, will live for, about a week or so, tops, without any insulin. And that week is going to be torture as diabetic ketoacidosis sets in and the body literally starts trying to eat itself to stay alive, while the person becomes dehydrated from the constant pissing and never-ending thirst, and their blood turns into basically, syrup.

This is torture, plain and simple.

[-] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

All medicine free or not and randomly kidnapping kids. You have to go down some wild conspiracy rabbit holes to compare it to the US. fuck russia

[-] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What do you mean with that? Nothing can be compared to the USA? Is USA perfect then? Brazil has universal free healthcare too. It doesn't mean Brazil is better than the USA in every possible aspect. Don't be afraid of comparisons.

So because USA is better than Russia in many things, then free healthcare is bad because Russia has it and the US doesn't?

It's this black&white mentality that creates all stupid polarization of opinions, you know?

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

You’re right. Anyone who genuinely loves their country (whatever their nationality is) needs to be aware of their country’s flaws. You can’t help your society without acknowledging that it needs help.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

No matter where you are in the world, if you are vulnerable in any way, a conservative will find a way to harm you. It's a universal truth.

[-] 52fighters@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

My first thought was that maybe Russia was experiencing shortages due to the deteriorating economic situation in Russia but, reading the article, this feels more like a petty bureaucrat that's upset that the occupied people of Ukraine are not cooperating as well as he wishes, so he makes passive-aggressive "punishments" of the people. This may ultimately be good for the war effort, leading to more behind-the-lines resistance movements.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Putin has done so many shitty things during the war that it’s hard to rank them. This, however, is among the worst.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, no, deliberately bombing a shelter with the word “Children” on it was the…

You know what, it’s all bad. It’s impossible to rank.

[-] pinkwerdo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think forceful deportation of people to Russia is worse. But that's just my opinion.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 year ago

This is incredibly cruel.

[-] candio@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Absolutely reliable source

[-] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago

Give Ukraine a blank check and unrestricted access to weapons (minus nukes)

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ya because doing that has never back fired on us ever.

[-] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago

Ukraine has the right to defend it's sovereignty. They have made it abundantly clear that their goal is restoration of it's sovereign borders. No Russian territories will be taken. So yes, I feel very confident in allowing Ukraine unrestricted weapon access. As retaliation against NATO. Putin is more than welcome too. NATO will wipe the floor

[-] Trudge@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The West has been doing that for the past year and a half already. It's not like putting undertrained Ukranian pilots in F-22s against Russian SAMs will affect the outcome of the war drastically.

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