Fortunately, I have two bars and can choose which one I go to.
For us Germans and Europeans this topic of war in Ukraine is much closer than for you. My family, for example, has taken in a Ukrainian family.
Putin terrorises the civilian population every single night with kamikaze drones. A large part is intercepted because of defence solutions provided by the partners, first and foremost the USA. In Ukraine it is a matter of life and death every day/night in the war waged by Putin and largely supported by the Russian people because Putin has systematically lied to his people for years and has built his system.
Now this/your totally twisted picture that is like pure Russian propaganda. Compare the top three people and think about what they have in common. Putting them in a row with the fourth person and in this context is not funny or true but pure Russian propaganda.
I have nothing at all against crude jokes or borderline slurs in a bar. But I find this post of yours totally and utterly inappropriate in a liberal western forum which is an investment forum. US tyranny?! Did you read my post with the article about China here? Or do you know how Putin got his people to wage this war against their own friendly neighbours who are often family on both sides? Through years of propaganda the gradual expansion of Russia into a right-wing conservative military dictatorship as Putin announced many years ago. I have had the following article checked by a historian to see whether it is authentic.
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Politics St. Petersburg politician wants dictatorship
Pinochet as a role model
St. Petersburg (ND). Vladimir Putin, second mayor of St. Petersburg and chairman of the Committee for External Relations of the city of six million, has made it clear to German business representatives that a military dictatorship along the lines of the Chilean model would be the desirable solution to Russia's current political problems. This was reported by WDR in the TV feature "Aufbruch nach Osten" (Monday, 3 January 1994, WEST 3 from 9.15 to 9.45 p.m.). Putin answered questions from representatives of BASF, Dresdner Bank, Alcatel and others who met in in the former DDR Consulate General in St Petersburg.
Putin distinguished between "necessary" and "criminal" violence. He said that political violence was criminal if it was aimed at eliminating market-economy conditions, and "necessary" if it promoted or protected private capital investments.* In view of the difficult private economic path, Putin expressly approved of possible preparations by Yeltsin and the military to bring about a Pinochet-style dictatorship. Putin's remarks were received with friendly applause by both the German company representatives and the deputy German Consul General who was present."
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/461493.pinochet-als-vorbild.html
*Think of his oligarchs.
Neues Deutschland (newspaper):
In our country the right and the left are united for once and are rather friendly to Putin, but for completely different motives. One favours an oppressive right-wing conservative anti-democratic model like Putin's (to drive his people into war like a tyrant and kill his neighbours). They were once a nation. And this with the insane propaganda that he is leading a fight against the right! The others agree out of perhaps nostalgia, because they still believe in the goodness of the USSR's oppression.
And you post here with the image that in reality the US caused the war. And you go one further by declaring or implying that the victims of this war are victims of US tyranny. I join
@Frangipani and say to you here in the bar in a friendly way that you have gone too far for my taste. And not because of a false or misleading statement, like the earth is in reality a disc or COVID is a creation of the US military or the earth is the centre of the universe, but because these two posts are hurtful and insensitive to those who suffered, were killed or fled e.g. to my birthplace and now live in my parents' house.
We are talking about real lives and real fates and this is not a long time ago but is happening right now and the whole of Europe is involved and at the same time owes a great deal to the USA. I think it's inappropriate to stir up hatred of (? against ?) USA here, whether you intended to or not.