• jimmux@programming.dev
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    12 days ago

    Wait, this isn’t even a new competition, and it’s basically resurrected soviet propaganda? Truly bizarre.

    • FarraigePlaisteaċ@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      That’s not the point. This is about legitimising the Russian regime in the eyes of millions, and normalising war crimes in a time of sanctions.

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    12 days ago

    I think the important difference here is nobody in the US gives a single shit about whatever the hell this is. Someone may have decided to send this guy but I’d be amazed if even 1% of the US has even heard of Intervision and doubly so if even half of those that have heard of it care enough to even watch it.

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    12 days ago

    I’m kinda shocked they aren’t sending the whitest, blandest, redneckiest, sister-fuckiest country singer they could find.

    Or Benny Shapster with his “rap”, which, I’m sure, fits at least half of these criteria.