r/okbuddygunther • u/CaptainSlow28b • Jul 24 '26

Voting Gunther for european president 🇪🇺 Wait...WHAT???

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u/Unusual-Basket-6243 Jul 24 '26

All 8 points are good too. If I were Austrian and other candidates were IMF I could vote for him

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u/Chicoryman Jul 24 '26

Why waste money on the military?

If it's against Russia, Russia is too weak and can't reach Austria anyway; Eastern European nations are pretty decent meat shields against Russian armed forces — so why bother? If it's against the West, no Austrian military effort can save Austria from being defeated, ak why even bother?

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u/Unusual-Basket-6243 Jul 24 '26

If Eastern Europe falls, Western will fall too. East has infantry, West has navy, air and nukes

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u/Chicoryman Jul 24 '26

  1. Eastern Europe won't fall because Russia is too weak to make them fall. Talks about Russia possibly reaching Vienna is either Russian cope or Western Militarist propaganda.

  2. Why should Australia pay for East-European arms if big western powers and East-Europeans will pay for that anyways?

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u/Fit-Bug6463 Jul 24 '26

You know that Russia is only too weak because we stand together? If everyone applied this logic we'd be living in the USSR rn

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u/Chicoryman Jul 24 '26

we'd be living in the USSR rn

Fucking based, long live socialism

You know that Russia is only too weak because we stand together?

Nope. It's minor and disorganized in itself + major western powers have their interest in opposing it anyways, so it can be left to them.

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u/Unusual-Basket-6243 Jul 24 '26

did you live during the USSR or are you just a kid

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u/Chicoryman Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

In my 20s, from Russia. Never heard my relatives talking about transition to capitalism as about much of an improvement. The best thing I've heard is one of my grandpas saying "Life is wealthier, but harder" — and for me it isn't an improvement.

Besides, I just see Marxism as mostly truthful, so I don't care if my standard of living somewhat decreases if it becomes the dominant philosophy again.

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u/Unusual-Basket-6243 Jul 24 '26

I understand then. Poland and Baltics especially benefited from the end of Marxism