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minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·24 days agoThey’ll cease to exist the same way the Soviet Union did - silent for a while, then the same shit over again.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·24 days agoWell, maybe we’ll be a bit better prepared next time
minus-squareetuomaala@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-223 days agoYeah, it’s true. Maybe this time, the root cause, the KGB, will finally be eradicated. Also, though, the empire did shrink quite a lot last time, so hey, it’s a step in the right direction lol
minus-squarebuttfarts@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·23 days agoThe problem fundamentally is that the Russian people crave autocracy, maybe not on an individual level but certainly on a collective level. Rural, uneducated, poor, hyperreligious, xenophobic bumpkins are always the foundation of support for every single autocrat in the last century.
They’ll cease to exist the same way the Soviet Union did - silent for a while, then the same shit over again.
Well, maybe we’ll be a bit better prepared next time
Yeah, it’s true. Maybe this time, the root cause, the KGB, will finally be eradicated.
Also, though, the empire did shrink quite a lot last time, so hey, it’s a step in the right direction lol
The problem fundamentally is that the Russian people crave autocracy, maybe not on an individual level but certainly on a collective level.
Rural, uneducated, poor, hyperreligious, xenophobic bumpkins are always the foundation of support for every single autocrat in the last century.