@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • edit-21 month agoJapan to transfer $3 billion from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, Zelenskyy sayskyivindependent.commessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1604cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1604external-linkJapan to transfer $3 billion from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, Zelenskyy sayskyivindependent.com@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • edit-21 month agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaretired_n_boredlinkfedilinkEnglish48•1 month agoRussia just hacked Japan Airlines in response. I swear I’ll open a champagne when that evil empire will cease to exist
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•1 month agoThey’ll cease to exist the same way the Soviet Union did - silent for a while, then the same shit over again.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-21 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoWell, maybe we’ll be a bit better prepared next time
Russia just hacked Japan Airlines in response. I swear I’ll open a champagne when that evil empire will cease to exist
They’ll cease to exist the same way the Soviet Union did - silent for a while, then the same shit over again.
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.
Well, maybe we’ll be a bit better prepared next time