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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•3 days 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]linkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-22 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 days agoWell, maybe we’ll be a bit better prepared next time
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