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minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoThey’ll cease to exist the same way the Soviet Union did - silent for a while, then the same shit over again.
minus-squareetuomaala@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-21 day 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 hours 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-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 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