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minus-square@MaaluslinkEnglish22•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]linkfedilinkEnglish3•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.
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