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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-squarebuttfarts@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·12 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-squareetuomaala@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-219 hours 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-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.
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.
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
Well, maybe we’ll be a bit better prepared next time