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"The imperial formula is officially adopted: Russia does not end anywhere" A few days before the invasion, sociologist Grigory Yudin described exactly what the war would be like. Medusa talked to him about how it will end
Meduza ^
| 10: 00, February 24, 2023
| Margarita Lyutova
Posted on 02/25/2023 1:04:06 AM PST by Zhang Fei
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posted on
02/25/2023 1:04:06 AM PST
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Zhang Fei
To: marcusmaximus; Paul R.; Bruce Campbells Chin; PIF; familyop; MercyFlush; tet68; BeauBo; TalBlack; ..
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posted on
02/25/2023 1:06:06 AM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
To: Zhang Fei
Borders in Europe appear in 1648, when the Westphalian system was formed, which later gradually ends with empires.
This BS is repeated often. Borders and nation states existed in Europe well before the Treaty of Westphalia. Augustus Ceasar declared the Rhine River as the border between the Roman Empire and Germania around the time of Christ.
To: Zhang Fei
Given that Poland and Baltic states are discussing the split of Russia and having its population, why should Russian borders end somewhere?
This approach was tried between 1991-2022 and proved to be a failure.
To: Zhang Fei
Ukraine was the kickback capital of the world before Putin invaded, Didn’t he realize he was giving the West an excuse for corrupt politicians to launder enormous sums of loot?
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posted on
02/25/2023 1:22:08 AM PST
by
Nateman
(If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second..)
To: NorseViking
why should Russian borders end somewhere?
that mentality shows why Russia continues to be a hostile menace to every country in Europe
this is why NATO is still needed ... NATO is the only thing that kept (and continues to keep) Europe from being overrun by warmongering Russian invaders!!
To: canuck_conservative
Is Russia a menace due to refusal to die due to genocidal Western invasion taking place every century?
To: NorseViking
wtf are you babbling about now
Russia is no victim here, Russia is a warmongering menace that continues to threaten us all ... your comments just confirmed it
every day that Russia is bogged down in eastern Ukraine is another day that Russia can’t attack the rest of the World
fortunately, that bogging-down will last a lot longer ...
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posted on
02/25/2023 2:03:22 AM PST
by
canuck_conservative
(NATO - keeping Europe Russian-free for 75 years ... you're welcome)
To: Zhang Fei
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His take appears similar to mine - that Putin is basically the 21st century face of Sargon all the way through Russia’s the Greats - a conqueror out for immortality through territorial gain. He’ll stop, but only to recharge, when his armies are exhausted, materially or spiritually, and can advance no further."
I'm guessing the same. There's also the large faction of Russian people with the same desire. The government there stokes it up each year.
Putin's Russia Has To Deal With the Legacy of World War IITime Magazine BY CATHY YOUNG (Reason Magazine contributing editor)
MAY 9, 2015
https://time.com/3852689/ussr-russia-victory-day-wwii-putin-ukraine/ "Having spent my first 16 years in the Soviet Union, I grew up hearing very little about World War II and a great deal about the 'Great Patriotic War'..."
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posted on
02/25/2023 2:03:45 AM PST
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familyop
("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
To: canuck_conservative
The Germans used to repeat the same until May 1945.
As a side note, do you remember Russia discussing destroying Poland and halving its population?
I don’t.
The problem is that Russia is fully capable to turn Poland into reservation. Poland can’t do squat.
To: Zhang Fei
His take appears similar to mine - that Putin is basically the 21st century face of Sargon all the way through Russia’s the Greats - a conqueror out for immortality through territorial gain. Unfortunately, Putin and Russians have not lost their imperial ambitions, unlike Germany and Japan.
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posted on
02/25/2023 2:12:12 AM PST
by
tlozo
(Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
To: Right_Wing_Madman; NorseViking; Nateman
Yudin is a Russian sociologist, BA, MA, PhD, discussing Putin and Russia from a Russian point of view, in Russian.
Is it presumptuous to think, that he actually knows and understand more about his country than most non-Russians?
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posted on
02/25/2023 2:15:46 AM PST
by
Widget Jr
(🇺🇦 Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦 - No CCCP 2.0)
To: NorseViking
Poland can’t do squat
given what we've seen over the last year,
I'm thinking Poland could kick Russia's ass to the curb, easily
and take great pleasure while doing it
bring it on, menacing a-hole
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posted on
02/25/2023 2:17:46 AM PST
by
canuck_conservative
(NATO - keeping Europe Russian-free for 75 years ... you're welcome)
To: canuck_conservative
LOL, Okay:) Are you supporting a genocide when it is against wrong people?
To: canuck_conservative
Just after the WW2 Tehran Conference, Stalin said to a journalist, (roughly translated):
"It's high time the Slavic race was in charge of Europe."
Putin is channeling Stalin, and desperately wants to succeed where Stalin failed
Never forget that modern-day Russian culture is based on the Mongol hordes who over-ran the region in the 13th century. They never really left.
https://ricochet.com/1214468/finnish-intelligence-officer-explains-the-russian-mindset/
To: canuck_conservative
Disband NATO and take the United Nations with it.
To: Zhang Fei
The Russia fans here can’t accept the truth of what the article states.
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posted on
02/25/2023 3:26:10 AM PST
by
popdonnelly
(All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
To: canuck_conservative
Go back over the last 30 years and review the sequence of NATO expansion. NATO expansion began in earnest
immediate after the collapse of the Soviet Union — when Russia wasn’t a threat to anyone.
Heck — Putin himself was an invited guest at the 2008 NATO summit in Bucharest.
NATO is not intended to protect Europe from anyone. It’s designed to establish a permanent U.S. military occupation of Europe.
To: Alberta's Child
NATO expansion began in earnest in 1991 precisely because all of russia’s former colonies instinctively knew there was a brief respite before russia once again became a threat, and joining NATO was their best hope to remain free. Unlike the Warsaw Pact or the Soviet Union, no nation is forced to join or stay in NATO at gunpoint.
To: Widget Jr
Is it presumptuous to believe he harbors pro-Russian biases that we in the west do not?
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posted on
02/25/2023 4:32:13 AM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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