https://twitter.com/florencegaub/status/1514152917556727813?s=21&t=VSAV8PhJipQ5C94DEJGI6Q Whenever I see a big EU flag and Germany flag in the bio, Brace Belden’s 4th Reich theory just come to my mind. And I stopped reading at “Let me explain”

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Well ackshually Ukrainians are pure-blooded Slavs (almost Aryans) whereas Russians miscegenated with yucky Asian people which made them all totalitarian and evil.

        No, I will not explain how this fits with centuries of intermarriage and migration back and forth between Russian and Ukrainian populations.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      It's an economic thing. Russia still believes in economic sovereignty and economic nationalism while the neoliberal globalists do not.

      They couldn't give a shit about Russian "values", they don't give a shit about the Saudis or any other fuckheads they're happy to work with provided interest align. The problem is ultimately that Russian economic views do not align.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Culturally, how far back in time do you have to go to reach a point where Russians and Ukrainians are indistinguishable?

      Like thirty years? I'm not an expert on this but I thought the idea of a Ukrainian national Identity was an entirely 20th century production. And it doesn't sound like there was that much patriotism in Ukraine even a decade ago.