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      • artichoke_heart [fae/faer]
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        3 years ago

        the optimist in me sees that hoxha and the albanian communists rose to prominence espousing albanian nationalism in opposition to the cultural oppression they faced under the ottoman empire :dean-smile:

        the doomer sees that hoxha's fascist opposition also rose to prominence espousing albanian nationalism :dean-frown:

        i don't know enough to even begin to dig deeper :trans-sad: also every single wikipedia page just has a hole in the history from like 1940-1991 :1984: