the Soviet Union reclaimed Western Ukraine and Western Byelorus that had been torn from the Ukrainian and Byelorussian Socialist Republics by the German Kaiserreich in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
I swear to god when you inform westerners of this fact, even "WW2 Enthusiasts" they look at you like you fuckin flew in from Mars
Westerners just embrace without question the most extreme fascistic form of Polish nationalism and then treat everyone else like they're beyond the pale for pointing out western Belorussians and Ukrainians exist
they’re beyond the pale for pointing out western Belorussians and Ukrainians exist
I just point at the fuckin maps, look at the border of the 2nd republic and look at the current border. If you can not comprehend somethings different enough to make you rethink your worldview you're either a :frothingfash: or a :pit:
I hardly think it's fair for the western Ukrainians tbh since it'd be subjecting a, although deeply reactionary to the point of fascistic, ethnic minority group to the ruling of a deeply reactionary to the point of fascistic ethnic majority state.
I swear to god when you inform westerners of this fact, even "WW2 Enthusiasts" they look at you like you fuckin flew in from Mars
Westerners just embrace without question the most extreme fascistic form of Polish nationalism and then treat everyone else like they're beyond the pale for pointing out western Belorussians and Ukrainians exist
I just point at the fuckin maps, look at the border of the 2nd republic and look at the current border. If you can not comprehend somethings different enough to make you rethink your worldview you're either a :frothingfash: or a :pit:
And it's especially ironic considering the politics surrounding the region today
Ergo why I enjoy occasionally joking about Poland ending the world by invading Ukraine to take back their "stolen land"
The west gets to rejoin Poland and the east gets to rejoin Russia. Sounds fair.
I hardly think it's fair for the western Ukrainians tbh since it'd be subjecting a, although deeply reactionary to the point of fascistic, ethnic minority group to the ruling of a deeply reactionary to the point of fascistic ethnic majority state.
"It's not Lviv, it's Lwów!"
Now let's bring back the polish-lithuanian commonwealth and call it however its spelled in lithuanjan
You should at least post the map lol