Yeah I'm sure it was people's desire for unity, and not the drastic drop in the quality of life experienced by the average Russian during the 90s.

  • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    What country are they from?

    It’s unfortunately a common reality for many old retired people. I think my grandparents’ pension was even less than that, it was like 350eu/month or something, it’s enough to, um, eat and that’s about it.

    They're in greece, I just don't want to dox myself too much, but some of them were just out of school and working service jobs struggling to make rent.

    oh also you had mentioned:

    Also there’s a very weird perception about byzantium. People don’t really want it to have anything to do with the roman empire, they want it to be Greek through and through so they make weird excuses to themselves.

    Even more amusing because prior to the concept of greece as a kingdom or nation the people living there (within the former byzantine empire under the ottomans) were just considered (and considered themselves) romans.

    • Pezevenk [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      but some of them were just out of school and working service jobs struggling to make rent.

      Oh sure that also happens tons, ostensibly minimum wage is around 650eu/month but you know how these things are... Thank god for souvlaki and no one giving enough of a shit to enforce public transport fees, they're the only reason you can keep your expenses at 5 euros per day if you try lol.

      Even more amusing because prior to the concept of greece as a kingdom or nation the people living there (within the former byzantine empire under the ottomans) were just considered (and considered themselves) romans.

      Oh it's better than that because "romios" is an alternate name for Greek and "romiosyni" for Greek-ness and chuds use these words because they sound cool, while simultaneously downplaying the roman aspect.