LGBTQ Ukrainians are between a rock and a hard place now. For all the governmental posturing about how progressive it is, very little actual progress has been made, and its being curbed by nazis at every step. Still, the LGBTQ community staunchly supports the current nazi government like a good liberals they are.
It's worth noting that the book Joker grows out of his obedience to the empire and gets to know and relate to the people he has come to Vietnam to kill. The movie doesn't explore the second book of the duology (despite borrowing some imagery from it), where the consequences of serving the empire come back to bite Joker in the ass and, ostensibly, make him a better person.
All in all, I like the books a whole lot better.
It's a really interesting time period, and it's such a shame that the game turned out to be an utter garbage.
You're right, normalcy was never a thing. At least, not within my lifetime.
But at least I'd like to live without the fear of being kidnapped and press-ganged into the military, you know?
God, please, just let this shitshow end already.
Franky, I'm so tired at this point that I feel like it'll go on like this forever. I can't imagine going back to normal life anymore. What is even "normal"...
It's been proven time and time again, if it's possible for fascists to ignore the satirical aspects of the media that criticises them, they'll happily do so. They'll appropriate the satire that makes them look scary, violent or insane. The only surefire way to avoid that is to make them look stupid and ridiculous.
As soon as I finally move to Russia and settle down, I'm planning on taking the trip there with my SO. It's going to be great.
I really, really wish that'd be true.
They believe that the good guys always win, and they also believe themselves to always be the good guys. Hence the mental gymnastics.
You're pretty much spot on.
Thank you, I've almost retched at the idea.
The tea is absolutely the superior drink.
Let's be honest, this is just a slur.
I really, really want you to be correct. It's exhausting.
Don't be sorry, comrade! It's an interesting perspective, and I agree with you. We don't usually think of languages that way (well, at least I don't), but it's a valid and valuable approach.
This has been the reality for past two years, but now it's suddenly an issue?
I wouldn't call Ukrainian a dialect of Russian. They are somewhat mutually intelligible, the degree of this heavily depends on the regional variation of Ukrainian, the further west you go, the less it is. I think there's enough differences for it to be its own language.
It's quite beautiful, actually, and it's a shame that the sound of it makes me want to vomit nowadays.
I really, really hope that these are the signs of them dropping Ukraine project in the coming month.
All the actual left has either fled the country, went underground or died. As any fascist government, Ukrainian one first came for communists.