Thomas Kalmich
- Fan of
- Boston Celtics
- And of
- Christopher Hitchens
I was born in the USSR and grew up in an ex-soviet "republic". Want an honest opinion on communism from someone who's experienced it firsthand? Ask me.
Joined Nov 2022
@Anton
I’m a simple man: I see a Star Trek meme — I follow
@Rickbflony
Whoever has the gold, makes the rules?
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@Vonzales Christo-fascist. Displaying communist flags. Clueless Russian crackpots are clueless.
@kohoso
😂
IKR???
Like that old Soviet joke goes, either remove the cross or put your underwear on
A couple of Russian Christo-fascist specimens for your viewing pleasure.
The second one has a hand-drawn map with an “assault arrow” pointed at London.
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*snort*
Okay, Kremlin propaganda, suuuuure.
Hilarious how climate change kept Europe warmer than usual this year as well.
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Another deranged clip from Russian TV: talking about Europe, the host says everyone is practically freezing to death, governments are forcing people to wash up less frequently, including their clothes, and that people are asked to begin eating worms, grasshoppers and cockroaches to stop mass starvation.
All because they foolishly oppose Russia's conquest of Ukraine!
Ukraine to include the Polish language into their school curriculum
@TubunMuzuru
How can anyone look at "s", "i", "t" and "h" and read it as "shee"???
An Encyclopeadia of Fairies by Catharine Briggs:
"Many names are used for fairies on these islands, the "pisgies" in Cornwall, the "Daoine Sidh" in Ireland, the "sith" in the Highlands..."
Ahahaha Darth Vader and Palpatine are fairies 😆
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@holon42
This isn't new, btw
They've been pushing the "The West is decaying and will soon collapse" narrative since, fucking, Kruschev.
Another deranged clip from Russian TV: talking about Europe, the host says everyone is practically freezing to death, governments are forcing people to wash up less frequently, including their clothes, and that people are asked to begin eating worms, grasshoppers and cockroaches to stop mass starvation.
All because they foolishly oppose Russia's conquest of Ukraine!
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@Vonzales The epitome of "the stupid peasant". It's the Russian oligarchy's bread and butter. It always has been, from the days of Catherine and Peter, right through the USSR, and on to today. Stupid leaders require stupid followers. The few smart ones have gotten out of the country.
@attilatheblond
I think something is going to crack inside their Czardom much sooner. Putin's memory will be vilified like Stalin's and Chausescu's by his yesterday's most ardent worshippers. He'll be ridiculed, shamed, spat on and reduced to shit, and his memory will be that of a monstrous clown who's fault is EVERYTHING.
That's just the way Russia works as a society.
@cassandra17lina
Russia prides itself on its "care for the people".
That's all you hear all day from them, how other nations don't give a rat's ass about their people, while Mother Russia is making every effort imaginable to pamper to their every need, and THAT is what sets Russians apart from all other nations of the world - the selfless care for their people.
Which is a croc of shit, naturally, but they are buying it. The "We Are Exceptional" ideology is king. U know, like fascists.
These are the living conditions of an average Russian pensioner, the one in the photos lives in the suburbs of the 3rd largest city, Ekaterinburg, she hasn't had running water or heating in her block for 6 years.
But she's an avid watcher of Russian TV and repeatedly thanked Putin for attacking Ukraine, otherwise her life would have become miserable, because Ukraine surely planned to steal her home.
How to sit on two chairs.
"I'm gonna help Ukrainians who are being invaded by Russia, but I'm also gonna help the Russians invade them more"
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A second key lesson of military history is that wars are almost always harder to fight than expected. All of America’s major wars since 1861—the Civil War, the two world wars, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan—were longer and more sanguinary than most foresaw at the outset.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-war-leaders-most-underestimate-duration-and-deaths-11674830698
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From Michael O'Hanlong on War
Surveying the major wars of modern history, I would propose two general themes that have special relevance for today.
The first, so seemingly obvious but so difficult to absorb, is that outcomes in wars are not preordained. History, written and studied after the fact, sometimes makes the great events of human affairs seem as if they had to turn out as they did. That is rarely the case.
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Thomas Kalmich
- Fan of
- Boston Celtics
- And of
- Christopher Hitchens
I was born in the USSR and grew up in an ex-soviet "republic". Want an honest opinion on communism from someone who's experienced it firsthand? Ask me.
Joined Nov 2022