#politics #Ukraine #history #ussr

if you wish to learn more, here is a good book to read:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33864676-red-famine

@rakshy and the Soviets were kind enough to continue pillaging their colonies' food harvests, shipping them on full trains to mother russia while people waited in lines for hours for a rationed piece of bread in the oppressed countries. That this practice, to a smaller degree than the Holdomor but with similar tactics, continued in plain sight for decades without a much of a peep from human rights groups is 🤯
#RussianColonialism

@peeppeepcircus yeah, unfortunately, Holodomor was one of the crimes in a long chain, rather than an outlier event.
even tho I condemn West's politics regarding USSR (politics of enabling), I highly appreciate the sacrifices that separate citizens made to bring the truth to the light. People like Gareth Jones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Jones_(journalist)

@rakshy Agnieszka Holland was actually a bit critical of him in her film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o7VoM1jlOs

@peeppeepcircus heh, it's easy to stand on the top of the hill, look down and say - "hey, you took the wrong path!"
it's much harder to be the one who tries to climb the mountain on their own. through the deep darkness.
but.. I also really like and welcome the conversations and self-reflection that is currently happening. it's a vital and necessary thing for change to take roots. 💛 💙 thank you for that, it is seen and appreciated!

@rakshy it's true, the silence was deafening overall. imo the bravery of #Ukraine today, against a genocidal invasion and all the evils it brings, is also slowly exposing #RussianColonialism to the world. I truly hope the Ukrainian victory will be a tipping point for the world on a path to more freedom.
💛 💙

Have you seen Exterminate All the Brutes? It was the first time I saw Russian Colonialism exposed to a large audience in the US, only for a few minutes, but still.
https://www.hbo.com/exterminate-all-the-brutes

@peeppeepcircus thank you!
no, I didn't. thank you for the recommendation! added it to my watch list 💛

@peeppeepcircus @rakshy

the famous Siege of Leningrad comes to mind. They claim the city was encircled by Germans for long enough to have inhabitants switch to cannibalism to survive, yet the ammo factory never stopped working and convoys of trucks were running uninterrupted, supplying the front with bullets and bringing in food for the bosses. The Germans actually left a humanitarian passageway to allow evacuation of civilians.

@Vonzales @peeppeepcircus
😒
"fun" facts about me.
It took my husband a year to convince be to watch Chernobyl by HBO. It took him ~2 months to convince me to finish the last episode.
It took me several joints of weed to go through it.
because I was triggered non-stop, I was angry, interrupting, and anxious. I fucking hate ussr to the bones. and I was born there.

@rakshy @peeppeepcircus So was I. So do I.

@Vonzales @peeppeepcircus hear you, brother 🤜 🤛

@rakshy @Vonzales oh Chernobyl was so good, they got the details so well. Also exposed the evils of that system to a wider audience in the US. Remarkable, actually. Sorry you had to go through that. Glad others were able to witness it for the first time. It would be nice to learn lessons and not repeat the disasters of the past.

@peeppeepcircus @rakshy
The reaction it evoked from their elites was like watching vampires hiss and writhe in pain because they got sprayed with garlic water or something. Mental!
I think I heard first calls to nuke the West during one of those reaction videos 😆

@Vonzales @rakshy ug, that's how you know it's accurate

@Vonzales @peeppeepcircus ahaha, didn't know that. Amazing! 😂Love it!

@peeppeepcircus @Vonzales oh, all that triggering thing is on me😅 I actually can confirm that that show is really *really* good. Highly recommend for anyone who is interested in that part of history! I salute HBO for extraordinary and important job ❤️