• Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    You can’t take over a country that used to belong to you and is literally at your border and call that imperialism. You are being lied to.

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      Yeah I am being lied to. I have been fed lies my whole life. I was told that Russia is the most just and fair country. That every war waged was in self defence and all the people within its borders joined willingly and were happy.

      But I was able to see through it. I have learnd that all territorial expansion was fueled by ruthless wars and genocides. Russian expanse to the east is no better than USA expansion to the west displacing and subjigating all people who lived there. I have learned of the terrible fates of people who lived here. Not only of strangers, but also those in my family tree who lived through the harshest times of oppression during USSR.

      But most importantly I learned that countries don’t have a right to own other countries. It is the definition of imperialism after all.

      And Ukraine is perhaps one of the most deserving countries to exist. Ukrainians have fought for so long to gain sovereignty and indepndence, but were betrayed. First thrown under the bus by Russian empire, then taken over by USSR during the revolution. And now Russia is trying to subjigate Ukraine again. I can only hope that this time this senseless conquest will fail.

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        then taken over by USSR during the revolution. And now Russia is trying to subjigate Ukraine again. I can only hope that this time this senseless conquest will fail.

        Wow, you’re right; you really have been lied to, especially about history.

        Also, don’t whine about the USSR. You got what you wanted; it was forcefully destroyed, and now you’re reaping the consequences.

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          Leave it to the ignorant westeners to teach other people their own history. Surely you know better.

          Also, the USSR crumbled on its own. Its flawed economic system could not bear all the millitary spending. And we are all better for it. Now its remains are poisoning todays Russia, but it will crumble as well, sooner or later.

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            Leave it to the ignorant westeners to teach other people their own history. Surely you know better.

            I do know better, yes. Facts are facts.

            Also, the USSR crumbled on its own.

            Lol. Sure.

            ts flawed economic system could not bear all the millitary spending.

            Hmm, I wonder why it needed so much military spending…

            And we are all better for it.

            Then stop complaining about modern Russia; you got exactly what you wanted.

            Now its remains are poisoning todays Russia, but it will crumble as well, sooner or later.

            Like I said; learn some history.

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              What needed the spending? Nothing but the delusions of Russian ruling elites. Modern Russia in not much different from the USSR, even in ideology. At least they stopped pretending to be communists.

              But I am not here to teach history to a wall. This thread is overdue for an end, just as my waking day is overdue for a good night of sleep. If you are serious about decolonisation and anti imperialism you should learn about the struggles of all the people instead of choosing which global hegemony to bend your knee to. That’s my message.

              I will not reply to further comments.

              Never stop learning.

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        It is the definition of imperialism after all.

        The highest stage of capitalism where finance capital becomes the dominant force and the export of capital the primary contradiction?