Bobko
1 Sep 2024
History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [454]
Yes, that's precisely why I glorify it - because it satellited Poland.
The reason some people in Russia, and other CIS states miss the Soviet Union:
1) It was a great country, respected around the world. You could be proud of your passport, and you felt protected by your state.
2) Everyone lived together, and nobody cared who was Russian, who was Azeri, who was Armenian and so on. People married between nationalities, and were friendly with each other regardless of origin. Nationalism was considered a dirty word.
3) The state took care of the sick, and provided everyone with a top notch education - even if they weren't necessarily suited to it.
4) We thought of ourselves as the good guys, defenders of places like Cuba, Vietnam, Angola, Ethiopia and so on. We fought Apartheid, and colonial exploitation.
5) We made huge strides in science, which benefited all of humanity.
6) The old and the weak did not have to worry that they would end up on the street.
Only turbo patriots with sh*t for brains would be proud of our country, because we kept places like Hungary and the Czech Republic "under our thumb". Most normal people viewed citizens of these countries as brotherly peoples, no worse than ourselves.
Was the system headed towards a dead end? Absolutely.
But we didn't have to tear it down to its foundation to change things. We should have done what China did. Many millions of people were terribly hurt by the collapse, and they are either no longer around or have never recovered.
Being proud has nothing to do with "enslaving Poland".
Bobko has no problem with glorifying a state that enslaved my country
Yes, that's precisely why I glorify it - because it satellited Poland.
The reason some people in Russia, and other CIS states miss the Soviet Union:
1) It was a great country, respected around the world. You could be proud of your passport, and you felt protected by your state.
2) Everyone lived together, and nobody cared who was Russian, who was Azeri, who was Armenian and so on. People married between nationalities, and were friendly with each other regardless of origin. Nationalism was considered a dirty word.
3) The state took care of the sick, and provided everyone with a top notch education - even if they weren't necessarily suited to it.
4) We thought of ourselves as the good guys, defenders of places like Cuba, Vietnam, Angola, Ethiopia and so on. We fought Apartheid, and colonial exploitation.
5) We made huge strides in science, which benefited all of humanity.
6) The old and the weak did not have to worry that they would end up on the street.
Only turbo patriots with sh*t for brains would be proud of our country, because we kept places like Hungary and the Czech Republic "under our thumb". Most normal people viewed citizens of these countries as brotherly peoples, no worse than ourselves.
Was the system headed towards a dead end? Absolutely.
But we didn't have to tear it down to its foundation to change things. We should have done what China did. Many millions of people were terribly hurt by the collapse, and they are either no longer around or have never recovered.
Being proud has nothing to do with "enslaving Poland".
