>The threat from Russia isn't existential
oh it absolutely is
whole *based* cultures - Chechens, Crimean Tatars etc., that were erased and remodeled by Russia would like a word with you. the west destroys the body and makes it fat; Russia destroys culture and makes it russialike
aka "empire is as empire does".
>observes wokeness destroying the west
>ascribes it to the west
>thinks Russia is immune
who do you think perfected wokeness? who do you think propped it up for *decades*? Yuri Bezmenov says "hi". his chinese counterpart (to be yet found) says "hi".
is this the same people that were fighting off Russia? "no", says this story, "they are entirely not the same people".
>The was is existential in a way that it is supposed to destroy the Ukrainian identity
this brief thread summarizes the read of the situation as gathered from russian natiolalists. cc @17cShyteposter and @Qreczek
good question, it stalled right after the second chechen war of 1999-2000; was healthy before.
russia *is* the abortion empire, among its various typical western problems.
This is bad.
More on Soviet Russia attempts at erasing cultures it conquered. In particular a couple tweets down, the erasing of elites (similar was done in other conquered countries just as well) & of regular people.
Parallels how, in modern West, one is nearly required to speak the "woke language" to get the desirable track through education, employment, cultural relevancy, etc.
Russia re-using its population replacement tricks again, now in subjugated parts of Ukraine:
A systematic displacement of native population:
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