Thread by @SlavaMalamud

A periodic reminder to new followers.
Slava does not stick to sports (or anything).
Slava is substantially to the left of Joe Biden, so if you are hoping for the standard "I have eskaped kommunism in kommunist Ukraine and I don't vant Demokrats to bring eet here" shit, sorry.

I feel like I need to explain the latter.
See, unlike most of my compatriots, I have learned (it was a process) to differentiate between "left of Ronald Reagan" and "the second coming of Brezhnev." I have learned that there is in fact A LOT of daylight between the two.
Also...

Suppose there was a US political party whose policies really would bring about the resurrection of the Soviet Union. Its program would necessarily include the following:
- a rigid ideology based about veneration of a sanctified party leader,
- prioritization of military spending

- writing history books to reflect domination and supremacy of the culture of the ethnic majority,
- criminalization of homosexuality,
- strict government enforcement of morals and sexual expression,
- mandatory loyalty rituals to the symbols of state (flag, anthem, pledges),

- a strong belief in the nation's exceptionalism and superiority to all foreign cultures,
- proud proclamations that "Our borders are under an iron lock!"
- violent hatred for independent media.
Those of you with more expertise in American politics can draw your own conclusions.