He really was surrounded by imperialists and enemies of the people
Stalin's USSR could not be defeated by conventional means, so a deal had to be made and Eastern Europe handed over.
The natives (I am one of them) resented this ...
... to no end
Forced by genuine Soviet competition, the "free world" had to put up a good face.
Hence the post-war rapid technological advance and massive increase in living standards. If they were to keep up with the "worker's paradise", it had to be done
I know it's very easy to lie with statistics, but I believe the below graph is (somewhat) truthful
By the 1980s, the Soviet challenge had been subverted - so Western leaders could once again let their true colours shine
I fully remember the 1990s when "disaster capitalism" was implemented across Eastern Europe.
It made the rationing of the 1980s seems like cornucopia by comparison.
Things only took a turn for the better once the "socialists" (remember that a Eastern European "socialist" ...
... is a hardcore right-wing nationalist by Western standards) came to power
But I digress
Freedom and prosperity were never in the plans.
The only reason a few decades of decent living were allowed was because a mustachioed Georgian threw a spanner in the works
The "liberals" are the exact opposite of their name - they are the enemies of truth and freedom
The only reason why a full-on "1984" scenario still hasn't happened is because aether-based tech is secretly in production
Pictured below - firing of a plasma toroid weapon
Remember - the exact same tech used for plasma toroid weaponry can be used for fusion reactors
If they can make plasma cannons - and we know they exist - they can end all forms of energy shortages
First off, it claims these people did no go extinct in the 16th century - but instead existed on the shores of the Baltic until recently - when they were forcibly relocated in Ryazan due to losing a great war - which no history book speaks of
Its sheer size would suggest that the content of the shell wasn't helium / hydrogen, but something only somewhat less dense than air - thus requiring a large volume
The fact that "accidents" were arranged as an excuse to make the airship extinct suggests they were something else entirely
Which brings me to this - a staged photo from World War I - you'd think that by this point cannonballs would be long out of production
And yet here they are, doing something with them
At this point I'd like to remind you that plasma toroid weapons are very real, and they are of tremendous power - and the smoothbores of the mid-19th century were exactly that
"Cannonballs" then must have been the power source