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    Svoboda having one seat in the Rada kind of acute?

    As far as general patriotism is concerned sure that’s on an all-time high in Ukraine but guess what, that kind of stuff happens if you get invaded. Which started in 2014, don’t forget that, and Ukraine has been under hybrid attack from Russia since at least 2000, the 90s being only a brief respite from centuries of colonialism and that only because Russia didn’t know WTF it was doing.

    The important part is the type of nationalism you see. And that’s much closer to the likes of the SNP than to Nazis.

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      “general patriotism” I see swastikas, things that sub in for swastikas, iron crosses, and totenkopfs.

      You can fuck right off with the “centuries of colonialism” that’s literlly the west repackaging its own history to accuse others of.

      I thought you guys were the ones who said that portions of a country can unilaterally vote to leave and its okay. That was what you lot pulled with Serbia, why does it suddenly no longer apply here?

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        So the Bundeswehr is a Nazi org because it’s using the iron cross as emblem?

        You can fuck right off with the “centuries of colonialism” that’s literlly the west repackaging its own history to accuse others of.

        So Russia suddenly isn’t European? That would come as news to Europe.

        That was what you lot pulled with Serbia, why does it suddenly no longer apply here?

        I was a bit too young to have much of an opinion or impact there. In any case very much unlike Ukraine, Serbia actually was genociding people. “Get genocided by your central state, get independence” is more than fair if you ask me.

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          I was a bit too young to have much of an opinion or impact there. In any case very much unlike Ukraine, Serbia actually was genociding people. “Get genocided by your central state, get independence” is more than fair if you ask me.

          The Ukrainian state has been killing civilians indiscriminately in its two breakaway regions, they were just doing it for much longer than it took for any kind of intervention in Serbia.

          When the west starts to pretend to care about muslims, you know they’re full of shit about any purported genocides. They went from pretending to care about Kosovar Albanians to murdering millions of muslims over the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

          So the Bundeswehr is a Nazi org because it’s using the iron cross as emblem?

          It’s pretty funny having iron crosses constantly showing up on all the UA vehicles- I think we all know what they’re going for, they just left off a few lines.

          So Russia suddenly isn’t European? That would come as news to Europe.

          Russia has not been a part of ‘the west’, certainly not as far as most of the EU is concerned unless you’re trying to be intentionally obtuse

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            Russia has not been a part of ‘the west’, certainly not as far as most of the EU is concerned unless you’re trying to be intentionally obtuse

            It has been a colonial empire for quite a while now. Or do you really think this didn’t happen with military force? That it’s just the natural extent of the Russian nation? Or that the Empire didn’t brutally exploit every new territory they conquered? “Colony” doesn’t mean “overseas”.

            Every single larger, or affluent, European country engaged in colonialism.

            It’s pretty funny having iron crosses constantly showing up on all the UA vehicles

            That’s the Cossack cross. The Cossacks got it from the Templars, same root as the Iron Cross.

            The Ukrainian state has been killing civilians indiscriminately in its two breakaway regions

            Отъебись ватник блядь.

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              Were the Russians also doing chattel slavery like the west was for literally hundreds of years? Like sure conditions for serfs weren’t great, but the transatlantic slave trade, the mass genocide of the americas, the subjugation of africa, india and china built the wealth of europe. You’re trying to act like these two things are the same and they’re not

              Отъебись ватник блядь.

              lmao

              seriously though:

              The Ukrainian state has been killing civilians indiscriminately in its two breakaway regions

              Where’s the lie? You guys think that’s a good thing. Link to more info

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                Like sure conditions for serfs weren’t great,

                They were abhorrent. You’re really playing semantics here, conditions were essentially slave-like just as, say, Cuba under Batista.

                built the wealth of europe

                No. Water power did, Europe has an absurd number of suitable streams for grain mills which allowed the creation of extensive trade, merchant, and scholar classes – as they could be fed. Which led to technological superiority which led to the capacity to roll over other nations (and the presumption that it was the right thing to do). Without that pre-existing wealth all that colonising would not have been possible.

                Where’s the lie? You guys think that’s a good thing.

                You’re accusing me of condoning or advocating genocide?

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                  You’re accusing me of condoning or advocating genocide?

                  You already told me to fuck off for pointing out that parts of Ukraine have been getting shelled by its own government for over 8 years, considering that response, yes that was my conclusion.

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                    You already told me to fuck off for pointing out that parts of Ukraine have been getting shelled by its own government for over 8 years,

                    No. I told you to fuck off for this:

                    The Ukrainian state has been killing civilians indiscriminately in its two breakaway regions

                    Yes, Ukraine has been shelling Russian positions in those regions for quite a while now.

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                  No. Water power did, Europe has an absurd number of suitable streams for grain mills allowing less the creation of extensive trade, merchant, and scholar classes. Which led to technological superiority which led to the capacity to roll over other nations (and the presumption that it was the right thing to do). Without that pre-existing wealth all that colonising would not have been possible.

                  It was definitely the slavery

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                    If it was slavery then why didn’t Africa develop that quickly? They’re the ones who sold the slaves!

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                  They were abhorrent. You’re really playing semantics here, conditions were essentially slave-like just as, say, Cuba under Batista.

                  Yes it was bad, still not as bad as chattel slavery, but pretty bad, that’s why it was completely deserved when they had a revolution. Not sure why you keep bringing up the colonization of siberia like it’s relevant to what’s going on now though. Comparing the amount of human life lost in that to the conquest of Americas though is just silly- there’s no comparison and the same American government is still around since then!

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                    This isn’t a “did the UK or Russia kill more natives” kind of discussion. This is a “Russia is a colonial empire” kind of discussion.

                    And yes of course fewer natives died in Siberia, it’s fucking cold there there were never many in the first place.