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Honest question: I don’t get what is strange about this normality, can someone share their perspective? Mine is skewed as I grew up in Transnistria and visited
by gk1 8y ago
Honest question: I don’t get what is strange about this normality, can someone share their perspective? Mine is skewed as I grew up in Transnistria and visited a few years ago.
My guess is that it seems strange only if you expected those territories to be in a constant state of war. No, they are not under siege, but life is not exactly dandy there, either.
- abrowne 8y agoI think it's that people expect more disruption of normal, daily activities from being outside of international recognition (and without a major economy like Taiwan's). War may be part of it, or just hearing more about "failed states" like Somalia.
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- amaccuish 8y ago> I grew up in Transnistria Can I ask, what's the main language? Russian right, not a dialect? Not Ukranian? If I spoke Moscow Russian there would I be understood? Also is it fairly socialist or...? Just wondering from all the СССР insignia.
- gk1 8y agoRussian is the main language. I don’t know a word of Moldovan (which is practically Romanian). Yes you’d be understood, minus some slang. It is not socialist but the older generation seems to wish for those times to return, when food and work were guaranteed.[1] Wealth is concentrated among very few nefarious businessmen and politicians. [1] Of course this is nonsense; times were just as difficult during the USSR—bread lines, etc—but people’s memories are faulty.