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After reading that article, I'm happy for the polish to live in a better state now, and I immediately started to think where people are now oppressed by their g

by madez 7y ago

After reading that article, I'm happy for the polish to live in a better state now, and I immediately started to think where people are now oppressed by their government whenever they are deemed 'harmful to the nation', and China came to my mind, and not just for the Chinese state cooperating with the organized crimes triads to attack protesters in Hong Kong. The situation there is different for now, because China is economically developing, so that may stabilize the government, but eventually China will get rid of its oppressive regime. I wonder when and how.

blfr 7y ago
We weren't really oppressed by our government. The March events, as they're know here, were mostly homegrown commies pushing out the Jewish wing of the party with decent people getting caught in the purge and following protests. But it was all happening with two hundred thousand Soviet soldiers stationed in the country. The communist government wouldn't have lasted a month without the Soviet support. The situation is different because China is not being occupied by a foreign power. Neither is Turkey.
- madez 7y ago
  Given that history, are there common opinions and feelings in Poland regarding Russias ongoing war with Ukraine?
  - blfr 7y ago
    I don't know anyone who would support Russia in that conflict but Ukraine itself isn't very popular with many due to unresolved Volhynia massacres[1]. Mostly though people just don't care about a low intensity war that feels far away (even if it isn't). [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia...
  - TeMPOraL 7y ago
    Me, my relatives and some people I know were scared during the first weeks of the invasion, as we feared Russia will steamroll through Ukraine and we'll suddenly find ourselves facing tanks on the eastern border. Over time, we realized that the Russians aren't even trying to advance too far past Crimea, so as the whole thing fell off the media cycle, we all slowly forgot about it over the years.
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by madez 7y ago

blfr 7y ago

We weren't really oppressed by our government. The March events, as they're know here, were mostly homegrown commies pushing out the Jewish wing of the party with decent people getting caught in the purge and following protests. But it was all happening with two hundred thousand Soviet soldiers stationed in the country. The communist government wouldn't have lasted a month without the Soviet support. The situation is different because China is not being occupied by a foreign power. Neither is Turkey.

madez 7y ago
Given that history, are there common opinions and feelings in Poland regarding Russias ongoing war with Ukraine?
- blfr 7y ago
  I don't know anyone who would support Russia in that conflict but Ukraine itself isn't very popular with many due to unresolved Volhynia massacres[1]. Mostly though people just don't care about a low intensity war that feels far away (even if it isn't). [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia...
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  Me, my relatives and some people I know were scared during the first weeks of the invasion, as we feared Russia will steamroll through Ukraine and we'll suddenly find ourselves facing tanks on the eastern border. Over time, we realized that the Russians aren't even trying to advance too far past Crimea, so as the whole thing fell off the media cycle, we all slowly forgot about it over the years.
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