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There is nothing nationalistic in my statement. I am Russian speaking. My mother tongue is Russian. I've just described how such "brotherhood" is created. Occu
by sergeykish 5y ago
There is nothing nationalistic in my statement. I am Russian speaking. My mother tongue is Russian.
I've just described how such "brotherhood" is created. Occupation regime. RF government use this exact nastalgy to fuel the war. It is not possible to separate means and result.
- dang 5y agoWords like "nationalistic" can mean different things - if you understand the word differently, that's fine. The main thing we're trying to avoid is internet flamewars of all sorts, including the sort where people argue angrily about nations or governments (whichever ones they may be). Such discussions are predictable and nasty, two qualities which are bad for curious conversation, which is what we're going for here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- sergeykish 5y agoYou accept nastalgy about results of forceful conversion, occupation. It feels awful. I've waited several hours, top comment, tried to write objectively. If anything I've tried to explain how much such "brotherhood" costs, how it is achieved. My bad if it looks like it is against specific state. From my perspective Ukraine occupation is an example of what's happening today. Any nostalgic person may visit it, feel it. People live in fear there.
- dang 5y agoI'm sure that's true and I certainly don't deny it, but we need to have space for lots of different comments. The other user wasn't saying anything about current wars.