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It would be nice if there was a Russian-speaking community with Western values, out of reach of Russian government. But realistically, if you taught your kids R
by Viliam1234 5y ago
It would be nice if there was a Russian-speaking community with Western values, out of reach of Russian government. But realistically, if you taught your kids Russian, it would probably just expose them to Russian values and propaganda of Russian government. I guess you did the right thing, but it's sad that you had to.
- anovikov 5y agoExactly, most Russian-language content is the pro-Putin one because he's supported by almost everyone. Imagine U.S. where the MAGA crowd was not ~45% but about 85% of society, and kept that way for generations - would you be still proud to be American? I'm even glad Trump got to be a thing. At least it's not difficult to explain what's going on in Russia anymore.
- anovikov 5y agoAnd it's not about reach of Russian government. It's about being Russian itself. I have nothing against Putin - he's just riding the wave (just like Trump did not invent the "American idiot" - he's just riding him). I see the very essence of being Russian as evil. Just take Communism: it's not a Russian invention. It's invented in Germany by a bunch of mostly Jews. But it didn't stick in either Germany of Israel - Russians wholeheartedly embraced it as an excuse to destroy their pre-existing society (which was mostly ran by foreigners - Germans mainly - Russians been mostly in lower classes - and yet it was evil, too), set on a path to destroy the world.
- CRConrad 5y agoI suppose the "White Russian"[§] emigré / exile community of the 1920s and 30s in cities like London and Paris kind of died out... Most of them were nobility anyway, so at a guess their descendants might be too snobbish to mingle with GP in any case. ___ [§]: Not "White Russia" as in Byelorussia / Belarus; "White" as opposed to "Red".