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sadly, Putin lives in 19th century and wants everyone join him there
by codesnik 5y ago
sadly, Putin lives in 19th century and wants everyone join him there
- petre 5y agoRussia is close to a modern day feudal state if you think about it. The only difference is that Putin splits the country's mineral resources with the oligarchy instead of the land. This is coming from an acclaimed Russian novelist, Vladimir Sorokin. This Spiegel interview with Sorokin dates from before the 2008 Russo-Georgian war: https://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/spiegel-interview-with-author-vladimir-sorokin-russia-is-slipping-back-into-an-authoritarian-empire-a-463860.html https://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/spiegel-intervi...
- hprotagonist 5y agoat some level, it’s fair to say that serfdom just never stopped: you can call the leader “tsar”, “comrade”, “president”, or whatever else you want if it makes you happy, but “prole” and “serf” are more or less cognates too.