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Yes, but why? Why do these people have to suffer all the time? One reason I heard my Russian friends repeating is that "it's a bit country so we need a strong

Yes, but why? Why do these people have to suffer all the time? One reason I heard my Russian friends repeating is that "it's a bit country so we need a strong ruler to keep it together". But history shows this is not true. Also a federation of states like the USA would probably work better than the current setup where a short guy from Moscow is sending Buryat boys to die in a country they haven't seen before.

5e92cb50239222b 4y ago
> a federation of states like the USA would probably work better than the current setup where a short guy from Moscow is sending Buryat boys to die in a country they haven't seen before Excuse my ignorance… but how is it different from a tall guy from Connecticut sending, I dunno, Montana boys to die in a country they haven't even heard of? I'm just trying to understand the difference.
- butterfly771 4y ago
RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
History does not show this is true. Russia has historically been invaded by such people as Genghis Khan(actually his grandson, Tamerlane, Napoleon, Charles )I forget which one) of Sweden, and Hitler. The USA on the other hand is protected by two oceans and has not had a foreign army on the continent since 1815.
- rasz 4y ago
  >Russia has historically been invaded by such people as Genghis Khan(actually his grandson, Tamerlane, Napoleon, Charles )I forget which one) of Sweden, and Hitler. here is a fun one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_occupation_of_Moscow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_occu... Russia really doesnt like the fact Poland not only occupied Moscow, but also got Kings son elected Tzar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_monarchs#Tsars_of_Russia_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_monarchs#Tsars...
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
  What I mean is the attitude of the rulers toward their own people, not other countries, these are two separate things. In Russia, you basically have a long history of peasants and common folk trying to get free and the tsars suppressing them. Finally in 1917 they managed to overthrow their ruler only to discover they had been duped again, and the red tsardom was even worse than the white one. And it basically never ended: most Russians have never had a chance to live in a free country. And for some reason they stopped rebelling [0]. [0] Some people blame the spirits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7l55ZOVIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7l55ZOVIc

5e92cb50239222b 4y ago

> a federation of states like the USA would probably work better than the current setup where a short guy from Moscow is sending Buryat boys to die in a country they haven't seen before Excuse my ignorance… but how is it different from a tall guy from Connecticut sending, I dunno, Montana boys to die in a country they haven't even heard of? I'm just trying to understand the difference.

butterfly771 4y ago

RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago

History does not show this is true. Russia has historically been invaded by such people as Genghis Khan(actually his grandson, Tamerlane, Napoleon, Charles )I forget which one) of Sweden, and Hitler. The USA on the other hand is protected by two oceans and has not had a foreign army on the continent since 1815.

rasz 4y ago
>Russia has historically been invaded by such people as Genghis Khan(actually his grandson, Tamerlane, Napoleon, Charles )I forget which one) of Sweden, and Hitler. here is a fun one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_occupation_of_Moscow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_occu... Russia really doesnt like the fact Poland not only occupied Moscow, but also got Kings son elected Tzar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_monarchs#Tsars_of_Russia_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_monarchs#Tsars...
hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
What I mean is the attitude of the rulers toward their own people, not other countries, these are two separate things. In Russia, you basically have a long history of peasants and common folk trying to get free and the tsars suppressing them. Finally in 1917 they managed to overthrow their ruler only to discover they had been duped again, and the red tsardom was even worse than the white one. And it basically never ended: most Russians have never had a chance to live in a free country. And for some reason they stopped rebelling [0]. [0] Some people blame the spirits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7l55ZOVIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7l55ZOVIc