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Many were optimistic after the fall of the USSR ("end of history" and all that) that Russia would develop into a liberal democracy that would concentrate on imp
by jabl 4y ago
Many were optimistic after the fall of the USSR ("end of history" and all that) that Russia would develop into a liberal democracy that would concentrate on improving the lives of its citizens, and engage in mutually beneficial peaceful trade with other countries, while respecting their sovereignty. But, the Russian leadership chose differently, aggression and imperialism, and are now reaping what they sowed. Whining over Finland choosing to take steps to protect it from Russian aggression is the whine of sad, small, and entitled men.
- foverzar 4y agoWow. Well, I can share that quite a lot of Russians share mutual perspective these days. Kinda makes one wonder how come the privileged part of the world that lead us after "the end of history" now seems to have strained or even terrible relations with Russia, China, India, most of the Middle East (even Saudis are super grumpy at this point), half of Africa, and even souther parts of Americas. All this talk of "mutually beneficial peaceful trade" and "respect for sovereignty" is cheap and empty - systemically confirmed in practice in many parts of the world, in different environments, tested against one constant.