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"I wish it hadn't taken 12000 tanks and missiles to bring me higher pensions" Yes, these things truly are the same! Just two sides of the same coin.
by stefan_ 3y ago
"I wish it hadn't taken 12000 tanks and missiles to bring me higher pensions"
Yes, these things truly are the same! Just two sides of the same coin.
- zdragnar 3y agoI apologize if that equivalence was implied in my statement. I'm imperfectly recalling a conversation I had almost a year ago at this point. I think a better phrasing would be, given the option of who governed where they lived, the social benefits were a stronger draw than any sort of patriotic or nationalistic feeling they had toward Kiev. I suspect many in Moscow expected this to go like the annexation of Crimea went- probably illegitimate, but small enough that it would be over quickly. After all, how could the tiny country of Ukraine possibly expect to hold a small territory out against the entire Russian military? Clearly, that's not what happened. I don't think anyone living there now is glad it happened like this, let alone the people who aren't alive to voice their opinion on the matter.