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Jokes aside, the recent MAGA talk of buying Greenland and taking over the Panama Canal and annexing Canada is an example of the same kind of vindictive national
by pavlov 2y ago
Jokes aside, the recent MAGA talk of buying Greenland and taking over the Panama Canal and annexing Canada is an example of the same kind of vindictive nationalist mindset that rose in Russia after 2000.
Nobody in Russia cared about Ukraine in the late 1990s. They were the harmless neighbors who talk a bit funny, just like Americans think of Canada. Invading their country wasn’t on anyone’s agenda.
Putin built it up gradually over decades. Ukrainians are actually Russians, it’s not a real country, they’re colluding with foreigners and ruled by fascists, etc.
Americans should be careful with this talk. It always starts as a jokey provocation.
- mantas 2y agoRussia had plenty of it's own problems in late 90s. But Russia has a loooooong history of issues with what is modern Ukraine.
- pavlov 2y agoThe United States also has a long history of issues with what is modern Canada. They attempted an invasion in 1812. That’s the kind of ancient nonsense that nationalists love to dig up.
- mantas 2y agoMoscow had issues with Kiev before Americas were found by Europeans. And invaded it multiple times, many of them successfully. Including in 20th century. With a genocide. Bucha was not something strange when you take into account last 100 years. Or 1000.
- aguaviva 2y agoNot even. Russia has issues with itself. Not Ukraine. And its regime has mega issues in regard to its long-term survival. Which it attempts to redirect, by causing issues for Ukraine. That's what the last 11 years have been about, in a nutshell.