Quote (Neptunus @ May 29 2023 05:08am)
Like i said, you never had anything to say and find the weirdest excuses to avoid it. Pseudointellectual naysayers, i swear to god.
My view is only partly shaped by being Fin. I have personal reasons to also known the Rus part, i deal with Russian people and Ukrainian people at work, and a general curiosity for things outside my circles. My friends are of course Western historians, despite many of them getting degrees abroad. What youre saying is alarmingly similar to covid and vaccine denialists. Academics are still much more qualified to make judgements than laymen and thats why i put trust in it, they arent god, but laymen are definitely not god. You dont go to a car mechanic for health advice either, but you have no choice but to trust a doctor or a collection of doctors. If you do get your health info from a car mechanic, youd be wise taking it with a grain of salt.
Of course its not Soviet. But Russia overlaps by far the most with the Soviets. Its a market friendly Communist China without communism.
If you are content with saying Russia =/= Soviet and are done with it, what options do i have other than saying "no, Russia = Soviet is true to an extent" and leave it at that.
Lol see you in a week when you come back to whine and get BTFO again