Based left

Soviet involvement in Angola was retarded because we spent billions on financing the MLPA's war against UNITA and South Africa and they never even gave us a naval base. The one Angolan Communist who was genuinely pro-Soviet was Nito Alves, whom they executed. The entire Angolan war was retarded. Cuban troops protecting American-owned oil installations in Cabinda from attacks by American-backed UNITA with weapons provided by the USSR. Then in 1990 the MLPA simply dropped Marxism and became pro-US. Soviet involvement in Angola produced nothing but a shitty useless pseudo-ally for 15 years.

Tell me the one person in history who, if they had lived an additional one, five, or even ten years, could have significantly changed the world.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump, in a post earlier on TruthSocial, referred to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who is often considered “Europe’s Last Dictator” and has been in power since 1994, as “Highly Respected President Alexander Lukashenko,” adding that he looks forward to seeing him “at the next Board of Peace meeting!”

If you could name the first city on Mars, what would it be called?

🇵🇱❓🇷🇺 The most striking difference between Poles and Russians. While we're on the subject of Polish-Russian relations, Poles perceive nationality much differently than Russians. 🇵🇱 The Polish Perception of Nationality. For most Poles, nationality is something deeply personal, historical, and opposed to the government. Polish identity was largely shaped by centuries of statelessness (partitions, occupations, communism). The nation existed even when the state did not exist – thanks to culture, language, Catholic religion, tradition, and resistance. Poles often view the state with distance or distrust: "the state is an institution that can limit me or betray me." Nationality is ethical and cultural – "being Polish" means feeling like an heir to a specific history, not loyalty to the current government. Strong individualism + romanticism: freedom, rebellion, "us versus them." After 1989, Poland became a classic nation-state – ethnically and culturally homogeneous, unlike countries such as Russia, the USA or Türkiye, which perceive their nationality differently. Therefore, people unfamiliar with the Polish perspective can seriously offend a Poles without even realizing it, which often leads to arguments. ---------- 🇷🇺 The Russian perception of nationality. For Russians, identity is much more closely tied to the state. Nation and state are often fused into one. "Being Russian" often means a sense of belonging to a large, multinational state organism, in which ethnic Russianness is intertwined with civic identity – Russian citizen vs. ethnic Russian. Russian history is one of constant territorial expansion and the absorption of other nations. Identity is more collective, centered around a strong central authority that protects against chaos. ☦️ reinforces this vision: Moscow as the "Third Rome," the state as a sacred mission. Russian identity is less oppositional to the government. For Poles, such a vision of nationality is perceived as a great threat and the introduction of such a vision in Poland would mean existential death for Poles. ---------- 🇵🇱 💢 🇷🇺 What does this look like in practice? A Pole can be very critical of the Polish government and yet deeply patriotic ("I love Poland, but I hate what our government or president is doing"). For a Pole, insulting the president or government of Russia is only insulting a specific person, not the entire nation, but Russians perceive it as insulting the whole of Russia and all its inhabitants. A Russian more often equates criticism of the Russian government with an attack on Russia itself – hence, they more readily accept strong leadership as a guarantee of "greatness." Russians often want to demonstrate in some way that they are not hostile, believing that if the government or Polish president is "pro-Russian," Poles will not be hostile. This is a mistake, because Poles then perceive such a Russian as a supporter of one of the political parties. ---------- what do you think about it?

JUST IN: 🇩🇪🇺🇸 Germany's AfD party calls for all US troops to withdraw from the country.