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@VHautaniemi @rinalu_ You are dodging my question, i was not asking about the USSR, i was asking about today. The fact you can only bring up USSR (a country that ceased to exist 30+years ago) as an answer, just strengthens my original question.

@kaay226 @rinalu_ That's why so many of us fled to the USSR. And more countries wanted to be occupied... Sorry, that was only a dream. A nightmare...

Every time someone mentions Soviet Lithuania, Westerners say one word: occupation. But nobody mentions that the "occupiers" built entire residential districts that look better than most Western housing today. This video from Vilnius proves it - and the contrast is uncomfortable to watch.

That's how it used to be back then when i was in university. Me and my group of friends had different views and had fierce debates, but it never crossed our minds that it could affect our friendship. This changed today, the same people i used to debate with back then, will remove me from their friend list and even block me if i dare to challenge their views.

One of my strongest convictions is that people are vastly more than the sum of their political beliefs and that friendships among people who disagree about politics are not only healthy, but necessary for a complete and empathetic understanding of the world.

@Z1goter @durov Can you provide evidence that this was the reason for his release? Can you provide evidence that an investigation against him is still ongoing? Investigation conducted by whom? And on what charges?

@kaay226 @durov 1. Durov was released because his maximum allowed police questioning period (96 hours) expired. There is no mystery. And investigation against him is still ongoing. 4. Can you name these organizations and link their statements regarding telegram?

Telegram was banned in Russia — yet 50M+ Russians still use it daily via VPNs. The government has spent years trying to ban VPNs too. Their blocking attempts just triggered a massive banking failure — cash briefly became the only payment method nationwide.

Circumstantial evidence only 1. Pavel Durov brags during several interviews, how Western agencies tried to coerce him and threaten him into giving them access to Telegram codes, and how he refused valiantly. 2. Pavel Durov gets arrested in France under serious charges 3. Pavel Durov gets released mysteriously after only few days. 4. Some security entities start claiming that Telegram is no longer safe because all traffic can be accessed by Western authorities. There is no evidence that what Snowden said was true, or any other whistleblower for that matter, but connecting the dots draws a compelling picture.

@kaay226 @durov Do you have any evidence to back up the claim that telegram is spying on people and leaking data to "the west"?

Many questions are actually implicit statements. Example: "who hurt you?" It implies someone hurt someone, so it's as much a statement as it is a question. Also funny you say i'm confrontational...the kettle calls the pot black. Pro Tip: don't try to look smart when you are not.

@kaay226 @PAHoyeck It’s clearly a question, as indicated by the question mark. Why are you so confrontational? Who hurt you?

I've seen so many people seek happiness in all the wrong places: sex, money, drugs, fame. If philosophy has taught me one thing, it's that happiness doesn't come from those thing. Happiness comes from crushing your opponents with logic.

@Chekhov96947516 @Jevgeniy5 @MichaelAArouet Aww, you are so cruel, it's like telling a small kid there's no Santa. The only difference is the small kid will actually understand, while the Black Sea diggers will not.

@Jevgeniy5 @MichaelAArouet There was no Ukraine in the 17th century.

Russia has one of the highest HIV, prostitution, divorce, alcoholism, substance abuse, and abortion rates in Europe, yet the MAGA crowd somehow deems it the last bastion of Christian values. Aren’t they cute?

@marissenmark We're losing the door to door postal service and you daydreaming of high speed rail. Let's get on our bicycles and pedal in the dusk. If that fails, there's always MAiD.

I just came back from a trip to Japan. The Japanese could figure out how to provide their citizens high speed rail. There’s no reason why we can’t. Don’t let Pierre Poilievre deny Canadians high speed rail. If we need help and advice from the Japanese, let’s get it.

@subtext0r @Doar_Romania Te-ai ridicat atât de sus stimatul meu amic Încât îmi pari de-aici de jos, atât de mic

@kaay226 @Doar_Romania Sofocle, tonul e sus, nivelul e jos, dar sunt sigur ca poti mai mult 🫶🫶👍

Știe cineva cum se ajunsese în situația asta? Ce a însemnat pentru populația românească? Ce ar fi urmat dacă România nu ar fi avut o seamă de „antisemiți” ca Eminescu, Octavian Goga, Nicolae Paulescu, Nicolae Iorga etc.? Basarabia 👇

@sopjap That's why he's a professor at Yale 🤣 He could always say it was an April fools joke tho

Can’t nobody fool Timothy Snyder! He’s always ten steps ahead

This might seem excessive to an outsider, but this kind of propaganda has already been used as a weapon against Russia (the case of pussy riot). For a country like Russia where population decline is an existential threat, stopping these deviant activities in public places is a must. My problem with Russia is they go hard against such things even when they happen in private spaces. With this i cannot agree, as long as they don't go public, they should be left alone.

URA reports that a court in Kaliningrad has fined the open-air nightclub “Kaup” over alleged “propagation” of BDSM and “non-traditional sexual relations.” The case stems from a 2025 event where a photo zone with BDSM-themed props was set up and made accessible to visitors. The court said the “demonstration of attributes of a psychosexual subculture” could generate interest in such activities, issuing a fine of $10,000. A separate case related to photos and videos posted online from a party at the venue (including images of BDSM props and same-sex kissing) led to an additional $12,500. fine. The court ruled such materials “form non-traditional sexual attitudes.” The ruling, upheld by the Kaliningrad Regional Court, could set a precedent for similar cases in Russia.

@lnkldt @sopjap Really now? Georgia was enjoying the highest subsidy per capita of all the soviet states. Also wonder what's your metric for measuring how much it sucks being poor in different times and places...and political systems.

@sopjap You should visit Bulgaria, Sopo. Being poor sucks everywhere but being poor in Bulgaria today does not suck as much as, say, being poor in Georgia circa 1979 (you may be too young to know).

Bulgaria is always a clear example for me why ‘being in the EU’ doesn’t resolve any of the real problems people face, contrary to Georgian eurofanatics. This liberal prescription is a failed one. ‘Bulgaria’s poverty rate is 37 per cent, among the highest in the EU. Seventy-four per cent of those aged 14 to 29 are considering emigration in pursuit of a higher standard of living. Bulgarian sociologist Jivko Georgiev has sharply diagnosed the impasse: ‘We live in a present so impotent that it lacks the strength to become the past.’ newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

@Doar_Romania Asta te-am intrebat.

@kaay226 Ce au făcut antisemiții ăia enumerați de mine?

Obama also signed the national defense authorization act which allowed the army to be used against the population. It was unconstitutional and he was sued for it by Chris Hedges, but in the end Obama won (duh). Obama also signed the Schmidt-Mund authorization act, allowing propaganda (psy-op) to be used inside the country. Great president indeed, a true lover of America and it's freedoms.

@sneako Obama started more wars than any US president in History, and bailed out Wall Street in 2009. Fuck that guy

I miss Barack Obama man

Am trăit în perioada Iliescu și tot ce pot să spun e că-l consider a fi singurul președinte care nu a fost anti-român. Democrația de tip suedez ar fi fost o idee bună, dar cineva a hotărât că "copacul suedez trebuie să cadă". Deciziile lui Iliescu trebuiesc considerate în context. Să dai vina pe Iliescu pentru problemele României e foarte convenabil pentru cei care au jecmănit și manipulat timp de 30 de ani.

Daca Romania ramanea la nivelul de productie si de integrare pe tot lantul de la productie pana la desfacere ca inainte de Lovirutie, eram o mica China. Vindeam ieftin si calitativ. De asta ne-au facut zob, ca sa va fie clar. Partea cea mai trista este ca au gasit atatia antiromani ca Iliescu, incat le-a iesit.

NATO never was about security though. Mark Rutte and Marco Rubio both stated that NATO is an instrument to project US geopolitical power. NATO countries were used like attack dogs against Yugoslavia, Libya, Afghanistan. The problem is how to get out of NATO without triggering the wrath of the hegemon? What "medium-sized" powers in Europe are trying to do now is too little too late. If they had half a brain, or half a sovereignty, they would stop their self destructive efforts to break Russia.

France is in NATO. Surely it’s ridiculous to talk about “standing up to the US” while relying on it for security?

@OlgaBazova Or maybe he's looking at the pile of money he got for writing his many nonsense posts and wondering: was it worth it?

I wonder if Timothy Snyder ever reads his comments and goes: "Damn, people really got me figured out for a sell out imbecile that I am?"

@Cfcn1opi @BrianMcDonaldIE Yeah, i hear you man, nothing spells Russian imperialism and lack of moral compass louder than saying Russia has toilets.

@BrianMcDonaldIE A vile little creature you are. Constantly shilling for a KGB/FSB spy state laundering Russian imperialism. You should be utterly ashamed of yourself and your total lack of moral compass.

@subtext0r @Doar_Romania Nenea Istrate, mai pune bre mâna pe carte și învață să citești și să-nțelegi un text scris. Niște istorie de bază ți-ar prinde bine de asemenea. Cât despre Netfilx și cercurile în care mă-nvârt ...asta se numește proiecție Freudiană 🤣

@kaay226 @Doar_Romania domne, eu n-am comis niciun pogrom și nici apropiații mei, nu știu ce să spun despre dumneata în schimb, sau despre cercurile în care te învârți... cat despre garzi de fier, de aluminium sau alte metale, cred ca te uiti prea mult pe Netflix...🫶

In my humble opinion, no, you did not get this right. The reasons for attacking Iran were multiple: Grab one more massive oil and gas reserve. Cut an important and vital oil supply for China. Bring the Gulf states to heel by increasing the US military (occupation) presence. So far all seems to point out that things are going rather well for the US. Of course this move poses an immediate existential threat to China, and a future existential threat to Russia, so we'll see how things evolve. Pro Tip: it is essential to stop listening to a single word the orange clown and his cabal are saying. It's all lies with the sole intention of creating confusion.

Did I get this right? Trump created a massive problem for the world with an unprovoked attack on the guardians of one of the world’s most important shipping lanes. And now he is incandescent with rage because the world isn’t fixing it for him. Hmm