It goes both ways. The communist world will have birthmarks from capitalism. And the post-Soviet world will have birthmarks from socialism. Russian diplomats, no need to wonder: this urge for historical context is a legacy of a greater time.
Trying to get foreign diplomats out of their bourgeois metaphysics is going to to be an uphill battle. Not least because it’s not just intellectual obstinance but also a fistful of intellectual dishonesty; a concerted effort by the greatest propaganda machine in history to descontextualise the relations. Best of luck to them.
I hope that in their efforts, they are forced to continue the same process at home and notice that the only way to greatness and happiness is along a familiar path.
Ah that is fair. In the socialist groups I’m in, people are memetically calling this reactionary dream RTWL - Russia That We Lost (in reference to the crocodile tears you’ve mentioned)
It goes both ways. The communist world will have birthmarks from capitalism. And the post-Soviet world will have birthmarks from socialism. Russian diplomats, no need to wonder: this urge for historical context is a legacy of a greater time.
Trying to get foreign diplomats out of their bourgeois metaphysics is going to to be an uphill battle. Not least because it’s not just intellectual obstinance but also a fistful of intellectual dishonesty; a concerted effort by the greatest propaganda machine in history to descontextualise the relations. Best of luck to them.
I hope that in their efforts, they are forced to continue the same process at home and notice that the only way to greatness and happiness is along a familiar path.
Putin implementing reactionary policies: “That’s exactly what I was saying”
Not like that, Putin!
Another day another banger
Are you suggesting soviet policies were reactionary and are being implemented by putin?
No, I was joking about conservatives acting like they’re just bringing back Wholesome™ values from the past that never actually existed
Ah that is fair. In the socialist groups I’m in, people are memetically calling this reactionary dream RTWL - Russia That We Lost (in reference to the crocodile tears you’ve mentioned)
well put