MeanwhileOnGrad
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Meanwhile On Grad
Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!
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History of eastern Europe is the Achilles heel for the Tankies.
It literally destroys their entire narrative.
The best counter argument they have is some vague 1990s polls that the proles regretted the fall of USSR.
I am sure there is a poll of some boomer whining about it. They sure love that 50 kopek salami...
Tankies will ignore the actual referendum and current opinions and the current behaviour of the Russian Federation who ain't even a commie no more
A lot of people did end up regretting the fall of the USSR. The way that it fell, with things formerly owned by the state being snapped up by the oligarchs, meant that life got significantly worse for a lot of people, especially people that were older. If they had gotten a western-style liberal democracy--which, to be clear, ain't great--they probably would have felt differently. But the corruption fucked the people over far, far faster than it has in the west.
And are we better of now? Yes... no one except the Russians want the USSR back.