Russia and Ukraine

[The Architect Of Fate]

And this is just nonsense....

I mean I would spend time refuting each claim in the rant and bring up Adam Tooze's links to Russia and Russian apologists. But at this point, It just feels redundant...

But I will refute some of the nonsense above.


1. The Soviet economy was fucked either way the shock doctrine had  minimal impact on an already dead economy and the oligarchs were going to take over anyway (considering the Soviet Union was already essentially an Oligarchy) and The Soviets are to blame eastern Europes woes due to chronic mismanagement (Chornobyl anyone)


2. Russia's economy is not strong it is stalling its slow and steady collapse. But it's not strong.


3. Putin is not popular an image created by Russian propaganda is popular and that's based on the population's ignorance. But you see cracks in the facade when you watch street interviews and you see the person questioned seem shocked when you tell them some fact about Putin that is less than perfect or ask them a controversial question involving Putin. Then watch them clam up or tell you they don't want to get into trouble. That's not popularity that's Stalin saying that if you don't clap long enough you are dead, And Putin has never stood up to the Oliarches because he is one and he lives off the same plundered wealth they do.


4. The Banderites may have been fascists but they were no less evil than the Soviets they fought against. Who were monsters of a different breed, And in Russia, they are treated like heroes. So I wouldn't be so quick to condemn Ukraine for lionizing some bad people.