Estonia is never beating the Nazi allegations. I swear to god every time this country comes up it always has to do with something fascist-adjacent. I feel bad but every time I see the flag it’s like a jump scare at this point (apologies to any Estonian comrades).

Yeah thats the vibe I got from the RT article. I guess he’s targeting conservatives in general. It is interesting though, I’m definitely not part of the demographic he’s looking for, if another country (like China) did I would jump at the opportunity.

Xi Jinping, if you can hear us please, Xi Jinping please save me

The fact that this meme is still so relevant is very telling.

Here’s an article from RT about this:

https://www.rt.com/russia/602802-russia-residency-traditiona-values/

I’ve come to the conclusion that they would rather be comfortable in the empire than watch it fall. They want to stabilize the empire instead of destroying it.

I had to look up who that was lol and I fear you’re probably right

Ehh I don’t know about that. Canada is on the decline, it was never great but even our bare bones healthcare system is being stripped and will most likely be privatized in the near future.

It’s annoying as a university student as well because we are always lectured heavily on writing directly, not colourfully. We have to state the information outright and a penalized for flowery prose. So seeing this type of writing published just makes me frustrated. They think it adds to the immersion, but it actually does the opposite. I’m here to read an article, not Lord of the Rings. I just want the information, not a short story. It actually makes the article harder to read and get through when it’s focused on “world building” rather than the situation at hand. I wonder if it has to do with the journalists wanting to spin an inspiration narrative about Ukraine, to keep up public support.

The order to move crackled over the radios at dawn on August 6th.

I really do hate it when articles try to be novels, it really just takes me out of it.