I'm starting to believe in simulation theory. I think the fall of the USSR was the planned end and now some alien is just seeing what wacky hijinks they can cause in our world.
Lol they consider communism worse than Nazism, but they decide to keep the statue and change the emblem. The equivalent of a democrat keeping a confederate statue and putting an afro on its head. How can anyone take these people seriously?
Just for the sake of discussion, this is an odd thing to do, right? To repurpose monuments? I feel like you either tear them down wholecloth or have them around as some sort of memorial. To have national pride in a monument, except that one bit, seems so odd.
I like repurposing monuments when it's funny, like that one confederate statue where someone cut off the rider but left the horse, and over the plaque they just spraypainted HORSE
That’s because the country rejects its rich history within the USSR in favor of random psychopaths massacring people and selling their countrymen and country to the wolves. What culture is there left to be proud of when you denounce your culture? You either start from scratch, or you desperately delude yourself by appropriating what was already there.
Ukrainian nationalists and liberals will “ACKSHUALLY” when you mention “Soviets” fought against fascism or liberated Auschwitz because “it was Ukrainians who did it.” That’s correct, but they’re desperate to make it a vacuum to create a new narrative. Same with them banning V-Day even though it’s a celebration of ALL soviets defeating fascism and replaced it with some generic bullshit while inviting the US to participate.
liberated Auschwitz because “it was Ukrainians who did it.”
Seen this before but not sure where this comes from because *ackshually* the 322nd rifle division was formed in the Moscow military district and was 90% Russian at its inception. Haven't really looked into the anti-communists' claim though.
It's because they're trying to convince everyone that the USSR had no place in their nation's history aside from the bad stuff
It's why they covered the hammer and sickle, it's why they turned that Lenin statue into Darth Vader and it's why they keep lifting a murderous piece of shit like Bandera up as a national icon
Blow the legs out of the 100m statue surrounded by well over 100+m of hillside full of shrubs and just leave the pieces there as a new, powerful memorial seems so much easier than doing 100m high construction work that falls apart after a year
the trident sucks and is ugly. why does nobody talk about this. also the blue and yellow flag is cringe as hell. people need to talk about how bad the aesthetics of the ukraine seems to be.