• hitwright@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    You keep clinging on little details. Russia is an empire due to how many smaller nations were conquered to the east. Just like USA is an Empire etc. Current rebranding doesn’t change the fact.

    Fuck ton of countries were fascist just before and during WWII. It’s not a serious argument to make here. Fascism is just getting to power without democratic means.

    And for the Finns. I honestly feel sad for you, if you believe there is a conspiracy theory that managed to brainwash an entire nation.

    • TheOubliette
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      5 hours ago

      Those “little details” are the core facts in contradiction of your claims.

      Russia is an empire due to how many smaller nations were conquered to the east.

      The Russian Empire did so. The Soviets and RF did not. Though if we are speaking of conquering nations, the US certainly did so, and remains the same political entity it did during its genocides of indigenous Americans. The transitions to the USSR and the RF were in no way trivial, it was not just some rebranding. Both were cataclysmic.

      Fuck ton of countries were fascist just before and during WWII. It’s not a serious argument to make here.

      A handful of European countries were fascist around WWII. It is of course a basic fact and remains a deep stain. Please do your best to not normalize Nazi collaboration.

      Fascism is just getting to power without democratic means.

      That is not what fascism is at all. Not even under erroneous liberal definitions.

      And for the Finns. I honestly feel sad for you, if you believe there is a conspiracy theory that managed to brainwash an entire nation.

      False historical narratives do not require grand conspiracy theories. Just the very normal and common process of manufacturing consent.