@gChojnow now they're replacing them with indians. indians need a visa, thus it's easier to control and deport them.
russian police being hella racist also helps - you will never get your docs checked if you're white. if you're not - every fucking day.
@gChojnow there are tons of migrants, but they live in a parallel society, there is still much less of them with respect to locals (there are lots of russians), and since 2024 they cannot stay after work, they can't get a passport without going to war and they can't bring their families
@gChojnow one thing that gives me hope, however, is the way russia managed migration. seriously, in 20-30 years it might look good compared to the eu simply because it didn't fuck up its racial composition. economically it's meh, politically - it's so fucking over.
@gChojnow there is a massive suppressed demand for democratization, while liberalism is basically morally bankrupt. the question of private property still remains in the air unsolved. there is a massive distrust of both the west and china, but russia is too small to be on its own.
@gChojnow yeltsin wasn't really interested in joining nato when clinton proposed it. putin was - but bush administration was dominated by neocons and other cold war relics. obama and trump were more open minded - but putin already became hostile.
@gChojnow nonetheless, it's kind of a hyperbole to compare russia to weimar germany. for better or worse we're simply too old and exhausted to pull a hitler. and now - even more exhausted than in the 90s. good chance that after putin we'll become isolationist for a good couple of decades.
@gChojnow this is more of an analysis on why anti-western autocracy was completely expected and avoidable at the same time. was this a wise decision? long-term - probably not, as it seems like the west will lose the new cold war with china, as it doesn't have nearly as much resources