@CornfedLeftist@CaydenMarkland That’s so easy to say from the US. I’m an Estonian leftist and NATO is the only thing that separates us from Russian imperialism.
@Kamil26515@Academists1721 Yeah, but you're trying to compare 2 totally different things. In Estonia, an occupier made the choice to destroy a town and ethnically cleanse it, I don't know why you're bringing France into this.
@Kamil26515@Academists1721 How does that justify not letting the locals return? The town was very rebuildable, most house walls were still standing until the 50s, when they were finally decided to be demolished to make way for ugly soviet architecture.
@Kamil26515@Academists1721 It was a result of the war that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union started. Locals were barred from returning, classic Russian chauvinism.
@VXerikos@Avarentusx@lechitique4434 That's the thing. People are interested in different stuff. If someone is interested in politics, they might know Kaja Kallas, if they're interested in sports, they might know Erki Nool, if they're interested in music, they might know Arvo Pärt.
@CrabIsMeat@commsurreallism Sped up the process? Estonia was per capita wealthier than the USSR before WW2, on par or even wealthier than Finland. The USSR built industry but for what? To give the wealth and produce to Moscow and Leningrad.
@PaulOfThuringia@KY4M1STRETVRNED They were never countries to begin with because they were part of the Soviet Union from the get go, and Russian Empire before. Doesn't that prove the destructiveness of Soviet and Russian rule?