Botond173
31m ago
True. But I don't think the choice is merely between fighting and not fighting at all.
Botond173
32m ago
Nostalgia for the bygone days of socialism – I imagine not (again, the Baltics and Poland are probably an exception more or less, in the latter case the reason being that there is scarce nostalgia to begin with)
Sympathy for Russia or merely Russian ‘imperialist’ sentiments for whatever reason – yes
Support for Marxism-Leninism – also yes, bit I imagine to a much lesser degree
Botond173
3hr ago
It's really just another way of saying that people misread the mandate they actually had and overreached into nonsensical and unpopular areas.
I remember one alt-right argument that was skeptical of Trump from the beginning, namely that he is likely to antagonize, further radicalize and energize the Woke but at the same time is rather unlikely to render any direct or indirect assistance to the struggle against them, or to their victims. Of all the criticism directed at Trump from anywhere, I was sure that this has the strongest legs to stand on and will also have severe consequences down the line. From a rightist perspective, one’d think that radicalizing the leftists only makes any sense if you’re planning to use that as a pretext to crack down on them. If you’re unwilling to do that, there’s no point in it at all.
Botond173
4hr ago
On the other hand, this sounds like the exact type of woman to falsely accuse you of raping her, so you likely dodged a bullet.
This piece of advice exists precisely for this and other similar reasons (domestic violence etc). The issue isn't whether you get to smash or not, but what happens to you afterwards.
Botond173
4hr ago
The overall narrative is ‘woke is dead and incidentally it never actually existed’.
Botond173
4hr ago
I think it’s more accurate to describe all this as autocratic and despotic in spirit, with a legacy that goes back centuries.
in non-Russian-aligned Slavic nations communism is widely stigmatized
I’d opt to nitpick here. This in large part is taking place in the Baltics, and they aren’t Slavic. Also, the reason these symbols got banned is not that these represent Communist ideology but because they were the symbols of the Soviet state, which is in turn interpreted as another vessel of Russian imperialism, which is seen as seeking to dissolve the national character of proud smaller nations under its rule. In other words, the ban is not of ideological intent but driven by nationalism and cultural considerations.
I’d argue it also more or less describes old local communists in the entire former Soviet Bloc, Falangists and other Franco supporters in Spain after 1975 (for a few decades, at least), Italian fascists and Japanese nationalists after 1945 (or at least after US occupation ended).
Botond173
6hr ago
Calling something crazy doesn’t even necessarily imply that there were mistakes. It simply means trivializing something as harmless and just a fun memory of sorts. Like saying ‘that punk concert the other day sure was crazy’.
Botond173
7hr ago
I’d call it Woke 4.0 or 5.0. ‘Racism’ is a Trotskyite concept from the ‘20s. The concept of ‘Whiteness’ was developed and popularized in the late ‘60s. Feminist theories that became law in the 2010s such as the Duluth Model and affirmative/enthusiastic consent (the concept of ‘yes means yes’ as opposed to ‘no means no’) were developed in the ‘90s. ‘Critical race theory’ is from the ‘80s or so. And the list goes on. Otherwise I agree. I’d nitpick about Kony2012 as I guess it was mostly and correctly seen as harmless and organized by a lunatic.
Botond173
1d ago
I guess the fitting parallel would be clueless Evangelical beta chumps, gamer nerds or red-piller right-wing MAGA chuds writing romantasy novels aimed at women, featuring content they think women should be reading.
Botond173
1d ago
You're welcome, no need to mention it. It bears mentioning here that Austro-Hungarian POWs in Italian or French captivity were not yet released at the time of these events, as there was no peace treaty in effect yet.
Botond173
1d ago
I can't go into a supermarket novel aisle without seeing three full shelves of romantasy novels about plucky young women with magical powers drawing the obsessive affections of foreboding but ultimately caring men. So where are the novels about clueless but good-hearted losers reincarnating into rpg worlds with a special skill that makes them irresistable to a harem of ninja babes?
At risk of stating the completely obvious, I'll say that men normally respond to visual titillation. Women, on the other hand, do not. That explains much of this phenomenon.
Botond173
1d ago
I'd argue you're mistaken. When the Hungarian equivalent of Freikorps, which is what these loyalist troops essentially were at the time, took power after the fall of the local Soviet Republic, they were indeed commonly called 'Whites' (I can't tell if they also applied this label to themselves but that's not really relevant). It's true that these were WW1 veterans. But very few if any of them were former POWs back home from Russia. As far as I know, those POWs who did return were interned in camps as they were seen as potential agents, agitators and subversives. Very few of them ever rejoined the army, much less the local Freikorps.
Botond173
1d ago
It's simply a sign of the visible appearance of feminist influence in the subculture.
Botond173
1d ago
I’m fairly certain though that Black men who hijack luxury cars, to the extent that such a phenomenon exists, are usually violent criminals with a long record and do not believe that DEI policies are keeping them from having a career as car drivers. This doesn’t apply to Russell.
Botond173
2d ago
As a mere layman I'm assuming that when a labia gets battered all the time, possibly both by large dicks and large dildos, it assumes the form akin to roasted beef alluded to above.
Botond173
2d ago
As an aside. Do you think Bear was the villain or not?
Every decision he makes just worsens the situation for everyone, that is for sure.
A mousy girl uses a One Wish Willow to date Chad that she's read about in all her romantasy slop and have her Disney Princess experience, and it turns out that actually being raped isn't as good as it seems even if he's the man of your dreams.
I’m guessing this would likely unintentionally turn the story into another 50 Shades... For the scenario you describe to be workable the love interest would have to transform from an attractive Chad into a clingey, icky, dangerous incel neckbeard, basically the female version of Nikki, because he needs to be repulsive for this to work. And that would render it all unrelatable.
Botond173
2d ago
Noted, thanks. But again, I'd point out that said POWs were not, and never did become, Whites.
Botond173
2d ago
Noted. I'd mention that 'stretching of the labia' as an explanation sort of goes against the theory about this being an urban myth, I assume.
Botond173
2d ago
I see. So - I'm guessing you had to watch the movies before writing the scene descriptions?
According to Russian Wikipedia it's doubtful if any such statue existed. It appears that a plaster statue of the dead Latvian officer was built in Moscow and then transported to this village to adorn his grave. But there is no credible testimony from any eyewitnesses and even no photograph of it exists - maybe it was just a cheap temporary statue and was thus destroyed by the elements with the passing of time. It's not even fully clear if Trotsky was actually there speaking at the funeral or if Kehler ever saw the tombstone himself. I'm guessing the grave itself succumbed to the forces of nature not that much later. See here.
Botond173
2d ago
The whole rebellion started when they had conflict with white loyalist Hungarian soldiers in Chelyabinsk, who went west along the same railway but west to fight for Austrian-Hungary.
Are you sure that this is what indeed happened? As far as I know, only very few if any Hungarian POWs joined the Whites. I'm guessing you're referring to POWs of the Austro-Hungarian Army who were released according to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and decided to voluntarily return home (as the treaty did not mandate their forced repatriation) but not necessarily to rejoin the army.
Botond173
2d ago
I meant to suggest that this was in fact not a coincidence. I'm assuming some sort of cultural change had to happen for girls and young women to lose their ability and/or willingness to efficiently drop plausibly deniable hints, and third-wave feminism was probably driving this.
An early example of an insufferable SJW twat wielding real power was Danish physician, philosopher and regent Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737–1772).
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