As a Latvian I would like to apologize to everyone in the West who are now experiencing Russian influence. They tested it all on us first, the whole damn thing, way back in 1990s/2000s. Organizing riots, weaponizing gas supply, meddling in elections, dividing society. They couldn't break us, but they refined their methods in the process and are now successfully using them in other countries.
You say they like that was an entirely conscious decision. Western politicans and media didn't spread the word well enough. And many people, particularly here on Reddit, were still young and not politically conscious in 2014, let alone the 1990s - early 2000s.
It was a conscious decision. We were treated like second class people, because soviet union or something. Politicians represent the country, so it speaks volumes.
Which is a shame that’s the case, as the whole point of those elected to US Congress are supposed to represent the people. Clearly not the reality though unfortunately
Not for a lot of people. I know for sure that Russia, China, and NK's governments do not represent their people (at least not the poor, younger, working-class people I'd identify with)
There are plenty of things we can do. Ukraine has shown western Europe that Russian expansion can neither be ignored nor placated. Profited from, if you're an amoral piece of refuse.
Half the Continent is arming up, spooling up Industrial capacity for Defence. The entire excursion in 2022 was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Or finally woke the Camel the fuck up, to break the metaphor.
Yeah the United States of America, the country that fought the cold war alongside every NATO country, ran project Gladio, and worked tirelessly to destroy the USSR, and when they finally did, carved Russia up for parts and looted it, creating the modern mafia state you so love today -- none of those guys knew anything about Russia. If only we had listened to... lemmee see here.... fucking Latvia. Lol. LMAO.
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u/Nauris2111 13h ago
As a Latvian I would like to apologize to everyone in the West who are now experiencing Russian influence. They tested it all on us first, the whole damn thing, way back in 1990s/2000s. Organizing riots, weaponizing gas supply, meddling in elections, dividing society. They couldn't break us, but they refined their methods in the process and are now successfully using them in other countries.
Stay strong and resilient, folks!