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Why are the Baltics like that? (lemmygrad.ml)
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What I mean is, why are they so reactionary?

They were once part of the Soviet Union, and while I am aware of the fact that after the USSR fell pretty much every country that was part of it fell into ruin (some bounced back), but there’s something about the Baltics that makes them stand out the most.

Besides Ukraine, they seem to be the most rabidly anti-communist/Russian and claim to have been colonized by the Soviets. I am very confused by all this and wanted to ask before I forgot.

What the fuck happened to the Baltics that made them like this? It’s like every time I see a Lithuania, Latvian, or Estonian flag on socials it is always paired with the most fascist shit I have ever seen.

Edit: added “socials” to be more specific.

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Secret speech but it's 2025

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And it's not secret or much of a speech

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.