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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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[–] huf@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

a lot of the people who did the counterrevolution in the soviet bloc were neither nazis or nor cia stooges. they were simply naive idiots who fell for western propaganda. they genuinely believed they'd get western social democracy, which in their understanding was everything communism was, but people were also richer and could travel to the west.

they had no understanding of

  • western european social democracy was only possible on imperial superprofits
  • western european social democracy was already on the way out in the late 80s
  • western european social democracy only happened because porky was terrified of the soviet bloc (the very thing these people were dismantling)

they were also incredibly treatlerized, equating blue jeans with freedom.

they'd grown up on radio free europe and believed it all.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Working for the CIA for free because you are an ignorant idiot is still working for the CIA.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

ultimately, yes. the tragedy is they thought they were doing basically the opposite of what they ended up doing