A nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

It goes without saying that a nation, like every historical phenomenon, is subject to the law of change, has its history, its beginning and end.

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm

Some good shit.

"Massacre at Central High (released as Blackboard Massacre in the UK) is a 1976 American thriller film directed by Rene Daalder and starring Derrel Maury, Kimberly Beck, Robert Carradine, and Andrew Stevens. The plot follows a series of revenge killings at a fictional American high school, after which the oppressed students take on the role of their bully oppressors. Despite its title, it is not a slasher film but an unusual blend of political allegory, social commentary, and low-budget exploitation; with the exception of the final sequence, no "adult" characters (such as teachers and parents) are seen.

It was shot on 35mm film, and has a running time of 87 minutes.

The film's director, Rene Daalder, described Massacre at Central High as "eerily predicting punk and Columbine". It has also been cited as a possible influence on the 1988 black comedy Heathers."

Credit to https://hexbear.net/post/640651 for the image.

The color palette just makes me so sleeeepy. And it feels like an attempt to emulate Villenevue's laconic style.

Movie could have been good if not for the third act.

A sinecure of understanding

Reading about the international invasion of Russia during the civil war and the introduction ends:

"Soviet and Russian interpretations generally exaggerate the role of the Allies in the Civil War and allege they intended to partition Russia. "Overall the extent of allied intervention during the civil war was minuscule and inconsequential", according to Flake (2019)."

Over 200,000 foreign troops invaded Russia. The only reason it was "inconsequential" is because the Reds kicked ass. To be fair, the rest of the entry gives additional context, but still, shit's wack.