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[swag]

Yeah but we cant say their current or previous systems really 'work' for them.
The people are supressed, badly.

The people often have zero initiative either, as that is either the recipe for oligarchy or being sent to the gulag. So a lot of folks sit around waiting for the state to provide.

If they can keep it at hot girls in bikinis I'll be all for the US

Yeah, the American charm offensive: we kill your leader and take off with your natural resources, but at least you get a Baywatch pinup calendar.

 

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[JuveMkd]

Ok it's no party, but sorry, IMO not even close to what Russia did and is doing to Ukraine, Georgia, and even Belarus.

That's only one small part dude. We all got histories but I refuse to see them with gloomy eyes and say they are saviors.

 

[Elvin]

That's only one small part dude. We all got histories but I refuse to see them with gloomy eyes and say they are saviors.

I never said that by the way.
I said 'lesser evil' and I stand by it.

 

[JuveMkd]

I never said that by the way.
I said 'lesser evil' and I stand by it.

Well the Arab spring countries said the same thing, look at them now. Be careful what you wish for.

But what can we do if not hope
We can go on like this for hours dude, I feel you and sorry for what is happening in your country and wish you all the best.

 

[Elvin]

Well the Arab spring countries said the same thing, look at them now. Be careful what you wish for.

But what can we do if not hope
We can go on like this for hours dude, I feel you and sorry for what is happening in your country and wish you all the best.

Arab spring happened because the populations were miserable and unhappy. Everything else is theories IMO.

Yeah let's end it here. Cheers bro.

 

[kao_ray]

Yeah, the American charm offensive: we kill your leader and take off with your natural resources, but at least you get a Baywatch pinup calendar.

Where do I sign

 

[swag]

Where do I sign

It does export well in a lot of countries it seems.

 

[Bisco]

Yeah but we cant say their current or previous systems really 'work' for them.
The people are supressed, badly.

bro forgive me and I am genuine here, but where did you get that people here are suppressed badly? sure not saying it's Belgium here, but if you want the truth people don't care as much as you think about politics.... everything here revolves around work and getting through whatever I rarely hear anyone complain about being suppressed. don't know I never got that impression having lived here for almost ten years I don't feel suppressed in any way or form.

again to be very clear elvin I'm not saying its heaven quite far, the inequality gap here is massive but then again that is the trend every where now a days. all i\m saying is of course the people don't have the freedom to demonstrate in the streets and what not, but then again they don't want arab spring non sense here and I agree with that.

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Not to slag on my Russo buddies here (transplanted @Bisco etc.), but Russia is kind of an upside-down world. They're like the parallel universe in Counterpart. I have very low confidence that any idea or system of governance outside of Russia will work inside of Russia.

I agree with this, to be honest, no matter how many times I've gotten into a conversation with Russians about this they tell me the above! we are different. its Russia really can't understand their mysterious way of looking at things. mind you the older generation is hard-core brainwashed don't get me started. i once spent an hour with my mother-in-law trying to convince her that Stalin will go down as one of the most ruthless leaders ever and I was blown away with her counterargument!! to the degree, my wife pulled me aside and told me you are barking up the wrong tree better leave it.

 

[Elvin]

bro forgive me and I am genuine here, but where did you get that people here are suppressed badly? sure not saying it's Belgium here, but if you want the truth people don't care as much as you think about politics.... everything here revolves around work and getting through whatever I rarely hear anyone complain about being suppressed. don't know I never got that impression having lived here for almost ten years I don't feel suppressed in any way or form.

Isnt not having free elections, free judiciary, and pro-people and not pro-government law enforcement being supressed/opressed? How about getting arrested for exposing corruption? Or getting fined/arrested for social media posts? Monopoly, bribery, stealing from pensioners? No journalism?

Sounds pretty surpressed to me. And I lived there too btw (In Siberia).

 

[Strickland]

Yes but the cold war ended on terms that Nato wont jeopardize and expend around Russia. The Baltic countries and others were supposed to be the buffer zone. As for independent countries making there own decisions are you fucking kidding me, the western hypocrites are always dictating what other countries should and should not do.

I dont feel that any of the EU countries or UA are being dictated by Germany, US or whoever.

I however do see the Russian hand holding Lukasenko in power in Belarus and also in other CIS countries.

 

[JuveMkd]

I dont feel that any of the EU countries or UA are being dictated by Germany, US or whoever.

I however do see the Russian hand holding Lukasenko in power in Belarus and also in other CIS countries.

EU countries no, but Nato is and we are talking about Nato as it's a military organization. We are talking about military presence in those countries near Russia. Why couldn't they accept those countries you mentioned in EU while not require them to be part of Nato?

 

[Bjerknes]

Banks in Ukraine are reportedly now experiencing cyber/DOS attacks. Could be someone other than Russia, but again, this was supposedly one of the "warning signs" an attack was imminent.


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[s4tch]

Banks in Ukraine are reportedly now experiencing cyber/DOS attacks. Could be someone other than Russia, but again, this was supposedly one of the "warning signs" an attack was imminent.


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didn't they predict the beginning of the ground offenses for tomorrow?

 

[j0ker]

Like we were forced to take 150 000 refuges from Kosovo when Nato bombarded Serbia. And now it's a shit show because of that. They started a terrorist war which the US founded and gave them weapons and send mercenaries to fight with them and trained them. Also they forbade our military to do anything substantial against them or they were going to the same as they did to Serbia and we were forced to sign peace treaty that they wrote and orchestrated. The population of Macedonia is 2 million btw and that caused a lot conflict within the country to this day.

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If they can keep it at hot girls in bikinis I'll be all for the US

What a piece of shit

I was amongst them refuges and we did not come there because NATO was bombing Serbia but because of Serbia. Huge difference.

"Terrorist war" was a fight by North Macedonia Albanians for their rights to have Albanian as an official language. How dare 25% of the total population have any rights?

But yeah, not suprised that you twist facts I mean you guys forged your whole history from Greeks and Bulgarians.

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[j0ker]

Ok it's no party, but sorry, IMO not even close to what Russia did and is doing to Ukraine, Georgia, and even Belarus.

He is lying.

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[Bisco]

Isnt not having free elections, free judiciary, and pro-people and not pro-government law enforcement being supressed/opressed? How about getting arrested for exposing corruption? Or getting fined/arrested for social media posts? Monopoly, bribery, stealing from pensioners? No journalism?

Sounds pretty surpressed to me. And I lived there too btw (In Siberia).

for one very simple reason. they don't want to go back to the wild '90s when it was free for all and they had an insane amount of corruption. you mention people exposing corruption and getting arrested which is true but then again you also have people who get away with exposing corruption (take Sobchak for one) and nothing happens to them. if you for example are referring to Navalny let me tell you that the Russians themselves are very skeptical of him and his intentions. also, Russia is the kind of country where the next leader is usually worse than the one before him, so Navalny is no guarantee to be better. p.s Navalny might appear as the cute human rights puppy he tries to portray himself as but he is far from that actually and his stance on immigrants is racist at best )) and to be clear immigrants are not the lovely sparkling EU/American/Canadian ex-pats here, but the workers from the post soviet republics....

also to be very clear any Arab spring-like movie in Russia will end in a catastrophe due to Russia's immense size. not that the arab spring was that good.. as you can see it was a shitty spring )

 

[Bjerknes]

didn't they predict the beginning of the ground offenses for tomorrow?

I think there was a rumor about it after the Ukrainian President made a statement about tomorrow. Then he said he was only joking. So much conflicting news that it's impossible to know what is really happening.

 

[JuveMkd]

What a piece of shit

I was amongst them refuges and we did not come there because NATO was bombing Serbia but because of Serbia. Huge difference.

"Terrorist war" was a fight by North Macedonia Albanians for their rights to have Albanian as an official language. How dare 25% of the total population have any rights?

But yeah, not suprised that you twist facts I mean you guys forged your whole history from Greeks and Bulgarians.

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Not sure who is twisting facts here what 25% of the population? There were less then 10% before the refugees came here. There are also less then 25% now and they enjoy more rights than they deserve. That was a terrorist war no question about that.

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He is lying.

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Oh sure. Just because you say so.

 

[j0ker]

Not sure who is twisting facts here what 25% of the population? There were less then 10% before the refugees came here. There are also less then 25% now but and enjoy more rights than they deserve. That was a terrorist war no question about that.

Stop lying.

"According to the last census, conducted in 1994, ethnic Macedonians accounted for 66.6 percent of the country's 1,945,932 inhabitants. Albanians comprised 22.7 percent and Turks, 4 percent. The Albanian minority dismissed the results as inaccurate, saying many Albanians went uncounted because they lacked Macedonian citizenship documents. Some Albanians boycotted the 1994 census and many boycotted the last Yugoslav census in 1991, three months before Macedonia gained independence."


We all came back in 1999, we were there for less than 3 months as we were in Albania. Even during that time half of my family emigrated to France (came back from there too)

If anyone did not come back it was because they emigrated to EU, North America or Australia. No one wanted to stay in a shithole like North Macedonia.

 

[JuveMkd]

Stop lying.

"According to the last census, conducted in 1994, ethnic Macedonians accounted for 66.6 percent of the country's 1,945,932 inhabitants. Albanians comprised 22.7 percent and Turks, 4 percent. The Albanian minority dismissed the results as inaccurate, saying many Albanians went uncounted because they lacked Macedonian citizenship documents. Some Albanians boycotted the 1994 census and many boycotted the last Yugoslav census in 1991, three months before Macedonia gained independence."


We all came back in 1999, we were there for less than 3 months as we were in Albania. Even during that time half of my family emigrated to France (came back from there too)

If anyone did not come back it was because they emigrated to EU, North America or Australia. No one wanted to stay in a shithole like North Macedonia.

You stop lying the situation was drastically changed before the war in Serbia broke out. If no one wanted to stay why did you come here?? Why not go to Albania?? Why stay in Kosovo in the first place??