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Kyiv, 1975
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Russia has long exploited the “Illusion of Truth” effect: When a lie is repeated so often that people begin to believe it. Understanding thi
The western stereotype about Ukraine and Ukrainians was created by the russiacentrism in the entire field of slavic studies. Remember Yuval Harari, who in 2019 consented to have russian edition of his book censored and even rewrote some parts, because "russia is world-leading power". So it goes: russia is a "world-leading power" and Ukraine is its backyard, a bleak suburb; something that makes no difference if it exists or not. We were invisible, hidden in the shadow of this great giant.
The origin all these stereotypes come from the history textbooks. All politicians, prior to choosing whether to send us weapons or not, were sitting their asses in Oxfords, Harwards, Cambridges, etc. And when they opened the history textbooks, they learned that russian history began at the christening of Kyiv. And what was ukrainians' place in this history? Bah, that's just some primitive tribespeople running around, who cares. That's the worldview russians taught the european politicians.
In 2014 I was approached with an apology from Karl Schlögel, one of the leading german specialists in slavic history, who told me "My whole life, I only saw Kyiv as a third biggest city of the russian empire". This is a very typical situation. You can waste your entire life telling western europeans about our culture, our authors, etc., but they would only be looking through you. We remained unseen and unheard, because there was only "big russia", and who the hell you are? You have never been here. You have 72 hours to spread your legs before great russian army and appease putin, to make everything fine again.
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- Oksana Zabuzhko, in and interview with BBC News Ukraine
The IOC is like "Russian athletes can still compete just pretend yall aren't Russians" and I genuinely think I'm going to go fucking insane because South Africa was banned fully from the Olympics for 20 years. There was no genocide commited in South Africa in this time, no war was started. Yes there were massacres yes there were acts of cruelty beyond what should ever happen do not think for a second I am trying to down play the horrors of Apartheid because as a South African I have learnt about to EXTENSIVELY. But Russia invaded a sovereign nations, Russian soldier have commited MULTIPLE WAR CRIMES. They have raped and murdered actual fucking children. They have conscripted ethnic groups at a much higher rate than white Russians who are then sent to the front lines without half of the equipment they actually need and if they try to retreat from the Ukrainian forces they get shot. Not only is Russia committing genocide against Ukrainian people's, but also ethnic minority groups from their own country. They are literally kidnapping Ukrainian children, trafficking them to Russia and trying to brainwash them against their own country with Russian propaganda. This country is committing some of the most despicable acts humanity is capable of and what? Their athletes are allowed to compete at the Olympics? They cannot compete under the Russian flag but that doesn't stop them from being pro-Russian and pro-Putin. One of the reasons sanctions work, as someone who's parents lived in a country that basically the entire world sanctioned, is that it hurts the people. It hurts when the Olympics come around and nobody is representing you. It hurts when prices sky rocket because goods suddenly become scarce. It hurts when artists refuse to even acknowledge your countries existence, or outright despite it. It's SUPPOSED to hurt the ordinary people. That is where change comes from. Most people won't care about something "bigger than them" until they feel the real, painful repercussions of those actions. Power comes from the people and when they get upset over their treatment, they force their government to change. We all know the sports world is riddled with corruption but to see it so blatantly. To see such a disregard for human life in the face of money. It's disgusting. I am disgusted. I would rather peel my skin off with a rusty knife than watch Olympics where Russian athletes are allowed to compete while their Ukrainian counterparts die on the front lines trying to protect their homes.
pov: you're Ukrainian and you're watching American media
I'm so sorry for hijacking this post, but let me just add one more example to this already very accurate post. Because when I read 'gets soviet attributes and 80s vibe' I almost giggled because hooo boy, sometimes they go even farther back.
So recently my mom was watching 'The Blacklist' s7 (that aired in 2020, so i guess it was written and shot in 2019) and at some point their main characters had to travel to Ukraine, specifically Artemivsk (which is not even called Artemivsk anymore, it's Bakhmut). And when they arrived, I shit you not, it was shown that people in the city ride on horses! HORSES! In 2019! I guess, thanks god that not on mamonts.
I can't comment on the rest of the episode, because I wasn't actually watching it, just caught the start. The only other thing - kudos to them to at least saying out loud that Russia finances separatist and war in the east of Ukraine. But fucking horses straight up killed me.
Bakhmut 2019 according to The Blacklist:
Real life Bakhmut, our days:
A post from another era.
Russian occupiers shelled Avdiivka — one person was killed and another was injured. Russian troops targeted the bus, in which the driver and passenger were at the time. The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries
maybe people who are not slavic should stop using "slavic" as if means "russian". those two are not synonyms. slavic languages are not derived from russian and russian is not in fact, the oldest or the only slavic language. slavic languages are not dialects of russian and we do not all speak or understand russian and its not "all basically the same"
An important attribute of Russia's modern policy has been the growth in military hysteria and the constant need for both internal and extern
The Russian people have been duped over 20+ years by their government. The Kremlin has been quite successful at domestic propaganda/misinformation. Now their strategies have been turned toward the world. It's up to each of us to understand what these strategies are and recognize them. We see them being used every day regarding their lies about Ukraine. It will go far beyond that. This information from the Euromaidan Press is helpful and important.
May the souls or these heroes have eternal peace.
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