I have no doubt things have only gotten worse in Russia
Reality begs to differ:
But please go on about how the 90s, which are literally viewed as an apocalyptic time of collective national trauma in Russia, were the best time because the West and its corporations had free reign to do what they pleased in Russia. Tell that to the tens of thousands of children who had to live on the streets, in abject poverty, who were abused and trafficked, the millions of people who lost their livelihoods and turned to alcohol and drugs out of despair, or just committed suicide.
Oh yeah, i’m sure the 90s were such a good time for Bosnia and the other Yugoslav countries who were embroiled in fratricidal wars which killed at least a million people. Or for the people of Serbian Krajina who literally got ethnically cleansed by the hundreds of thousands by US and EU backed Croatian fascists. I’m sure it was a great time for the people of Belgrade to be brutally and illegally bombed for 78 days for the crime of being a thorn in NATO’s ambitions of world domination.
a good time for Germany since the country was finally unified
Oh yes, such a good time for western German capital that got to loot the socialist property of East Germany, destroy its industries and take away the East Germans’ social safety nets. That’s why so many East Germans are now turning to fascists like the AfD, because the destruction of socialism was such a wonderful time for them, because they totally didn’t get scammed and fooled by the empty promises of the West.
Reality begs to differ:
But please go on about how the 90s, which are literally viewed as an apocalyptic time of collective national trauma in Russia, were the best time because the West and its corporations had free reign to do what they pleased in Russia. Tell that to the tens of thousands of children who had to live on the streets, in abject poverty, who were abused and trafficked, the millions of people who lost their livelihoods and turned to alcohol and drugs out of despair, or just committed suicide.
Oh yeah, i’m sure the 90s were such a good time for Bosnia and the other Yugoslav countries who were embroiled in fratricidal wars which killed at least a million people. Or for the people of Serbian Krajina who literally got ethnically cleansed by the hundreds of thousands by US and EU backed Croatian fascists. I’m sure it was a great time for the people of Belgrade to be brutally and illegally bombed for 78 days for the crime of being a thorn in NATO’s ambitions of world domination.
Oh yes, such a good time for western German capital that got to loot the socialist property of East Germany, destroy its industries and take away the East Germans’ social safety nets. That’s why so many East Germans are now turning to fascists like the AfD, because the destruction of socialism was such a wonderful time for them, because they totally didn’t get scammed and fooled by the empty promises of the West.