• resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
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      15 hours ago

      I’m not exaggerating or being unkind — the enlightenment never reached Russia.

      They only believe in strongmen leaders. They don’t believe in or even understand institutions or democracy.

      Their idea of the worker seizing the means of production is a dictatorial regime based on slavery.

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      2 days ago

      what culture? the actual one or do you also include classical music masterpieces or literature masterpieces?

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          18 hours ago

          this is a complete bullshit and theres no other way of saying it. russians have their faults but suggesting that they dont have culture and stole everything is either western propaganda or just plain ignorance. the link you’ve shared and the “facts” in it can easily be disputed with a simple internet research, for example wikipedia