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originally posted by: CarlLaFong
a reply to: RussianTroll
Don't write off the US to communism just yet.
They're here...they support the Democrat Party and are currently in the WH...but they haven't defeated the US constitution just yet.
Commies may have won some battles here, but the war for the US is not over.
originally posted by: YouSir
a reply to: RussianTroll
Ummm...your welcome my friend...and I do mean that...
I always try to keep an open mind...In another version of our imperfect world...perhaps our two nations recognize and share the unique bonds of brotherhood...
Unfortunately...the US desires to standup enemies where none actually exist so that the MIC can be fed...
Our Society has morphed into a full time conflict instigator that preys on small nation states in an effort to bring them under the fold of hegemony...
Quite fortunately...the world has Russia who neither fears nor conforms to the west's...rules based order...and is in the process of showing just how much of a paper tiger all those purportedly..."invincible"...western machinations...tactics...and military equipment really is...
It's a much needed wake up call on the world stage...
It's also showing other nations that there's really nothing to fear...and emboldening them to seek a better path in a more just world...
I'm very happy to see globalization slowly die...Human beings are not suited for a one size fits all approach to governing...
Nor are we evolved enough to actualize and realize our unique natures and potential...because power corrupts...and there are forces that wish to see us fail...and fall...
I much prefer the recognition that our unique cultural and racial differences are part of our strength...and not a detriment...or an excuse to denigrate and shame and challenge...simply because they are different...and not members of a given tribe...
There are dark days ahead my friend...this cancer will not go easy into that long night...nor will it leave the world unscarred...
YouSir
originally posted by: RussianTroll
originally posted by: twistedpuppy
a reply to: BernnieJGato
I'm aware of the persecution during the Bolsheviks' time, that's why added "after Stalin's death." After that breakthrough the regime softened not only in Russia but in all Soviet block. The guy claims that the Church was persecuted during communism while now under Putin it enjoys freedom. This is incorrect. It was tolerated as long as it didn't go against the regime. And it's exactly the same now. Nothing has changed.
It's funny. You know about the situation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia better than I, an Orthodox Christian.
I am absolutely free, I go to Church and perform any rituals. I openly declare on all platforms that I am Orthodox. I recently donated to the Church the relics of the holy blessed prince Alexander Nevsky, about which I wrote on the ATS thread. Nobody in Russia prevents me from doing anything. You, being many thousands of kilometers from Russia, think that you know about this better than me.
Continue to be convinced, because you will always be a loser, since you absolutely do not know the people whom you consider your opponents.
originally posted by: RussianTroll
a reply to: Justoneman
I definitely agree with you, but with Russian specifics))))
If you really believe that the western world is anything remotely resembling communism i'd suggest you get your head tested.