#ee posting

Because when Pushkin wrote his infamous poem against the Polish Uprising of 1830, he used very much the same arguments as the Russian literary scene today. None of this changes. And this is why nothing short of a complete restructuring of Russia could possibly allow for any kind of civil relations between it and its neighbours — if the blood that has already been spilled doesn't make it too late for this century.

“Heh,” Morgan says, looking at where Alex is clutching at their hand for dear life. “Good thing that was low voltage.” Alex very distinctly wants to scream but they’re interrupted by the sound of a metal door popping open. Morgan’s face splits into a grin, shaking free of Alex’s grip they rush with their minions to grab what they came here for. ⚡⚡⚡ Or, Safety is not a joke, Morgan plays a little fast and loose, Alex is going more grey by the day

Me: *Owns 4 separate copies of Empire Earth, 2 reissues, a digital gold edition with expansion and an original boxed copy*

"Some immigrants killed some people and that's bad and the other party is racist and we won't say what we want to do about all of this but it all has to be the other party's fault anyway"

I think this is actually probably relatively common to people of certain regions, now that I think about it? I wonder why I've never seen any particular attention paid to the phenomenon — although, in some ways, having lived in Switzerland probably makes me specifically likely to notice it by contrast.

— One thing, I guess, that would probably step on the toes of people who don't know the other person's intent is repeating certain Western myths about the history of the region, but I don't know if there's any issue of this here.