I’m sorry but I find it interesting that supposedly Russian troops put up a statue of Lenin.
Yes this would be curious except.
I’m pretty sure that in his long tv speech justifying the war, Putin angrily complained that the Ukrainians were taking down Lenin statues.
He saw that as attempted deRussification.
“I’m sorry but I find it interesting that supposedly Russian troops put up a statue of Lenin.”
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Why is that? I mean, we all know when US forces roll into a foreign town the first thing they do is build a monument to King George III!
They do it because Ukrainians don’t want these Lenin statues there.
As O’Brien said in 1984 “[One man asserts his power over another by] making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation.”