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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by thriftwy on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @05:28PM (#32655356)
In 1955, eastern europeans were so thankful to be free from Germany.

In 1995, eastern europeans were so thankful to be free from Russia.

In 2035, you can expect eastern europeans to be thankful again. Not sure who'd it be this time.

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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by flavius29663 on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @06:48PM (#32656152)
> In 1955, eastern europeans were so thankful to be free from Germany.

Not sure which Eastern Europeans you mean, but I can assure you most of those 150 mil people were not happy they got conquered by nazis or commies, it was the same amount of genocide and societal damage from both sides.

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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev has died by thriftwy on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @07:17PM (#32669598)
The problem is that these eastern europeans are shaped by Germany and Russia.

Half of them are former german fiefdoms and other half are territories reclaimed by Russia from ottoman muslim rule.

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