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Re:Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro? by oneshtein on Sunday July 19, 2026 @01:54AM (#48965352)
Many eastern europeans who had good life in soviet block have nostalgia, however, Ukraine fights with all it power to prevent returning back to soviet block, because majority have very unpleasant memories of soviet times and dozens of millions murdered by soviets.
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Re:Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro? by orthoxerox on Sunday July 19, 2026 @05:05AM (#48966233)
Ukrainians were the Soviets. It's like Scotland complaining about British colonial policy.
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Re:Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro? by graemep on Sunday July 19, 2026 @06:04AM (#48966575)
That is not a good analogy. Scotland voluntarily formed a union with the rest of the UK and played a disproportionate role in colonialism. Ireland would be a better one.

The weakness in the GP's argument is that Russia is not the Soviet Union, nor is it communist.

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Re:Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro? by oneshtein on Sunday July 19, 2026 @06:26AM (#48966678)
Ukraine broke out of Russian Empire and then conquered back by Red army, then conquered Republics of Ukraine and Belarus together with Russian Federation formed USSR.

So, yes, Ukrainian communists were with those soviets, who murdered other Ukrainians (and other enslaved nations), and then their siblings have nostalgia about «good times».

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