• bigbluealien@kbin.social
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      5 months ago

      How did it feel? Assuming you where old enough to understand and either way how does it feel looking back? I can’t imagine anything that would bring 25% of my country together like this

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        It was strange. The smell of freedom lurking just around the corner mixed up with fear of repercussions.

        I think a lot of it was fueled by the incompetence of the soviets. They hadn’t left much for the people to lose - it would work the same in any country, I imagine.

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            You’re thinking of Russia, they didn’t do well from the break up of the USSR because they were always an extractive empire. The Baltic states gained their independance and I don’t think anyone can seriously claim they’re worse off