Superior weapons and strong morale are giving Ukrainian troops a crucial edge in battle
    • UlaraOPУкраїнська
      271·
      1 year ago

      It reminds me of the Ottoman empire which was deeply sick and murderous before its final demise.

  • FaceDeer@kbin.social
    301·
    1 year ago

    I mean, it sucks, sure. But it’s better than a strong, unified Russia, as we’ve seen.

    • UlaraOPУкраїнська
      351·
      1 year ago

      At the breakup of every empire, many people were afraid of what would happen. But nowadays numerous free nations that were once a part of this or that empire, celebrate their independent development. I think the same will happen with the forthcoming free nations which are still Russian colonies.

  • Crampon@lemmy.world
    142·
    1 year ago

    Therese no reason to not Balkanize Russia. The country has not proven itself able to coexist with free states.

    • MataVatnik@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      I would agree but there is a problem with eastern nations. They don’t really have the structure both socially and physically for sovereignty. And you know Moscow will just invade them, just like they invaded Georgia and Ukraine.

  • Iunnrais@lemm.eeУкраїнська
    8·
    1 year ago

    Fantastic summary of recent developments. This meshes pretty well with how an objective viewer should be able to see how the war is going.

    • UlaraOPУкраїнська
      2·
      1 year ago

      I believe that in the long run the breakdown of the Russian empire will be beneficial, leading to freedom, well-being and prosperity of people who live there. Any empire becomes suffocating at the end of its lifetime, and needs to be dismantled for new countries to develop.

        • UlaraOPУкраїнська
          21·
          1 year ago

          In the huge and aged empire, corruption can’t be eliminated due to sheer size and structure of the empire. Corrupt people can always evade real responsibility by moving to another region, and the reputation institute doesn’t quite work. Lateral anti-corruption checks are eliminated, while the corrupt officials fool the faraway central power. Colonial policy necessarily leads to oppression throughout the country, due to the Foucault’s boomerang.

          However, when colonized people break free - like the Baltics states broke free from the USSR - politics get local, good reputation becomes essential, and there are powerful lateral anti-corruption checks. Central power can’t be fooled much in a country of normal size. Moreover, there’s necessarily more international cooperation, with international anti-corruption measures.

          So the healthy nations of the empire are going to be on the right track fairly soon: https://freenationsleague.org/en/home.html Less healthy ones will also eventually transform for the better, simply because the countries will become smaller. Late Roman empire was also deeply corrupt, but the nations of it have eventually found their way.

            • UlaraOPУкраїнська
              21·
              1 year ago

              Well, all the large empires were corrupt at the end of their life, and all have successfully transformed.

              There is no gene of corruption - it’s rather a matter of prevalent culture, informed by socioeconomic factors. As these factors change, the culture has to change as well, even if this is painstakingly hard for local culture carriers.

              By the way, it’s remarkable that some of best levels of wellbeing and democracy are achieved by small Nordic countries. So the small size isn’t a guarantee of happiness, but smaller countries are easier to govern in right direction.