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"Some examples of #russian fantasy to laugh or cry at!"

"#America started a war, attacked us. I don't know why. We #Russians are so kind and sympathetic."

Residents of #Karelia, one of #Russia's worst regions in terms of quality of life, shared their thoughts about the war in #Ukraine.

"Why occupiers? #Ukraine is very cruel to #Russia. #Poles and #Finns have always hated us. But we haven't done anything bad," they say.

📹: #Current_Time

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@MnemosyneSinger

It's meaningless

"Western" is an absurdly vague term that means whatever the speaker wants it to mean.

But even if we restrict it to, say, Europe, there have always been multiple civilisations. While they tend to be lumped together, the ancient and were distinct cultures, and the , , , , and are all distinct from each other. Lumping them all together as "Western civilisation" is absurd.

Did you know that the #Netherlands & #Finland have #mythology about the Marshall Plan?

When the #USA sent a diplomat to the Netherlands to determine their needs, #legend has it that the tiny flat & the simple biscuit offered, humbled the American so much, that he HAD to give preferential treatment to the #Dutch!

Meanwhile, the #Finns showed the US diplomat a group of #naked people exiting a small wooden hut & he just KNEW these #poor people needed #help!

No one mentioned saunas of course...