On 6 June 1997, Neo Nazi group Pērkonkrusts unsuccessfully bombed the monument at Victory Park to the liberators of Latvia from fascism.Today the Latvian government accomplished what the Neo Nazis attempted. Fascism is rising once again across Europe. pic.twitter.com/6YGzzjZFCR— Azhar (@lonelyredcurl) August 26, 2022
my understanding is that warsaw pact/iron curtain countries deeply resent their geopolitical reality, basically. western europe got the marshall plan and liberation from the nazis by non-communist forces. eastern europe got the opposite - they were simply lucky to survive and spent the next 50+ years under the austere reality of rebuilding their world after the war, with soviet aid. i would hazard a guess that life in eastern europe from the 1950s-1980s probably wasn't great, especially when your rich western neighbors flood the airwaves with propaganda encouraging you to hate your liberators. fast forward to now and the generation that grew up in war and actually was liberated has died. their children who grew up with the resentment described above are the ones in charge now.
my understanding is that warsaw pact/iron curtain countries deeply resent their geopolitical reality, basically. western europe got the marshall plan and liberation from the nazis by non-communist forces. eastern europe got the opposite - they were simply lucky to survive and spent the next 50+ years under the austere reality of rebuilding their world after the war, with soviet aid. i would hazard a guess that life in eastern europe from the 1950s-1980s probably wasn't great, especially when your rich western neighbors flood the airwaves with propaganda encouraging you to hate your liberators. fast forward to now and the generation that grew up in war and actually was liberated has died. their children who grew up with the resentment described above are the ones in charge now.
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