Pet Shop Boys New song about putin and his outdated empire - Living in the past

[Litwin]

"Everything is going according to plan."
- Saddam Putsein
The lyrics are so accurate, and the whole song is just..... a masterpiece. What else I need to say? Neil and Chris have all my love and respect for being so amazing. They proved again that pop music can have a deep and serious message. Thank you so much, Boys, you are the best!



there is the only one solution :

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

What about the Demonicreeps who ACTUALLY started this "war"????

Where's their song preaching tyranny, lies, hate, racism, death, and hypocrisy?

 

[Litwin]

started this "war"?

ivan, you started this war but we are gonna finish it for you

 

[Litwin]

 

[Bleipriester]

"Everything is going according to plan."
- Saddam Putsein
The lyrics are so accurate, and the whole song is just..... a masterpiece. What else I need to say? Neil and Chris have all my love and respect for being so amazing. They proved again that pop music can have a deep and serious message. Thank you so much, Boys, you are the best!



there is the only one solution :

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Disgusting.

 

[Litwin]

Disgusting.

"Many Russians displayed similar attitudes toward the two Chechen wars of the early post-Soviet era and the 2008 invasion of Georgia. More recently, the 2014 invasion of Crimea was widely cheered and remains arguably the most popular single event of Putin’s entire 23-year reign. Such thinking reflects the unapologetically imperial identity which Muscovy inherited from the Soviet and Czarist eras....

For the time being, other post-Soviet states such as Belarus and Kazakhstan act as alternatives to Ukraine’s anti-colonial identity. In these countries, domestic democratic development has been stifled by Kremlin-backed regimes that have chosen not to break decisively with the imperial past. However, there are signs that the current status quo may not be as stable as Moscow would like to think.


Ukraine’s defiant resistance to Russia’s invasion is energizing civil society throughout the former USSR and fueling unprecedented debate over the role of Russian colonialism. On the international stage, the war unleashed by Vladimir Putin in February 2022 has introduced contemporary global audiences to the realities of modern Russia’s imperial identity.


Commentators around the world are now actively discussing the practical implications of a post-colonial Russia. Such talk is no longer considered entirely fanciful. On the contrary, many now believe that defeat in Ukraine would deal a decisive blow to hopes of a new Russian Empire and transform the entire Eurasian political landscape. Ultimately, It is up to Russian society itself to dismantle the country’s imperial identity in order to reckon with the horrors of Russia’s past and address the crimes of the current genocidal war.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blo...kraine-war-exposes-russias-imperial-identity/

 

[Bleipriester]

"Many Russians displayed similar attitudes toward the two Chechen wars of the early post-Soviet era and the 2008 invasion of Georgia. More recently, the 2014 invasion of Crimea was widely cheered and remains arguably the most popular single event of Putin’s entire 23-year reign. Such thinking reflects the unapologetically imperial identity which Muscovy inherited from the Soviet and Czarist eras....

For the time being, other post-Soviet states such as Belarus and Kazakhstan act as alternatives to Ukraine’s anti-colonial identity. In these countries, domestic democratic development has been stifled by Kremlin-backed regimes that have chosen not to break decisively with the imperial past. However, there are signs that the current status quo may not be as stable as Moscow would like to think.


Ukraine’s defiant resistance to Russia’s invasion is energizing civil society throughout the former USSR and fueling unprecedented debate over the role of Russian colonialism. On the international stage, the war unleashed by Vladimir Putin in February 2022 has introduced contemporary global audiences to the realities of modern Russia’s imperial identity.


Commentators around the world are now actively discussing the practical implications of a post-colonial Russia. Such talk is no longer considered entirely fanciful. On the contrary, many now believe that defeat in Ukraine would deal a decisive blow to hopes of a new Russian Empire and transform the entire Eurasian political landscape. Ultimately, It is up to Russian society itself to dismantle the country’s imperial identity in order to reckon with the horrors of Russia’s past and address the crimes of the current genocidal war.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blo...kraine-war-exposes-russias-imperial-identity/

Here´s why the Russian invasion was inevitable.

 

[Litwin]

Here´s why the Russian invasion was inevitable.

ANY comment on this ?

 

[Bleipriester]

ANY comment on this ?

Another Russian collapse? How many left?

 

[toomuchtime_]

Here´s why the Russian invasion was inevitable.

No, here is why the Russian invasion was inevitable.

Putin compares himself to Peter the Great in quest to take back Russian lands​

Vladimir Putin has compared himself to the 18th-century Russian tsar Peter the Great, drawing a parallel between what he portrayed as their twin historic quests to win back Russian lands.

“Peter the Great waged the great northern war for 21 years. It would seem that he was at war with Sweden, he took something from them. He did not take anything from them, he returned [what was Russia’s],” the Russian president said on Thursday after a visiting an exhibition dedicated to the tsar.


After months of denials that Russia is driven by imperial ambitions in Ukraine, Putin appeared to embrace that mission, comparing Peter’s campaign with Russia’s current military actions.

“Apparently, it is also our lot to return [what is Russia’s] and strengthen [the country]. And if we proceed from the fact that these basic values form the basis of our existence, we will certainly succeed in solving the tasks that we face.”

Putin compares himself to Peter the Great in quest to take back Russian lands

President draws parallel with tsar who waged war on Sweden and says campaign in Ukraine stems from ‘basic values’

www.theguardian.com

The Russian invasion of Ukraine had nothing to do with any current conditions, but was the result of Putin's ambition to expand the eastward. In 2005, Putin called the collapse of the USSR the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the twentieth century and made it clear he didn't accept and would not accept it. As Hitler did, Putin continued to express his outrage that Russia no longer controlled the eastern European states, but as they did with Hitler, European leaders chose to ignore these ominous pronouncements.

In the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine, European leaders protested and agreed to join the US in passing stronger sanctions, but they, especially Germany and France, leaned on Ukraine to sign the bogus Minsk agreement - Merkel recently said she did it to give Ukraine more time to prepared for the next Russian invasion - in order not to allow this atrocity to interfere with business. Last February, Putin had no reason to fear Europe would support Ukraine if he invaded again.

This invasion was inevitable because Putin was determined to "take back" all the lands, eastern Europe, he believed belonged to Russia and Europe gave him every reason to believe they would not object.

 

[Litwin]

Russian collapse?

 

[Bleipriester]

"Everything is going according to plan."
- Saddam Putsein
The lyrics are so accurate, and the whole song is just..... a masterpiece. What else I need to say? Neil and Chris have all my love and respect for being so amazing. They proved again that pop music can have a deep and serious message. Thank you so much, Boys, you are the best!



there is the only one solution :

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