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44. Leave out the "billionaires" jargon, and you have the last 500 years of Russian history

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:21 AM

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From the early Tsars and their serfs to the socialists and their “heroes of Soviet labor,” the common citizen has never been more than a commodity to the rulers.

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Just another afternoon in beautiful Moscow... [View all] Pluvious Yesterday OP

"I just can't live like this." GoCubsGo Yesterday #1

The second video UpInArms Yesterday #2

Maybe she has an actual life outside of waiting in line for gas. TeaLeaves Yesterday #3

My speculation... Pluvious Yesterday #4

I know dudes who are as clueless about their cars, too. marble falls Yesterday #12

Do you have a spare bat for your key fob on you? paleotn Yesterday #33

actually, UpInArms Yesterday #37

Well planned and well played. paleotn Yesterday #38

my key fob UpInArms 23 hrs ago #40

Does she not know how Ukrainians have lived for years? AloeVera Yesterday #5

Whatever it represents, I also know the average Russian is not getting the truth about what is happening in Ukraine. marble falls Yesterday #16

Very true. The censorship is extreme. N/T AloeVera Yesterday #34

Actually, probably not, for real. DFW Yesterday #26

This is what the billionaires want all over the world. yardwork Yesterday #28

Leave out the "billionaires" jargon, and you have the last 500 years of Russian history DFW 13 hrs ago #44

Tim Snyder's books should be required reading in the U.S. yardwork 7 hrs ago #45

I'd be thrilled if they substituted his "On Tyranny--20 lessons from the 20th century" for the PoA being read in schools DFW 6 hrs ago #47

It would be banned. yardwork 6 hrs ago #48

Yes, important to realize they are in the dark mostly about Ukraine. AloeVera Yesterday #35

Exactly AloeVera..the Ukrainian people have been inconvenienced a whole lot more and longer than this princess Deuxcents 23 hrs ago #39

I have to wonder who made this film, he seems to be on a high floor (or the roof) of a skyscraper FakeNoose Yesterday #6

Maybe the building they were in was not likely to be wnylib Yesterday #11

Ukraine does not seem to be targeting civilian blds at all. Might be a very safe place to watch drones as long as ... marble falls Yesterday #17

i thought x was unwelcome here Tetrachloride Yesterday #7

My Firefox browser blocks ads and trackers from X. . . . h2ebits Yesterday #9

Gray area, a lot of Democrats and progressives still post there. marble falls Yesterday #18

Cripes! London had better defense against Nazi "Buzz Bombs" Wednesdays Yesterday #8

what kind of a payload can a strike drone like that carry? Gato Moteado Yesterday #10

If napalm weren't against the rules of war, The Madcap Yesterday #15

165 pounds of high explosive,... LudwigPastorius Yesterday #19

10# plus of high explosives. They can do a serious damage. marble falls Yesterday #20

Wikipedia charliea Yesterday #21

I noticed that smoke! electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #41

Keep on buzzing them. The Madcap Yesterday #13

I remember the gas lines of the early 1970s Wicked Blue Yesterday #14

Datsuns.... SergeStorms Yesterday #30

Tangential story ... electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #42

What happened? orthoclad Yesterday #22

I had read somewhere that the Russian defence Forces Ars Longa Yesterday #23

Buzzbombs over London? Sneederbunk Yesterday #24

Is Russian language Voice of America still broadcasting? AverageOldGuy Yesterday #25

It's not "The Ukraine", it is Ukraine, a sovereign nation... wcmagumba Yesterday #27

A 19 yr old landed a plane in Moscow in 1987 xuplate Yesterday #29

The Russian people need to depose their madman dictator by whatever means necessary Mysterian Yesterday #31

Good. SamuelAdams Yesterday #32

The sound of those drones sounds remarkably like a WWII fighter CanonRay Yesterday #36

Why not drop pamphlets informing the russians purr-rat beauty 18 hrs ago #43

Checkout those finger nails csusan 7 hrs ago #46