I am an Indian and I have noticed that Indians are way too proud of their country for some reason and at the same time lack any civic sense towards it, they are extremely loud and extremely proud. We feel like the world revolves around India and our culture is superior to that of others. Also, a considerable chunk of the population has been sold the "India is a world-leader" myth and they think India is somehow leading the world in innovation, science and technology, human development etc.,
Now, I know for a fact that this is not true, when I try to gauge the perception of Indians abroad on Twitter, I get pretty negative results, but Twitter has nothing good to say about any group of people, so...
I kinda wanted to know what you people though of India, don't base it upon the etnic Indians who might be your friends and are decent people, but base it upon the news you read, the stories you hear from those Indians, etc.
Well, it's not like you're willing to cut ties with the West and align yourself with Russia either. Instead you're trying to thread the middle ground by keeping your head down and keeping up trade with both. You're not taking a stance, which is exactly why you're not a political world leader.
It's pretty telling that you think these pictures would be triggering to me. I'm not a nationalist, I have no problem saying that the nazi regime was horrifying. I have no issue saying that the current government unconditionally supporting Israel is a bad thing either. I'd never pretend the place I live in is the best place ever, or morally superior. Can you do the same?
This thread is not the place for it.
Anti-Communist? Russia has been a capitalist country since 1989, they're not even claiming to be communist.
The communist party of Russia is a minority party in opposition, it's not governing at all. That's United Russia, which holds over 70% of the seats of parliament. United Russia is not communist. You're very confidently incorrect here.
How?
While you're clearly a very neutral, balanced person, going through a thread on India insulting people and posting images of nazi Germany.
Right, fascist countries are well known for prosecuting and imprisoning neonazis after all. That makes total sense...
This is getting comedic at this point. I'd suggest reading some Marx and learning about the basic definition of communism before making a fool of yourself online.
United Russia is the ruling party since the fall of USSR and is absolutely conservative by any definition of the term. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation, their main political opponent, that is indeed communist, hasn’t been elected, ever.
No, you were saved by a Soviet intervention, led at that time by a Ukrainian man, by ships mostly made by Ukrainians.
In 1971? I'm pretty sure it was the Soviet Union buddy, and Leonid Brezhnev was from Kamianske, Ukraine. As was a majority of Soviet cold war equipment.
I know that doesn't fit your political preferences and deep seated need to excuse genocide, but facts don't care about your feelings.
I am very much not comfortable with the fact that Russia is mass deporting Ukrainians and taking their children.
Not only has Russia not signed it, Russia is actively using chemical weapons right now, despite numerous treaties about it.
Russia also signed a treaty to leave Ukraine alone if it gave up it's nuclear weapons, and look how they are respecting it.
Oh boy. You really really need a course in history if you think all the parts were treated the same. It mattered a LOT.
Despite Russia's best efforts, and post cold-war propaganda, they really aren't. I think the continued fall from Soviet superpower into Russianpetro-olicharchy should be a big hint.
But, as with most people like you, it's protection all the way down