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by kdwikzncba 907 days ago
You're right, there's absolutely nothing that can be done in this situation. Same as in 1917, nothing could've been done about the czar either.
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mdekkers 905 days ago
To compare the current situation in any way with the situation as it was at the time of the Russian revolution is, at best, overly simplistic.

Pretty much the first thing the revolutionaries said was “well that was easy, let’s make sure that cannot happen again”

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cafard 907 days ago
The Russian performance in Ukraine hasn't been astonishing, but the losses don't compare to 1914-1917.
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wyldfire 907 days ago
The comment you replied to does not refer to WWI nor Russia's war with Ukraine, it refers to the Russian Revolution after WWI. It sarcastically indicates that "nothing" can be done now about the unjust state of Russia resulting in Navalny being a political prisoner.
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cafard 907 days ago
The comment you replied to refers to the Russian Revolution after WWI. The damage inflicted by WWI greatly damaged the Tsarist regime. (And, no war, no German government shipping Lenin back home.)
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