He /him, adult, taken, soldier, goat, ZH in CH, Eng /Ger /Fra, Geography & Geology academia (GG for gamers)https://bsky.app/profile/argakyan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/argakyan.bsky.social/post/3mviiwcynlk2ymy only critique of the balkanization of the UK is that it should have happened a century ago14 Sep 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:qq6ktxz7fypn6rfevgawkxoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviiwcynlk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/argakyan.bsky.social/post/3mvhyz4gnqs2bI just had to think there was kind of a shift in rhetoric in European politics where "Russian" used to be a pejorative against left-wingers. You still saw rightoids call say Jeremy Corbyn a "Russian" as an insult in 2019. That has kinda decreased over time as the right discovered Russia for itself.14 Sep 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:qq6ktxz7fypn6rfevgawkxoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhyz4gnqs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/argakyan.bsky.social/post/3mvfx4muqsc2eif I had to write an essay right now, my pick of topic would be bad ways in which countries process colonialism. From the dutch who poll majority favourable of colonialism, to many Germans who project colonial greatness through the US, to amnesia of colonial history in Poland, or what Russia does.13 Sep 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:qq6ktxz7fypn6rfevgawkxoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfx4muqsc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/argakyan.bsky.social/post/3mvfq2h5rx22kI swear games give mountains to cities which irl have deserts, and deserts to cities which have mountains.13 Sep 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:qq6ktxz7fypn6rfevgawkxoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfq2h5rx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/argakyan.bsky.social/post/3mvdfj4l3fc2nI have my own grievances with the Soviet Union, maybe more precisely with specific constituent countries, but when you look at how party popularities change over time in many places the year 1991 is marked by a collapse in left-wing parties and rise in fascist parties.12 Sep 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:qq6ktxz7fypn6rfevgawkxoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdfj4l3fc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/argakyan.bsky.social/post/3mvdc3vneqs2jIf I look back at the past 20 years it has been significantly the case that people who dislike the world and humans, and get to act on that harming the world & humans, create people who dislike the world and humans.12 Sep 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:qq6ktxz7fypn6rfevgawkxoa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdc3vneqs2j