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Kinda surprised that there were no Germans involved. Maybe they were too clever.
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Not to be picky, but do Russians refer to their country as "the Fatherland"? I thought it was always referred to in the feminine - Mother Russia, etc.
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Besides, we here in the US have a the fun resort island of Alcatraz, plus the joy of "old sparky".
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Much more fun watching them twitch than just lopping their noggin of like the Japanese or French do.
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The Indian and Dutch methods are quite interesting, though there is that "cruel and unusual" thing to worry about here with that pesky Constitution.
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OOP: I think the "This Fatherland Defender Act" sounds too much like what we have in America in our realworld (triggered by 9-11). In the mid-20s and in a nation like Russia where millions live like in the 17th century, where agroculture dominates large parts of the country and where modern (by 20s standard) technology hasn´t been seen in all places I wonder how a secret service will "monitor, infiltrate, and counteract" all activities...?!
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In South Africa one wonders what would have been the goal of those anarchists? What to achieve with those assassinations and bomb attacks? What to gain?
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In South Africa one wonders what would have been the goal of those anarchists?
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Well I think the lack of a Bolshivism has alot to do with the lack of 17th century livingQuoted
The WesWorld Russian government is following a policy very similar to Lenin's NEP, without going through the Civil War, and with access to French capital. Its been interesting to learn in from my study of this for the WesWorld (Fantastique has been very informative) that early Soviet economic policy drew heavily on the industrialist Ryabushinsky's wartime work on ecnomic planning to support the war effort during World War One.
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that and the Russians do know how to talk tough and put on a brave front even if they haven't got a clue. It could all just be bluster, but it sounds mean and nasty to threaten your enemy's.
Yes, there's an element of this too. But the Russian Federation inherited pretty good intelligence services when they took over from Nicholas II.
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They're probably frustrated that they haven't made any gains around the world, no Soviet Union, etc...
Well, let's see. The French Socialists are a major power in the government, Russia is run by the Socialist revolutionaries (Alexander Kerensky's party), with non-trivial representation for the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks, and they're using an economic policy very similar to Lenin's historical New Economic Policy (NEP). In Germany, the Social Democrats are a significant power as well.
I'd say that the Socialist Internationale is not at all frustrated with political developments since the end of the Great War.
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