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"Do the lives of Russians anywhere matter to the Russian empire? The answer is simple – they don’t," a political scientist says (web.archive.org)

submitted 1 year ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/news@beehaw.org

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"The emperor only values his throne and will do anything to protect it, while all others are mere resources to be exploited," writes Aleksandar Đokić, a Serbian political scientist and former lecturer at RUDN University in Moscow. "In other words, the Russian empire is knowingly throwing its own people, people of its own nation, into a meatgrinder, a virtual abyss."

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[–] DreamerOfImprobableDreams@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can say said labeling the current tyrannical regime with "Empire" is a misinterpretation.

My brother in Christ, your government is forcefully annexing territory into itself and making the conquered people culturally assimilate at threat of being tortured if they don't comply. That's literally the definition of imperialism.

[–] Johnny_Wild@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe that such actions on the part of an empire are in one way or another aimed at the prosperity of its citizens. Putin's regime is even worse - it does not care about its citizens and therefore I cannot even call its regime an empire.

[–] RedMarsRepublic@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

Well that's not what 'empire' means.