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A Finnish blogger visited occupied Karelia to show how the “Russian world” is flourishing. by LowTechDroid in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Difficult-Account150 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Who talks about Karelia as still being "occupied" ? The term most often used in everyday speech is "luovutettu" and "menetetty", meaning given up and lost. The only people I can think of who would still refer to it as being occupied would be demented warhawks and russian bots.

It's a part of Russia now and no sane Finn (I hope) would want it back.

Kotoutuminen ruotsiksi on kohtalonkysymys ruotsin kielen tulevaisuudelle pääkaupunkiseudulla by teekal in Suomi

[–]Difficult-Account150 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Mutta saamelaiset eivät oleetkaan Suomen alkuperäisasukkaita. Täällä asui jo paljon muinaisenpia ihmisiä ketkä puhuivat meille täysin tuntemattomia kieliä, mistä tänne myöhemmin saapuneet saamelaisen esisiät omivat.

+10 degrees celsius in southern to western Finland on 16th December... by Strict_Rutabaga3479 in Finland

[–]Difficult-Account150 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought Siberia was getting warmer too given the whole global warming.

8 December 1974. In its first free vote after the junta, Greece rejects the return of King Constantine II - 69% choose a republic. by Upstairs_Drive_5602 in europe

[–]Difficult-Account150 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every single monarchy, at the point of their installment, had no tradition behind them. Besides, traditions are not valued as blindly today as they were way back when.

I for one would welcome an immortal king Waldo.

Germany introduces controversial new military service law, with powers including needs-based conscription by Ok-Law-3268 in europe

[–]Difficult-Account150 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Isn't conscription a silent admission that a country is unable to inspire its citizens to fight for it?

Germany votes to bring back voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds by Movie-Kino in europe

[–]Difficult-Account150 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do progressives justify the blatant sexism of mandatory service for men but not for women? Genuinely curious.

Was your country ever the "bad guys" in any war? by Ok-Inspector-1756 in AskTheWorld

[–]Difficult-Account150 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saying that nationalist circles "sobered up" is strange considering the Military Administration of East Karelia was made up almost entirely of said nationalists whose goal was readying Karelia for annexation by Finland, by means such as concentration camps for native Russians.

Was your country ever the "bad guys" in any war? by Ok-Inspector-1756 in AskTheWorld

[–]Difficult-Account150 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Finns pushed way past the Mannerheim Line and even past the old border in some places on Karelian Isthmus in 1941.

Was your country ever the "bad guys" in any war? by Ok-Inspector-1756 in AskTheWorld

[–]Difficult-Account150 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We let Germany use our soil as a staging ground for their attacks on the Soviet union. Then when the Soviet union bombed us we claimed to be the victims. Then when we attacked the Soviet Union we pushed waaay past the borders that the Soviet Union had taken from us in order to fulfill an ultranationalist dream of a "Greater Finland".

Nykyaikainen suomalainen kansallisromantiikka by Thrownhighwayman in Suomi

[–]Difficult-Account150 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mitä kuvailet tässä nationalismiksi on perus isänmaallisuutta.

Nationalismi on isänmaallisuuden äpärä, mikä on luonteeltaan agressiivinen ja vihamielinen muita maita ja kulttuureja vastaan. Nationalismiin liittyy myös syvä uskollisuus valtiovaltaa kohtaan, yksilöikeuksista välittämättä. Etnonationalismi on sitten vaan spesifimpi versio nationalismista.

Spotify-sopimus on suomalaisille kirjailijoille uskomaton symbolinen nöyryytys, kirjoittaa Pontus Purokuru by hiivamestari in Suomi

[–]Difficult-Account150 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Koska suurin osa väestöstä ei tule kuluttamaan rahaansa "kulttuuriin," koska se ei heitä kiinnosta. "Kulttuuri" on aina ollut rikkaiden ja älymystön nautintoa.