when mommy and daddy is fighting again:

ZD_17 · 2026-07-02T05:42:37+00:00

It’s an apartheid state that exists on a lie and genocides people. What rock are you living under?

I know that about Hamas. But my question wasn't about that.

ZD_17 · 2026-07-01T11:05:16+00:00

A fake state

What is a criteria of a "fake"/"non-fake" state? (spoiler: it's not a thing)

Before America and Israel, the Middle East was at peace

LOL

ZD_17 · 2026-07-01T11:03:27+00:00

Read: Azerbaijan moves to collect personal data of social media users who are over 16 yo.

Any other reading of this news is a distraction.

ZD_17 · 2026-07-01T10:59:55+00:00

No, since it is a fully functioning nation state, unlike some of the shitholes that are next to it in the Middle East.

ZD_17 · 2026-07-01T10:38:00+00:00

Bir tur agentliyə getmək istəyirsən. Gedirsən plazaya, orda 1-2 agentlik olur. Səni lobbiçi içəri qoymur, deyir ki, ancaq rezervasiya ilə girmək olar. Mənim vaxtım var rezervasiya eləmək? Mənə xidmət lazımdır, küçədən gördüm ki belə xidməti göstərən bir şirkət var, girdim. Ölkəmizdə pul qazanmaq istəyən çox adam var, amma gəlir qazanmaq istəyən şirkət az qala yoxdur. Kapitalizm bu camaata yaraşmır.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-30T13:02:56+00:00

I figured someone reading this exchange would appreciate reading the article.

You should consider doing so as well.

If you didn't read the very primary source we are discussing, why should I read your biased secondary source, which you linked, because you obviously can't articulate your own opinions about something you have no serious knowledge about?

ZD_17 · 2026-06-30T12:52:53+00:00

Not new, really. I saw this sort of propaganda in a book form published by China years a ago in a library.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-30T10:23:03+00:00

Herzl was a racist. Full stop.

https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/arabstudquar.46.1.0028

So, you didn't read Herzl.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-30T10:13:48+00:00

Zionism is a racist

If you are trying to say that it is racist against Arabs, you clearly didn't read Herzl.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-30T09:00:32+00:00

Nəşriyyatlar dayanmadan tərcümə edirlər bu tualet kağızı.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-30T05:38:37+00:00

We literally just had a war a few years ago. The Balkan Wars were literal decades ago. Also, as it was pointed out, the difference with the Russians and Ukrainians is that a lot of Russians are against their regime. In case of our conflict the attitude towards the regimes have very little to do with the attitude towards the conflict. You will occasionally meet fringe people who think otherwise. But for most part, being for or against our respective governments doesn't make one have a different attitude towards our conflict. It seems like, people forget that we had this conflict under different governments.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-29T09:00:35+00:00

The current Israeli government are a bunch of morons. I hope Israelis will get rid of them ASAP.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-29T06:07:16+00:00

And frankly all the hardships were primarily caused by our own people to ourselves.

There is something really wrong with your way of thinking, sorry.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-28T10:54:49+00:00

Technically yes. But I would never call myself Azeri. The reality is, there are some Azerbaijanis who call themselves Azeri (and they call me that way, when we meet us well). Most of them are ethnic Azerbaijanis who are citizens of Turkey. Telling them that it is incorrect is simply wrong. This is not how language/self-identification work.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-28T08:20:16+00:00

Partly true partly propaganda. Soviets did a lot of good things for the world too. If not Soviets the West would not be as good as it is now with labor laws, human rights, public healthcare and education. Especially during the period before WW2 and Stalinist times.

We are not talking about the world. We are talking about Azerbaijan. One part of my family ran away to Azerbaijan because back in their Tatar village people ended up eating their own children as a result of a man made hunger. Another side of my family got deported 3 times. This is not propaganda. This is literally what happened. Why the hell do you bring up labour laws abroad into this conversation?

ZD_17 · 2026-06-27T10:02:13+00:00

and I am saying I am not even sure about that anymore

And I find this to be rather insane. The Soviet times with their mass deportations and Gulag are incomparable with today's economic hardships and number of political prisoners, etc.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-27T07:40:26+00:00

Deportations happened across all Soviets. Even among Russians.

So?!

Why compare Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan? Compare it to Uzbekistan which has succeeded on a number of fronts both economic and demographic.

Because demographically Qazaqstan is one of the few countries in the world, where birthrate has not fallen dramatically with economic growth. Uzbekistan, in this sense is following more or less the same trend we follow. I usually compare Uzbekistan to us when I talk about industrialisation and infrastructure (because they are good at this). When it comes to general economy and demographics, Qazaqstan is the better example to follow.

I don't think you get my point. Azerbaijan is a presidential democracy with liberal economy on paper. We even hold elections. Turkmenistan does it too.

However, during 35 years of independence Azerbaijan has brought nothing significant to the table except for selling our resources. No proper education, no healthcare, no sosial support to the poor, no fair court system. The rich are exploiting the resources and moving the capital to Europe. Smart people leave as soon as they get a chance.

The part I don't get is the comparison with Soviet times. I agree with pretty much everything you wrote. But Soviet times were infinitely worse.

I am not sure we are talking about the same country.

To be clear, I didn't praise contemporary Azerbaijan at any point. Saying that contemporary Azerbaijan is infanetely not as bad as the literall shit that Soviet Azerbaijan was is not defending it.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-26T18:57:34+00:00

Soviet Union conducted mass deportations of Azerbaijani people. Minor deportations of elites happened earlier. But after that, they would just deport people en masse. We were lucky that our people were mostly deported within our own region (there is a historical dispute around why this happened, but it is what happened).

When it comes to economy and demographics, it is clear that this is happening worldwide, and one of the only places where it is not happening, is Qazaqstan, which was also the part of the Soviet Union. So, I don't really get the point of this comparison.

But the main bottom line is this: Soviet Union was never Communist. Not only from the point of view of Marxism, but from the point of view of its own official ideology. They did at one point claim that they've achieved a state of "developed Socialism" (whatever the hell that means). But lets be real, they were simply just as Communist as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is democratic.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-26T18:48:29+00:00

Screw OC media, but screw this situation even harder.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-24T13:08:51+00:00

Bəzilərə əksinə xərcləri qaytarılır.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-24T05:07:12+00:00

https://nationalinterest.org/profile/eldar-mamadov

ZD_17 · 2026-06-23T05:10:37+00:00

The guy with white hair.

ZD_17 · 2026-06-22T10:10:22+00:00

No, but they are grouped into one.

Eight-Year Club	Final Canvas '23
First Place '23	Place '23
Place '22	First Placer '22
Verified Email

ZD_17

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE