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Oct 22, 2024
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CasualFan
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And if you were Russian add a civil war
And about the time you retire Stalin Purges you for all your trouble.
If I recall correctly only about 5% of Russian men of that era lived to old age.
Probably due to the patriarchy.
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The “Greatest Generation” gets a lot of attention, but spare a thought for the
Japan Coug
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durandal
5:29am
And if you were Russian add a civil war
CasualFan
6:17am
Yes, in Russia it was even worse. Besides their bloody civil war, there were
Japan Coug
7:47am
And those famines, especially in Ukraine, were not by accident, they were intentionally caused by Stalin's regime.
durandal
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Africa usually gets overlooked in this stuff but many people there have been
Undefeated
8:14am
True, and Southeast Asia had a brutal stretch from the ‘40s through the ‘70s (or
Japan Coug
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