To deduce from the reliance on American aid that a dream of independence rooted in the history of Central and Eastern Europe is a US plot signals deep imperial thinking. It's a sick Cold War legacy obscuring the plain truth. 3/N - ThreadSky

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davidedebiasio.bsky.social • 41 days ago

To deduce from the reliance on American aid that a dream of independence rooted in the history of Central and Eastern Europe is a US plot signals deep imperial thinking. It's a sick Cold War legacy obscuring the plain truth.

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davidedebiasio.bsky.social•41 days ago

With alternating phases of intensity over the last few centuries, Russia has shown an ethno-imperialist drive. This is independent of American actions – and would continue for a long time if the United States were to disappear.

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davidedebiasio.bsky.social•41 days ago

It has to do with the history of pan-Slavism, with a delusion of Euro-Asian domination, with the trauma of those who lived under Soviet rule, with the complex relationship between the former Warsaw Pact countries. It's an ancient, brutal, European story.

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davidedebiasio.bsky.social•41 days ago

I invite my anti-imperialist friends, for whom I feel great empathy, to recognise that there is also an imperialism of the current Russian ruling class. I invite everyone to celebrate Ukrainian resistance, today more than ever.

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davidedebiasio.bsky.social•41 days ago

I invite you to stop treating all local instances as proxies of this or that superpower. And above all, I call on Europe to recognise the existential threat that is knocking fiercely on its door and to face up to its responsibilities.

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davidedebiasio.bsky.social•41 days ago

We have promised, promised, promised. We have complained about American interference. Fine. But political independence comes at a price. We must be capable of standing on our own two feet.

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davidedebiasio.bsky.social•41 days ago

I'm Italian. I've lived in Germany, the UK, and now Poland. This is my story – and I want to be on the right side of it.

https://youtu.be/LIUoFuSuvTM?si=J7nM_weB2WPH-cqO

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