The SOVIETS, not the Russians. The Soviet Union conquered many different ethnic groups for their empire, and the Russians were only one of them.

I think a lot of people forget that Russia was just the first nation to fall to the Soviets. Just like Germany was the first nation to fall to the Nazis.

Stop inventing imaginary scenarios. You're talking out your ass and have no idea what you're saying. While you weren't paying attention, the days of cheap labor in China ceased several years ago. The buzz these days is all about Vietnam and Burma. I say again, STOP inventing points of view from imaginary people you aren't familiar with, just because it fits your narrative.

That's a common reaction to hearing viewpoints with which you disagree. Where's the "Science, bitches!" crowd now? Remember, science is always right and if it tells us we need to radically restructure our society and change cherished modes of thinking, then that's just what has to happen and anyone who disagrees is a denialist.

Fun fact: most Chinese people use Pinyin input. Handwriting is used...but not usually. It's slower, while Pinyin is just faster. Or so I've been told when I've asked why people don't use handwriting input when they're clearly capable of it.

Bullshit! It is Japanese people who have trouble with the R/L sounds. Chinese can pronounce R just fine, while L might be a bit off but still understandable and definitely never confused for R.

Chinese can't pronounce TH, V, and short I because those sounds don't exist in their language.

Not true. Recently while clicking around I found myself watching a BBC report from 1982 about the Falklands War. Being the BBC, and considering the topic, I naturally expected their famous bias to show itself shortly. It didn't! The report was three minutes of facts. No bias, no narrative, no attempt to tie the report into an over-arching theme to influence society in a direction that BBC overlords considered "positive". Just the facts. I was stunned. So yes, things were better before.

A lot of Americans have this crazy idea that their government should serve them, not a bunch of angry foreigners who, honestly, will never be satisfied. There are always new grievances. Reflexively hating anything the Americans do is a way of life for a lot of people.

Wow, leftists really can't accept that Obama is just a horrible president, eh? Everything's got to be blamed on someone else. I suppose that makes sense, as the alternative - that you were lied to and Obama really is as bad as everyone says - is too horrifying to contemplate.

Socialism is evil, though. It's responsible for more deaths than Nazism, and look how that ideology is viewed today.

Because 12 inches of armor doesn't help at all against modern 'ship-killer' missiles? Hell, plenty of those gigantic battleships were sunk in WWII by ordinary torpedoes of the era.

It is always bizarre to see pro-government leftists celebrate their culture in public. Especially considering they were solidly anti-government until January 20, 2009. But no, government is good now. We have always been allied with Eurasia.

And yet it is that few percent that makes all the difference. Why do people consistently want to shit on people who don't follow the traditional mold? This is where free-thinkers come from, people who shake up the system. You start doing this 'statistically speaking' bullshit instead of treating people as individuals and you just slew all the black swans that will ever come.

Just wondering: is it OK with you if we have a culture? And we have some taboos? Because I get the idea that it's wrong that we ever do anything.

Would you serve pork to Muslims? Why not? It's taboo. Beef to Hindus? It's taboo. These silly sorts of things need to be broken down whenever possible! Right?

Because it's lead too many people to believe that progress is only made by Great Leaps Forward.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, buddy! Not cool! WTF were you thinking with that? Casually using the name of the greatest human genocide of all time in an unrelated context? What's next, the Final Solution to the space problem?

Way to redefine history. Ronald Reagan was hated by the elites, specifically because he came from the common people. Eureka College...REALLY? Can you even tell me which state Eureka is in? I don't know, and neither did any of the Washington DC elites. They didn't know anyone who went there, and if you didn't go to an Ivy League university then you must not be any good at life.

No, seriously, that's how they think. Sad but true.