Today is the 55th anniversary of Warsaw Pact forces invading Czechoslovakia (1968)

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Hyperreality@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Time to celebrate by electing a pro-Russian populist or apologist.

severien@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Do you mean Fico in Slovakia?

Sternout@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y

Yes, the end of the prague spring.

dog@suppo.fi · -18 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Why are we celebrating/idolizing war?

severien@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y

Eh, what? Anniversaries are not just to celebrate, but also to remind ourselves the evil deeds which happened and shouldn't happen anymore.

anewbeginning@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

What are you suggesting? Remembering the times in history when everything went well and nothing of note happened?