My guess is that it was expected and they were counting on that to reinforce the propaganda that Russia is hostile and aggressive and a danger to all see what of Finland didn’t join that base would have been a deadly threat to them(all knowing full well that the base was only built after them joining)
From what I read the whole thing is backfiring because cutting trade with Russia impoverished eastern Finland, so now people are really pissed and scared.
Yeah that makes sense, I would think they are crying like a kid in hopes of the grown up EU would come to their aid and fix the issue, but yeah with the US with a foot out of NATO and crisis popping up like weeds in Europe, there is little surplus to aid poor little crying Finland, since Europe as a whole is struggling to keep their head out of water
And the whole plan was predicated in succeeding to pressure Russia, which so far not going well
It turned out to be such a massive self own. They turned Russia into an enemy thinking that the west would easily win, and now they find themselves being a border territory of a large hostile military power.
Western capitalism is loosing it’s mind, its convulsing violently to prevent the worse of the current crisis, especially under the gaze of a China that is consistently moving more and more to the left, at the same time that it grows ever stronger. They are in panic.
Absolutely. Amusingly, the West’s unraveling only further proves the point that Marxist-Leninism works while anarchism doesn’t. Look at the chaos in the West with so-called allies like the EU and US who can’t even agree on basic priorities. Europe squabbles over gas prices, America slaps tariffs on its own partners, and everyone’s too busy chasing their own agendas to act like a united front. It’s textbook anarchism that’s just a mess of competing egos and half-baked compromises in absence of central authority. When things get tough, their “shared values” fall apart because nobody’s in charge to enforce them.
Meanwhile, the Communist Party doesn’t waste time debating or begging corporations to cooperate. They set a goals such as building a high-speed rail, dominating green tech, eradicating poverty, and the entire country mobilizes. No infighting, no lobbyists derailing progress, no political games between different parties to screw up the timeline. It’s all discipline, coordination, and results. Western media calls it authoritarian, but the results speak for themselves. China’s economy keeps climbing, their infrastructure humiliates the US, and they’re outmaneuvering NATO in Africa and Asia without firing a shot.
A loose coalition of squabbling democracies is simply incapable of outcompeting a civilization-state with a long term plan. The West’s federalist chaos clearly illustrates the fatal flaw of Anarchist organization. China’s proving every day that central authority and ruthless planning are simply more effective. The desperation in Washington and Brussels is the sound of anarchism losing.
Finland has a massive superiority complex, in more ways than one. They really thought that they could cut themselves off from Russia without consequences.
Finland is pathetic and didn’t deserve independence from Russia. Constantly on the wrong side of history.
Wrong side won the 1918 civil war in Finland.
The League of Nations taking Finland’s side in the Winter War is a top example of how liberal “rules-based order” is a slippery slope to fascism.
Flawed premise as usual with you propagandists. Establishing defense against a hostile neighbor is not abnormal. If Russia wanted to play nice with the world, it had an opportunity during the 90s before Putin was elected. Now Russia has rigged elections, suppression of journalism, and most other facets of a fascist dictatorship. You guys use twisted logic to spin this as European or NATO aggression. I hope people living in free and democratic countries stop falling for it.
Putin unironically tried to join NATO
Now Russia has rigged elections
Americans helped Yeltsin rig 1996 election and bragged about it.
Flawed premise as usual with you propagandists. Russia was in no way hostile to Finland, but don’t let facts get in the way of your drivel. 🤡
The 90s? Yeltsin was about as Western friendly as he could realistically be, and even Putin originally wanted to join NATO early on in his presidency but was turned down.
Who could have forseen that actions have consequences? 😭
Anyway