lol yeah

Not of top of my head, this was a realization I had a while back when I was chatting with a friend of mine about the fall of USSR and how quickly the society transformed itself under new social order. It does stem from dialectical analysis however.

There is a central contradiction between the individual and society itself. Individuals are inherently driven by their personal interests and goals, shaped by their unique experiences and material circumstances. Conversely, society establishes a framework of rules, norms, and values, that arise from the material conditions and power dynamics within that society.

Individuals strive to fulfill their desires within the constraints of societal expectations. Meanwhile, societal rules guide their behavior by establishing incentives and disincentives that either encourage or discourage specific actions. This dynamic relationship between personal desires and societal constraints is a dialectical process of constant tension and resolution. Individual actions challenge and reshape societal norms, just as societal changes can influence individual desires and behaviors.

Part of Kallas’ family did actually collaborate with the nazis. Kallas is allowed to claim that she is from a family of repressed people by her mother, who, in infancy, along with her mother and the rest of the family, was deported to Siberia in 1949. The family was expelled because its head was a member of "Omakaitse" - a paramilitary Estonian organization created by the nazis in 1941, which participated in the fight against partisans and Jews, as well as in protecting the borders from the Leningrad region, so that people escaping the famine did not penetrate into nazi-led Estonia.

basically this https://media.giphy.com/media/xT8qBiqUxDzRKMpIJO/giphy.gif

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lol right, like the whole thing is dark comedy

We're all here to learn. :)

This scenario serves as an excellent example of the significance of systemic analysis. The Soviet system's selection pressures encouraged individuals to channel their energy towards productive endeavors. Even opportunists like Kallas were compelled to contribute positively to society in order to advance. However, following the counter-revolution, these same people quickly adapted to exploiting societal resources for personal gain, highlighting the importance of the relationship between the rules of society and personal behavior.

I just can't get over the framing there

the west created a staggering black market for weapons at the start of the war

Jonas Ohman is founder and CEO of Blue-Yellow, a Lithuania-based organization that has been meeting with and supplying frontline units with non-lethal military aid in Ukraine since the start of the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in 2014. Back in April, he estimated that just "30-40%" of the supplies coming across the border reached its final destination. But he says the situation has significantly improved since then and a much larger quantity now gets where it's supposed to go.

https://archive.ph/Mpn8l

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the reality is starting to seep into through the walls of their carefully constructed narrative