Comments by "Louis Giokas" (@louisgiokas2206) on "Freedom from Russia - A World without Russia - Polish Freedom" video.

While I agree in general about the Russians not being great, they were nothing out of the ordinary. What do you think the British did in their empire (the largest in history). Look at what they did to India. India was actually a fairly (very?) advanced industrial power at the time of colonization. The British made sure that ended. Why do you think South and Central America speak Spanish or Portuguese and that most are Catholics? Keeping with Imperial Russia, have you heard the term "the great game"? We often use it in terms of contemporary situations, but it was coined to refer to the rivalry between the Russian and British empires. You see, it takes two "sides" to have a game. The actions of the Japanese in the 19th and first half of the 20th century were really a response to what the Europeans had been doing. They had the strength to compete and felt they were owed. They also needed resources. Why trade for those when you take them? Along the same lines why did Germany, a latecomer to the game, colonize Africa? How about the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth? From the late 16th to the late 18th century, they controlled much of what is now Ukraine. Look into how that worked and the effect on Ukrainians. To judge the world of the past by our contemporary standards is really foolish. One thing that is germane to this whole discussion is the stated desire of the Russians and Chinese to have a multipolar world. What that really means is returning to the historically normal state of things, namely imperialism. In the last 200 years that did not go well for either of those countries. The basic reasons for that have not changed. That they would want it shows a fantastic level of ignorance of history and their current condition.
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