Comments by "" (@obsidianjane4413) on "Serbia's Departed Semiconductor Giant" video.

The breakup of Yugoslavia and decent into chaos and mediocrity of all the constituent groups is such a tragedy on so many levels.
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@Janezslovenski They voted for it and are "glad" because the unresolved issues and bigotry were never overcome only suppressed by Tito. All would be vastly better off if they had remained in a republic or commonwealth instead of minor petty ethnic states. Not to mention the waste and misery of the civil war.
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They had the advantage of being on the periphery of the Soviet empire so could maintain links and gain advantages with the free West.
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Sometimes its profitable, sometimes it was just stupid.
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@tzoa4443 That you think that only means you are ignorant.
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@tzoa4443 Good because I don't argue with commiekiddies either.
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@goodlife6277 Go to an authoritarian country and/or one with crushing poverty to gain an appreciation for what you take for granted.
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@andro7862 Not entirely true, its more accurate to say they (Tito) played both sides. They were only able to say they were "nonaligned", trade with the West, and didn't get a Hungarian style "intervention" only because Yugo was inconvenient and insignificant to the USSR.
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@tzoa4443 Your post is completely irrelevant to this conversation.
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@coda9271 Ironic.
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@goodlife6277 Careful what you ASSume because you know what that makes you look like right?
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@goodlife6277 Obvious projection is obvious.
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@proceduralism376 Report for reeducation citizen.
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@neilrichardson7454 But only matters to those who don't matter. The haters and racists.
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@Burevestnik9M730 Sanctions is the common excuse for bad government and corruption is what I think you meant to write.
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