Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "UK's David Lammy weaponizes race for war with Russia" video.

  1. ​ @deryck-kr2tl  True, but they were much more honest about their intentions, and as a result, the ideological underpinning that allowed them to colonize never fell apart like it did in the West. When the Cossacks (contracted by the Tsar) rode up to a new Khanate or city, they didn't claim to be there to civilize or because they're better than the native Siberians. They simply said, they were there for the Kremlin and wanted to form an alliance, in exchange for loyalty to the Crown. If not, they would have to fight. Some even mentioned the need for security from the Mongols (a buffer zone). That hasn't changed, and the Russians were (relatively) more tolerant of the natives, and less zealous in their massacres (so the Circassians for example are still in Russia now, despite being persecuted. Many US tribes are simply gone.) So there isn't a strong desire to change, especially since the regions benefit from access to 2 oceans.
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  2. 0:14 Correction, move west.
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