yeah, i pretty much agree with your assestment, though in "russia" i include most of the balkans, and not the baltics, and in middle east, the countries that never integrated well into the bretton woods world order (ie not saudi, israel, probably lebanon)
culture doesn't exist without a strong understanding of parasitism, baked into the common aphorisms and teh language. like, bulgaria, they appear to have mostly integrated into EU but you don't find that is the case when you actually talk to friends in that place, they are extremely skeptical about anything officially sanctioned, probably due to hundreds of years being manipulated by the ottomans and the austrians.
wherever there was wealth to be stolen, the efforts to subdue the culture were relentless.
the only peaceful places on the planet have nothing worth stealing. mostly mountain and rural cultures in regions like zomia in south east asia and some parts of west asia, in rural areas all over the world, and in deserts, especially, and probably a lot of small islands where all they basically have is fish and fruit.
mleku
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2025-06-01 17:52:13
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