"As the great-grandson of a Party commissar, I resent Stalin avatar tankies for appropriating my culture without even doing the research"

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“Just because you’re doing something for someone else doesn’t mean it’s impersonal. We do things for others every day that have completely personal reasons. I mean, this isn’t some selfless, saintly movie! Obviously there is ego and hubris involved, things you’re doing because you think they’ll look cool. Often, those are the things that don’t really turn out right”

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