/lit/ - Literature

I don't know if cyclical theories of history are accurate, but this quote kept me up last night. It is from a Russian delegate in a 1989 USSR Congress of People's Deputies meeting:
>perhaps it is Russia that should secede from the Union, since you accuse her of all your misfortunes and since her backwardness and awkwardness obstruct your progressive aspirations? … We could then pronounce the word ‘Russian’ without fear of being rebuked for nationalism, we could talk openly about our national identity … Believe me, we’re fed up with being scapegoats, with being mocked and spat upon.

Word for word, this is a sentiment which you will find among whites in America today. In both cases the same exact thing has happened: a nation gave its minorities special treatment, and the majority got nothing to call their own. In both cases, this stirred resentment against the overarching government. It gave the majority the desire to secede. If we are to avoid the trap the USSR fell in, this has to be solved and fast.