@benroyce @bjeelka @humanhorseshoes @mattdm @n_dimension @Gorfram @Mikal
It doesn't have to be prejudice, just the understanding that it's a lost cause. They are a failing nation and have been for a long time. They lost their future when Stalin killed most of the smart people, and then there was the brain drain in the 90s. There's no one left to run the country. As such, they are a zombie empire trying to eat their neighbors to stay alive.