they have it both ways in all cases. russians and jews supporting regional autonomy & “affirmative action” in the USSR? that’s a colonial patriarchal mindset toward the indigenous

the indigenous people do it themselves but choose to associate with the former colonizers? that’s evidence that they are still under the thumb of the Russian Empire.

it doesn’t actually matter to them, it’s just a fucking line. if indigenous rights meant anything to the west [gestures at everything] this wouldn’t fucking be here