The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBelieve in yourselfmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down112
arrow-up1399arrow-down1imageBelieve in yourselfmedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squaremushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months ago“Eastern Europe” is literally a euphemism for “former Soviet”. Finland is not Eastern European, Greece is not eastern European, but Poland is Eastern European. The term is meaningless, just say Baltics, Balkans, and Black Sea.
minus-squareaeshna_cyanea@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoI think you mean “former Warsaw pact”
“Eastern Europe” is literally a euphemism for “former Soviet”. Finland is not Eastern European, Greece is not eastern European, but Poland is Eastern European.
The term is meaningless, just say Baltics, Balkans, and Black Sea.
I think you mean “former Warsaw pact”
Or ‘former iron curtain’