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[–]Wrangel 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I have attended a Svvoboda rally a few years ago out of curiosity. I was travelling and I found out there was going to be one so I went to check it out. They had great energy and a lot of people but the quality of people was lacking. I hate to be classist, but a lot of them looked welfare class. I just can't see them ever taking over a country, they didn't look like the type of people who could run a small business let a lone a country. There were strong Gopnik vibes from the rally. I couldn't really communicate with anyone there. I got the feeling they are into petty nationalism, Ukraine strong, we want more money and better gibs by joining the liberal west yet find gays to be gross. I think a lot of the nazi aesthetic is due to them finding it cool rather than ideological. Similar to how biker gangs like skulls and scary stuff on their vests.

[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Going off of what I know, that does seem like an accurate characterisation, yes.