Sure, sounds pretty accurate. Support for both Russia and USA is roughly similar, with younger people leaning towards the west.
That being said, people should be much more pissed on Russia for 1968 and the recent Ukraine shit
Sadly yes
Since Czechoslovakia split, it’s more accurate to speak about Slovakia on its own. A front moving through the Tatra Mountains would be brutal as hell. Not to mention Poland is right up there as well. Sending reinforcements between Slovakia and Poland would be extremely difficult. I can’t imagine any army moving through that terrain without taking heavy losses. That would give plenty of time to secure the borders before the Russians could even get close. And since Poland is firmly in the EU, you can count on them giving the Russians proper hell.
Slovakia might surrender, but it wouldn’t be the first time the Czech army went there to “liberate” the country. The last time Hungary tried to invade Slovakia, Czech troops and volunteers shut it down pretty quickly.
Theoretically, the only viable and relatively fast route into Central Europe is through Slovakia and Hungary. But I don’t see that happening because it would be absolute mayhem. The Russians know that, and hopefully they’re not too stubborn to try, for their own sake.
TLDR: yep, Austrians and Czechs are pretty chill about war. Hungary and Slovakia? That’s a whole different story
So yes, we distrust both sides. “Leave us alone with your wars” is very accurate statement. The most important goal is not to become the next battlefield or buffer zone for proxy war between USA & the West vs. Russia & the East. The West will never fight for us and the East will only bring misery and poverty.
toto so pýta bot,prečo odpovedáte ?
It’s only partially accurate. In Slovakia, there has been a sizable minority since 1848 who have, due to historical reasons, felt a great affinity towards Russia.
In other countries that were formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, there is hardly any pro-Russian sentiment. Some anti-American sentiment is present in all those countries, but for entirely different reasons in each country.
I like to use the Roman saying attributed to emperor Caligula: “Let them hate as long as they fear,” but rephrase it as “Let them hate us as long as they ignore us.” This fits the mentality of our part of the world perfectly.
As someone who is half Slovak and half Italian (and lives in France) I agree with the OP pic post. There is a sentiment of “not having to” pick sides in Slovakia because on one side eastern block was a very large part of its history and development but also part of oppression and the US never did anything for Slovakia itself so why should it “kneel to a king they don’t serve”. This is different in Italy as it got “liberated” by nazi fascism during ww2 and got placed under new management or France who has a strong national pride and focus on independence from any outside power. Slovakia “doesn’t care” or at least politically speaking.
Thats my pov anyway
Slovakia has been braindraining all young liberals to Czech at least for the last 30 years. The sentiment is vastly different in both countries. The things you can say in east Slovak town square in the middle of the day will get you kicked from Pragues pub at three in the morning.
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Sure, sounds pretty accurate. Support for both Russia and USA is roughly similar, with younger people leaning towards the west.
That being said, people should be much more pissed on Russia for 1968 and the recent Ukraine shit
Sadly yes
Since Czechoslovakia split, it’s more accurate to speak about Slovakia on its own. A front moving through the Tatra Mountains would be brutal as hell. Not to mention Poland is right up there as well. Sending reinforcements between Slovakia and Poland would be extremely difficult. I can’t imagine any army moving through that terrain without taking heavy losses. That would give plenty of time to secure the borders before the Russians could even get close. And since Poland is firmly in the EU, you can count on them giving the Russians proper hell.
Slovakia might surrender, but it wouldn’t be the first time the Czech army went there to “liberate” the country. The last time Hungary tried to invade Slovakia, Czech troops and volunteers shut it down pretty quickly.
Theoretically, the only viable and relatively fast route into Central Europe is through Slovakia and Hungary. But I don’t see that happening because it would be absolute mayhem. The Russians know that, and hopefully they’re not too stubborn to try, for their own sake.
TLDR: yep, Austrians and Czechs are pretty chill about war. Hungary and Slovakia? That’s a whole different story
Yes, it is quite accurate. We were betrayed by the West and given to Hitler in 1938 [Munich agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement), then betrayed and occupied by the Soviets in [1968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia).
So yes, we distrust both sides. “Leave us alone with your wars” is very accurate statement. The most important goal is not to become the next battlefield or buffer zone for proxy war between USA & the West vs. Russia & the East. The West will never fight for us and the East will only bring misery and poverty.
toto so pýta bot,prečo odpovedáte ?
It’s only partially accurate. In Slovakia, there has been a sizable minority since 1848 who have, due to historical reasons, felt a great affinity towards Russia.
In other countries that were formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, there is hardly any pro-Russian sentiment. Some anti-American sentiment is present in all those countries, but for entirely different reasons in each country.
I like to use the Roman saying attributed to emperor Caligula: “Let them hate as long as they fear,” but rephrase it as “Let them hate us as long as they ignore us.” This fits the mentality of our part of the world perfectly.
As someone who is half Slovak and half Italian (and lives in France) I agree with the OP pic post. There is a sentiment of “not having to” pick sides in Slovakia because on one side eastern block was a very large part of its history and development but also part of oppression and the US never did anything for Slovakia itself so why should it “kneel to a king they don’t serve”. This is different in Italy as it got “liberated” by nazi fascism during ww2 and got placed under new management or France who has a strong national pride and focus on independence from any outside power. Slovakia “doesn’t care” or at least politically speaking.
Thats my pov anyway
Slovakia has been braindraining all young liberals to Czech at least for the last 30 years. The sentiment is vastly different in both countries. The things you can say in east Slovak town square in the middle of the day will get you kicked from Pragues pub at three in the morning.
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