Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
for random social, political, geographical, historical facts you learned today
I'll start with a short and probably false history of inter-war Estonia: the Estonian independence war was a clusterf*ck with too many sides to count, including but not limited to nationalists, communists, pro-Russians, pro-Germans, proto-Nazis, pro-"my land is my land"; eventually the remaining rebels, after slaying communists and proto-Nazis, ended up nationalizing most of the estates formerly owned by a handful of German noblemen, creating 70,000 new independent smallholders.
It went pretty well in terms of economic output, though the newly enfranchised farmers installed a strongman to defend their interests and preventing further expansion of this franchise. Since decommunization, the heirs of the families then ennobled have been highly encouraged to take their land "back".
I'll start with a short and probably false history of inter-war Estonia: the Estonian independence war was a clusterf*ck with too many sides to count, including but not limited to nationalists, communists, pro-Russians, pro-Germans, proto-Nazis, pro-"my land is my land"; eventually the remaining rebels, after slaying communists and proto-Nazis, ended up nationalizing most of the estates formerly owned by a handful of German noblemen, creating 70,000 new independent smallholders.
It went pretty well in terms of economic output, though the newly enfranchised farmers installed a strongman to defend their interests and preventing further expansion of this franchise. Since decommunization, the heirs of the families then ennobled have been highly encouraged to take their land "back".
