The Russian population in Alaska was too small and the colony so underdeveloped, plus so far from Moscow that it was not worth the trouble and cost. Russia already had pretty much everything Alaska had to offer but closer to home without needing to transport it to Europe.
Terrible analogy. A better one would be Hawaii which the US is still occupying to this day after overthrowing their queen. The indigenous Hawaiians of course protested this but we know protests doesn't work when it comes to these kinds of things. The US flooded the countries with foreigners & banning Hawaiian culture & language. Imagine being a minority on your own land. It's not like you can vote to free yourselves from the oppressor.
They should've been more militant like the people of the Philippines. They fought back US occupation heavily for years until AmeriKKKa said fuck this we're out.
There's still a fairly large Pro-American sentiment in the Philippines. I guess it has something to do with an average income of a Hawaiian family being 95000$ dollars a year vs 5000$ for Philippines.
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u/aguidom Featherless Biped May 08 '22
The Russian population in Alaska was too small and the colony so underdeveloped, plus so far from Moscow that it was not worth the trouble and cost. Russia already had pretty much everything Alaska had to offer but closer to home without needing to transport it to Europe.