• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    2000 people who probably didn’t want to be involved in this shit any more than the Ukrainians.

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      25 days ago

      I’m so tired of hearing this, can we stop with the “poor Russians under the tsar” narrative?

      When Ukrainians got pushed towards the russian empire by their aspiring dictator they did Euromaidan, they got shot at and bravely pushed on, and have been fighting for their freedom ever since. They get to complain about Putin, and they get my sympathy for their suffering.

      Russians have completely given up their agency, a couple of arrests and beatdowns by the police were enough to pacify them. I don’t see any protests or rallies anymore, I don’t hear about any partisans. Those in favour of the war have no sympathy from me. Those who are against it but kept silent because they chose a 0.5% chance of getting shelled in Ukraine over a 100% chance of getting arrested have no sympathy from me either.

      To the dead Russian who “didn’t want to be involved”: cry me a river, you had your chance to not be involved. You get what you chose. Good riddance.

      • homoludens@feddit.org
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        25 days ago

        I get the sentiment that the Russian people are responsible for their government. But repression in Russia goes far beyond “a couple of arrests and beatdowns” - they are openly killing people, torturing them, putting them in labor camps and throwing them behind bars for years or decades for very minor stuff.

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          25 days ago

          I would guess most of them being shipped out also don’t have many of the facts about the invasion, the reason for it, or how it’s been going.

        • Draghetta@lemmy.world
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          25 days ago

          Yes, it’s not easy being a dissident in Russia and many chose the easy way out by leaving the country. No judgement there. But if you stayed and you kept quiet you are responsible for what is happening.

          Let me be absolutely clear: Putin is allowed to be a dictator because people chose to be “uninterested in politics”. Those who chose to not get involved politically are not the result of the oppression but the cause. Ask anybody who knows anything about the Russian people.

          And yes I know repression is hard. But as I was saying, when Ukrainians faced a similar problem they went to the street and rallied, staring at death in the face. They fought for freedom ten years ago and are still doing it. Russians did nothing of the sort.

          As an Italian I have no problem admitting that all those who did not side with the partisans - my family included - were responsible for the atrocities that my country committed. I don’t see why I should hold Russians to a higher standard.

    • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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      25 days ago

      All of the Russians in Ukraine are volunteers. They signed up for this and deserve to die horrible deaths. Putin has specifically limited conscript deployments to Russia proper to avoid public blowback, so the only time they saw any fighting was during the early days of the Kursk offensive.

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        25 days ago

        It is a national emergency and most front line fighters are not volunteers. Russians are not, either, but most are willing because they’ve been brainwashed into thinking Ukraine shouldn’t exist.

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          25 days ago

          According to Putin, it’s not a national emergency or war. It’s a “special military operation”, which is why the conscripts haven’t been deployed and are still sitting on Russian soil.