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It is the job of the Russian people to stand up and refuse to participate in this conflict. Anything that makes their lives harder so they are more likely to do
by amcoastal 5y ago
It is the job of the Russian people to stand up and refuse to participate in this conflict. Anything that makes their lives harder so they are more likely to do that, as opposed to just sitting around on their ass, is a good thing. The Russians need to band together and topple their dictator state, they are acting unethically and there needs to be a groundswell of support to oust someone like Putin. Simple democracy will not work there to change things like it could in the U.S. (voters were able to get rid of Bush for being a war monger).
- dogweather 5y ago> in this conflict They don't know there's a war going on.
- cik2e 5y agoVoters kept Bush Jr. in office for a second term. Term limits got rid of him. If you're referring to Bush Sr., then this is also incorrect. The economy and Ross Perot got rid of him.
- Ntrails 5y agoIt's the job of the Canadian people to stand up to oppression and fight the governmental overreach... etc etc
- amcoastal 5y agoYes. It is. What's your point? If the truckers of Canada try to shut down the country over a vaccine mandate, seems the Russians should consider this a reason to do their best to shut down Russia.
- Ntrails 5y agoMy point is _look how well it went for them in an incredibly non authoritarian regime_. Look how effectively they changed policy! Look how little personal cost it has had! People like to act as though they'd be the person in the crowd who would rush a lone gunman first. Sure - you'll die, but the group will get the gunman and everything will be better. They definitely love to proclaim that some other bugger in that situation should be willing to take the bullet. I, personally, hope I never have to make the decision between dying doing the right thing and living doing the easy thing. I've no intention of judging those who do.
- amcoastal 5y agoYeah but it was a very small minority that were protesting. Why? Because they were protesting a vaccine mandate which isn't literal evil. Every Russian that isn't a piece of shit should be protesting this and shutting down the entire country.
- ttybird2 5y agoPlease see my other comment in this thread. Either there is some hypocrisy involved or you just called basically everyone here (probably including yourself) a "piece of shit" for not shutting down the USA during its various invasions in the last 20 years. Just because a country claims to represent you, you don't have the moral obligation to oppose it while risking your personal wellbeing.
- ttybird2 5y agoWould you say the same for the Americans and USA's warmongering? Or for the Jewish people and the situation at Gaza? Voters got rid of Bush but this did not stop the unjust American wars. The Russian citizens are people just like us, powerless and with their own peace to protect.
- whateveracct 5y agoVoters in fact did not get rid of Bush. Unless you mean HW.
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoMaybe they're giving the US credit for not giving Bush more terms than he was legally allowed to serve, which is more than you can say for Russia/Putin.