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Ever lived under a dictator? Ever tried to stop him from doing something? Ever done either of the above while having a family you care about? At the end of the

Ever lived under a dictator? Ever tried to stop him from doing something? Ever done either of the above while having a family you care about? At the end of the day, no sane person would place their family in mortal danger to maybe possibly potentially make life easier for a large number of unknown far away people.

cbg0 5y ago
> Ever lived under a dictator? Ever tried to stop him from doing something? Ever done either of the above while having a family you care about? Yes, see Romania 1989. Over 1000 people died in the streets but we got the job done.
wadim 5y ago
Didn't all of humanity at some point? Ukraine being a more recent example. And here we are, living in mostly free and democratic countries. Weird how that happened.
iso1631 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Benito_Mussolini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Benito_Mussolini > At the end of the day, no sane person would place their family in mortal danger to maybe possibly potentially make life easier for a large number of unknown far away people. US military personnel did this. Invading Iraq increased the risk of terrorism in the US to make life easier for a few haliburton board members.
KptMarchewa 5y ago
Russians themselves have done it in 1917.
drran 5y ago
Do Italian sabotage[0] (Итальянская забастовка[1]): execute all rules and laws as precisely as possible. It's the safest form of protest. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule [1]: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C...
yazaddaruvala 5y ago
I read this earlier today and it clicked so well, “no country was born a democracy”. Every democratic country in the world had at one point a few brave souls who were both sane and put themselves and their families in mortal danger to “maybe possibly potentially make life easier for a large number of unknown [not yet born] people”. So yeah, it happens and is relatively common in history. I hope the Russian people find some extra courage and get Putin to step away from Ukraine and also Russia.

cbg0 5y ago

> Ever lived under a dictator? Ever tried to stop him from doing something? Ever done either of the above while having a family you care about? Yes, see Romania 1989. Over 1000 people died in the streets but we got the job done.

wadim 5y ago

Didn't all of humanity at some point? Ukraine being a more recent example. And here we are, living in mostly free and democratic countries. Weird how that happened.

iso1631 5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Benito_Mussolini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Benito_Mussolini > At the end of the day, no sane person would place their family in mortal danger to maybe possibly potentially make life easier for a large number of unknown far away people. US military personnel did this. Invading Iraq increased the risk of terrorism in the US to make life easier for a few haliburton board members.

KptMarchewa 5y ago

Russians themselves have done it in 1917.

drran 5y ago

Do Italian sabotage[0] (Итальянская забастовка[1]): execute all rules and laws as precisely as possible. It's the safest form of protest. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule [1]: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0 https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C...

yazaddaruvala 5y ago

I read this earlier today and it clicked so well, “no country was born a democracy”. Every democratic country in the world had at one point a few brave souls who were both sane and put themselves and their families in mortal danger to “maybe possibly potentially make life easier for a large number of unknown [not yet born] people”. So yeah, it happens and is relatively common in history. I hope the Russian people find some extra courage and get Putin to step away from Ukraine and also Russia.