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If I would have read something like that for the first time, I think I would have felt merely uncomfortable and puzzled, like "they're either kidding or insane"
by archi42 5y ago
If I would have read something like that for the first time, I think I would have felt merely uncomfortable and puzzled, like "they're either kidding or insane". But 90 years ago my country essentially redefined the meaning of the word "atrocity". And when we disseminated those decades in our history lessons, we read some of the speeches given back then. The topics are a bit adapted to Russia, its history and the modern geopolitical environment; but the rhetoric, logic and tone is essentially the same. This is what makes me feel sick.
- jacquesm 5y agoThe fact that it makes you feel sick is a good thing: it means that you haven't lost your humanity. And this is the really dangerous thing right now: the fact that many people are starting to see 'Russians' and not 'Russia/Putin' as the problem. Obviously Russians have some agency, but not to the degree that many think they do. They could do a lot more, but for people who have not lived under the jackboot of a dictator for the whole of their lives this may seem a bit simpler and less dangerous than it really is. Even so: the only real change can come from within Russia.