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It’s complicated. There’re people who support war because the Russian government maintains an information blockade about the topic. Saying anything about the w
by goldsteinq 5y ago
It’s complicated.
There’re people who support war because the Russian government maintains an information blockade about the topic. Saying anything about the war that was not previously said by the government is going to become a criminal offence tomorrow. Two independent media (TV Rain and Echo of Moscow) were recently banned for telling too much. At the same time, every state-controlled media is spreading propaganda non-stop.
Many citizens genuinely think that Ukraine is ruled by Nazis, and Russian military is successfully removing these Nazis without damaging non-combatants. It’s hard to spread the truth because government is going all-in on stopping opposition.
- criddell 5y agoCNN showed a pro-war protestor who said something to the effect of "Ukraine today, the rest of Europe tomorrow". There's definitely a faction that wants to see a new Soviet Union.
- goldsteinq 5y agoIdiots exist, but this isn’t even a common opinion among pro-Putin people.