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Honest question here: Have you considered, as an able-bodied young man, doing the honorable thing and "cleaning up" your country? Young American patriots did

Honest question here: Have you considered, as an able-bodied young man, doing the honorable thing and "cleaning up" your country? Young American patriots did the same back in 1776. Maybe it’s time for your people and country to enter the modern era.

muzika 5y ago
The problem is that over 50% of Russian people stand behind Putin. They get their news and political views from watching state-run TV.
- cipher_system 5y ago
  Surely his approval ratings must have taken a massive hit? The OMON, military and state media will also loose their life savings and suffer under the war and sanctions. There's just so much protests they can handle and with more and more people with nothing left to loose, the momentum can quickly overwhelm them. It's not gonna be easy but you're running out of options. Best of luck if you choose to fight.
smugglerFlynn 5y ago
I’ll leave this one for the audience.
vertis 5y ago
I'm going to link to a thread by a Belarusian today on twitter[0]. It sheds light on Belarus which is applicable to Russia. Highly recommended read. [0]: https://twitter.com/AlinaLeonovaSF/status/1499457928562102274 https://twitter.com/AlinaLeonovaSF/status/149945792856210227...
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burntoutfire 5y ago
These two situations are literally not comparable at all. For one thing, England didn't have massive police and secret police force estabilised in its American colonies which could just immediately disappear any people who are starting to organize any kind of resistance. The Russian despots were always extremely good at snuffing out any internal resistance, that's how they stayed in power for centuries.
- 908B64B197 5y ago
  > England didn't have massive police and secret police force estabilised in its American colonies which could just immediately disappear any people who are starting to organize any kind of resistance It didn't, because the colonist didn't let it happen. Democracy and freedom aren’t privilege, they are rights earned with blood.
  - xen0 5y ago
    The capabilities of the modern Russian state to control and inflict harm and terror upon its people far outweigh the capabilities of the 18th Century British Empire in regards to its American colonies. The modern idea of a police force didn't even exist at the time.

muzika 5y ago

The problem is that over 50% of Russian people stand behind Putin. They get their news and political views from watching state-run TV.

cipher_system 5y ago
Surely his approval ratings must have taken a massive hit? The OMON, military and state media will also loose their life savings and suffer under the war and sanctions. There's just so much protests they can handle and with more and more people with nothing left to loose, the momentum can quickly overwhelm them. It's not gonna be easy but you're running out of options. Best of luck if you choose to fight.

smugglerFlynn 5y ago

I’ll leave this one for the audience.

vertis 5y ago

I'm going to link to a thread by a Belarusian today on twitter[0]. It sheds light on Belarus which is applicable to Russia. Highly recommended read. [0]: https://twitter.com/AlinaLeonovaSF/status/1499457928562102274 https://twitter.com/AlinaLeonovaSF/status/149945792856210227...

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burntoutfire 5y ago

These two situations are literally not comparable at all. For one thing, England didn't have massive police and secret police force estabilised in its American colonies which could just immediately disappear any people who are starting to organize any kind of resistance. The Russian despots were always extremely good at snuffing out any internal resistance, that's how they stayed in power for centuries.

908B64B197 5y ago
> England didn't have massive police and secret police force estabilised in its American colonies which could just immediately disappear any people who are starting to organize any kind of resistance It didn't, because the colonist didn't let it happen. Democracy and freedom aren’t privilege, they are rights earned with blood.
- xen0 5y ago
  The capabilities of the modern Russian state to control and inflict harm and terror upon its people far outweigh the capabilities of the 18th Century British Empire in regards to its American colonies. The modern idea of a police force didn't even exist at the time.