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I literally live in 2 countries and my family is spread across 5 or so. I've been to a dozen or so countries. Speak 2.5 languages (2 fluent, 1 poorly). My kid

I literally live in 2 countries and my family is spread across 5 or so. I've been to a dozen or so countries. Speak 2.5 languages (2 fluent, 1 poorly). My kid will have 2 nationalities when they're born and hopefully speak 3+ languages. No, I feel that way because people need to stop enabling evil through inaction. If babushkas can happily protest this war and go to jail then so can every Russian. And what's the risk? The quicker Putin is deposed the less jail time... But yes, I'm sure chilling on a beach in Thailand or visiting Africa will make me be OK with power hungry dictators killing civilians while citizens enable it... I've got many friends who are refugees, from Congo, Kosovo, Syria as well as friends from Ukraine, Russia, Ethiopia, Egypt and many other hot spots. People enable it by not standing up and for once a country actually is (Ukraine).

asats 5y ago
What's the risk? How about this https://www.the-sun.com/news/4045314/videos-putin-prisons-inmates-raped-mutilated/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/4045314/videos-putin-prisons-in...
- Mikeb85 5y ago
  If enough protest there won't be jail time...
  - asats 5y ago
    I'm sure you'd kiss your kids goodby and be the first one to go build barricades facing being arrested, possibly shot (if things escalate) or "being urinated on, raped and violated with blunt objects." All with a cutoff internet so you could not even organize a proper event. Just go outside and overthrow an entrenched million-strong armed dictatorship.
    - Mikeb85 5y ago
      If the alternative was my kids living for another 15 years under a dictatorship, yes. Things aren't going to get better under Putin from this point on... The last 20 years might have been not-so-bad for Russia but they have absolutely no future under Putin right now. Edit - and right now is the time to act. Before long Kyiv will look like Grozny, Russia will proclaim victory, come back and Putin will become even further entrenched. Stop it right now, the war ends, less people die, Putin can't consolidate his power.
      - asats 5y ago
        I agree with you, and there's plenty of people that are trying to communicate that within Russia and start the movement, but the absolute last thing people like that need right now is to get their internet cut off.

asats 5y ago

What's the risk? How about this https://www.the-sun.com/news/4045314/videos-putin-prisons-inmates-raped-mutilated/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/4045314/videos-putin-prisons-in...

Mikeb85 5y ago
If enough protest there won't be jail time...
- asats 5y ago
  I'm sure you'd kiss your kids goodby and be the first one to go build barricades facing being arrested, possibly shot (if things escalate) or "being urinated on, raped and violated with blunt objects." All with a cutoff internet so you could not even organize a proper event. Just go outside and overthrow an entrenched million-strong armed dictatorship.
  - Mikeb85 5y ago
    If the alternative was my kids living for another 15 years under a dictatorship, yes. Things aren't going to get better under Putin from this point on... The last 20 years might have been not-so-bad for Russia but they have absolutely no future under Putin right now. Edit - and right now is the time to act. Before long Kyiv will look like Grozny, Russia will proclaim victory, come back and Putin will become even further entrenched. Stop it right now, the war ends, less people die, Putin can't consolidate his power.
    - asats 5y ago
      I agree with you, and there's plenty of people that are trying to communicate that within Russia and start the movement, but the absolute last thing people like that need right now is to get their internet cut off.