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At what point do moderate citizens of Russia, who don't support the war, become so poor, beat down, Nihilistic, that they delude themselves into believing the p
by sometimeshuman 5y ago
At what point do moderate citizens of Russia, who don't support the war, become so poor, beat down, Nihilistic, that they delude themselves into believing the propaganda that all their misery is because of evil Western/U.S. hegemony. These escalating sanctions that end livelihoods are arguably adding to Russia's military reservists and Kremlin loyalists. If that happens to the creative class then it's reasonable to conclude there are no dissenters remaining.