I think Russians have been disconnected from responsibility for their government that they now prefer it that way, and will resist anything and anyone that prop

I think Russians have been disconnected from responsibility for their government that they now prefer it that way, and will resist anything and anyone that proposes they should be (a) informed (b) do anything about it. Maybe eventually sanctions will get them asking more questions like why they're banned from international sports. Or maybe this is the start of a totalitarianism trend. It's not certain this gets better. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/when-russian-tv-cancels-on-the-media https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/when-russi... What struct me about this observation is, OK of course it's not possible to occupy the country and force them to have a free press. If that's really what's required to deprogram Russians, then they aren't going to be deprogrammed in the foreseeable future.