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Watching various Russian interview youtube channels reminds me of this [1]. Its very scary you basically have a lot of apathy and denial. People really just wan

Watching various Russian interview youtube channels reminds me of this [1]. Its very scary you basically have a lot of apathy and denial. People really just want to get on with their normal day and not think about it, they believe only what lines up with their safe world view, nobody wants to be the bad guy, Ukraine is fake news. These people look like came out of the US Midwest just speaking a different language, it could definitely happen anywhere. Made me think about how the allies made Germans face the atrocities that they where in denial about after the war, making them go to the camps, dig the graves, watch the footage [2]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/c/1420channel/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/1420channel/videos [2] https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/06/german-soldiers-react-to-concentration-camp-footage-photo.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/06/german-soldiers-rea...

elliekelly 5y ago
I think you might be misinterpreting the Russian comments that are along the lines of "I don't follow politics" or "I don't know enough to have an opinion". Those are "safe" answers. It's a euphemism, of sorts. They can't say "No, I don't want the current President to remain in power" so they say "I don't have an opinion on the President". They can't get in trouble for giving that answer. I get the impression the vast majority of the people giving those dismissive answers can't share how they really feel on camera because it would be dangerous. It's not that they're apathetic, they're just aware of the risks that come along with speaking their mind.
qiskit 5y ago
> it could definitely happen anywhere. It does happen everywhere. European countries in NATO have been responsible for more deaths than the russians. It's hilarious. People are pretending ukraine is the only war that ever existed. Ukraine is the tamest ongoing war right now. The least civilian deaths of any serious war since the turn of the century. > Made me think about how the allies made Germans face the atrocities that they where in denial about after the war, making them go to the camps, dig the graves, watch the footage That is literally post-war indoctrination/propaganda. Had the germans won ww2, they would have made the british, americans, russians, etc confront their own war crimes.

elliekelly 5y ago

I think you might be misinterpreting the Russian comments that are along the lines of "I don't follow politics" or "I don't know enough to have an opinion". Those are "safe" answers. It's a euphemism, of sorts. They can't say "No, I don't want the current President to remain in power" so they say "I don't have an opinion on the President". They can't get in trouble for giving that answer. I get the impression the vast majority of the people giving those dismissive answers can't share how they really feel on camera because it would be dangerous. It's not that they're apathetic, they're just aware of the risks that come along with speaking their mind.

qiskit 5y ago

> it could definitely happen anywhere. It does happen everywhere. European countries in NATO have been responsible for more deaths than the russians. It's hilarious. People are pretending ukraine is the only war that ever existed. Ukraine is the tamest ongoing war right now. The least civilian deaths of any serious war since the turn of the century. > Made me think about how the allies made Germans face the atrocities that they where in denial about after the war, making them go to the camps, dig the graves, watch the footage That is literally post-war indoctrination/propaganda. Had the germans won ww2, they would have made the british, americans, russians, etc confront their own war crimes.