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The average Russian family has been supporting their authoritarian leader and the war he started.
by varjag 4y ago
The average Russian family has been supporting their authoritarian leader and the war he started.
- logical_ferry 4y agoExactly. Most of them are brainwashed. And it's just gonna get worse. Russia is out of the picture for decades to come.
- tpmx 4y agoSome are brainwashed. Some are fully on board, without any need for brainwashing. Most are on the path of least resistance, not asking many questions as long as life is ~comfortable, or at least not getting dramatically worse. They kind of like the strongman. And there is always alcohol/drugs. Added: In general I agree with varjag's assessment. The average Russian family supports Putin.
- logical_ferry 4y agoSummed up nicely. But now they will get some sobering up. I have little faith that Russian society is going to come out of this war any better. It's a cultural thing. Germany had to be razed to the ground by am external force and millions of Germans had to be killed for the society to ditch militarism. And Russia has nukes.
- masijo 4y agoYeah exactly. You're the only one inmune to propaganda, it's everyone else who is brainwashed. It obviously couldn't happen to you since you're smart, and "normal Russian people" aren't.
- threatofrain 4y agoI guess the question comes down to who is responsible for one's own sanity. The individual, the community, or the state? Anyways, I would argue that attributing Putin's popularity to brainwashing is not that solid of a theory. Perhaps Putin is popular because Russians want a strong leader in the wake of previous leader who were seen as weak. We can't know without better introspection and data to ground the discussion.
- layer8 4y agoThe average Russian family believes it’s just a special military operation to free the oppressed Ukrainians from their NATO-corrupted Nazi leadership.