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> Putin didn't appear in vacuum. He is a product of his society. Every Russian out there is to blame for this war. I agree with first 2 sentences but have to c

• logical_ferry 4y ago
  > which is far from representing the whole population. They had parents, went to daycare, went to school, made life choices, went to university, worked a job... They didn't just materialize in KGB one day.
  • chupasaurus 4y ago
    Putin's both parents worked at a factory which means no parents most of the time, the daycare was provided by the "criminal elements" [sic] on the streets, he stated that he wanted to join KGB during childhood, he didn't pass entry exams as he entered university as a sportsman and became KGB's agent (not an employee), his job was KGB then after the fall of Berlin Wall he worked for rector of his uni for a brief time and after that for a docent who went into politics and happened to become the mayor of now St. Petersburg in 1991...
    • logical_ferry 4y ago
      Now that you've put it that way then yeah, I see how most Russian are absolved of guilt for this war.
      • chupasaurus 4y ago
        It's very complicated topic which also could be simplified to "a slowly boiled frog with bandits controlling the heat".