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I'd be averse to protesting if flying bullets were involved too. Here in the West we have a sense of rights and freedoms that developed only after centuries of
by FredPret 3y ago
I'd be averse to protesting if flying bullets were involved too.
Here in the West we have a sense of rights and freedoms that developed only after centuries of civil wars, revolutions, bloody struggles, and endless debates and propaganda. It's now baked into the Western psyche.
But other areas aren't so lucky, and some are still in the above process.
- cycrutchfield 3y agoProtests and revolutions happen in non-Western countries quite frequently. Let’s not absolve Russians for their apathy and subservience in this respect.
- FredPret 3y agoTo be fair, they just had an attempted revolution the other day, and there's been a steady stream of Putin critics meeting unlikely fates over the years. Do not underestimate the power of an oppressive government with a wide reach.
- cmrdporcupine 3y ago... A half-hearted military coup attempt by a far-right mercenary militia is not a "revolution." It's the imposition of an agenda by one anti-democratic "might makes right" entity over another. The Russian masses have been so far not only compliant, but on the whole supportive of the regime.