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“Cede power”? What would you have them do?
by mdekkers 3y ago
“Cede power”? What would you have them do?
- kdwikzncba 3y agoYou're right, there's absolutely nothing that can be done in this situation. Same as in 1917, nothing could've been done about the czar either.
- cafard 3y agoThe Russian performance in Ukraine hasn't been astonishing, but the losses don't compare to 1914-1917.
- wyldfire 3y agoThe comment you replied to does not refer to WWI nor Russia's war with Ukraine, it refers to the Russian Revolution after WWI. It sarcastically indicates that "nothing" can be done now about the unjust state of Russia resulting in Navalny being a political prisoner.
- cafard 3y agoThe comment you replied to refers to the Russian Revolution after WWI. The damage inflicted by WWI greatly damaged the Tsarist regime. (And, no war, no German government shipping Lenin back home.)
- mdekkers 3y agoTo compare the current situation in any way with the situation as it was at the time of the Russian revolution is, at best, overly simplistic. Pretty much the first thing the revolutionaries said was “well that was easy, let’s make sure that cannot happen again”
- wyldfire 3y agoPower comes from the consent of the governed. That said, if the military supports the status quo, it would admittedly be nigh impossible to oppose them.
- mdekkers 3y agoPower comes, everywhere on our planet, from owning and maintaining the monopoly on violence. Which is vested in the military and police. As you rightly point out, going against those is nigh impossible.
- cedws 3y agoUnfortunately, democracy is incredibly expensive in terms of human lives, and once lost there is no way to get it back other than to fight for it.