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There's bravery and then there's stupidity. I'm not sure what he thinks he can achieve as a prisoner in an Arctic prison (and presumably one day, a corpse) that
by zarzavat 3y ago
There's bravery and then there's stupidity. I'm not sure what he thinks he can achieve as a prisoner in an Arctic prison (and presumably one day, a corpse) that he couldn't achieve as a free man, but I don't find his choice very aspirational.
True acts of bravery are done in the service of others, martyrdom is a pointless waste of human life.
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- cedws 3y agoWhat do you think Navalny would've been able to accomplish from afar? Him remaining in the West and subverting the Kremlin would have only fed the ideas that he's a Western agent. He made a courageous and respectable move. The ball is now in the court of the Russian citizens on whether they want to fight for justice.
- ithkuil 3y agoWhen the masses are called to choose between justice and patriotism they most often choose patriotism. EDIT: of course most people don't control what gets passed for patriotism
- simmerup 3y agoSomeone has to test the system and prove it’s unfair
- CapitalistCartr 3y agoMartyrdom is a "true act of bravery" that can benefit us all. Socrates Joan of Arc John Brown Maximilian Kolbe Folke Bernadotte Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr. Each made the World a better place; each placed their work above their freedom, their safety, their life.
- thebruce87m 3y agoPeople have achieved things as corpses so that others can achieve things as free men.