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How has the world come to this point? Sympathy for evil abroad and apathy to evil at home, what happened to those who stood for truth and justice? Freedom and l
by zghst 12y ago
How has the world come to this point? Sympathy for evil abroad and apathy to evil at home, what happened to those who stood for truth and justice? Freedom and liberty? Do our values mean nothing to us anymore? We in the West have failed ourselves tremendously. There will be selective, endless protest from when our nations commit wrongdoings, but to be sympathetic to causes of evil that occurs outside our reach; feigning an "objective" view to give doubt to the corrupt; engaging in Whataboutism when it comes to any serious discussion; the attitude and naiveté of Europeans and Americans today absolutely disgusts me.
Putin is abusing his power changing the constitution so he can prop his regime up, crushing his opposition, jailing journalist, spreading propaganda, significant restrictions on free speech, implementing extreme protectionist measures in business and culture, illegal invasions, doing business with the worst violators of human rights. It is so sad that the Russians who want to do best for their nation are not able to speak their mind for fear of jail or death.
Russia is an extremely ignorant and backwards country, from my view. Just a few days ago people held rallies in Red Square for May Day (http://spectrumhr.org/?p=1972 http://spectrumhr.org/?p=1972). There was lots of racism (sign calling Obama a black monkey), ignorance, misogyny (sign denouncing feminist), praising a rapist sociopath (http://www.suomensotilas.fi/en/artikkelit/change-game http://www.suomensotilas.fi/en/artikkelit/change-game), honoring corrupt mass murders, etc.
The only thing Putin stands to fulfill is power and ego.