Russians are growing weary of the war against Ukraine but are divided about how much harm it has done and how to end it, according to a report based on polling and focus groups by the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center and the Levada Center, an independent polling group.
“hello we are not with Putin. Do you support the war with Ukraine?”
(Russian looks around nervously) “of course, I support Putin in all his decisions”
Russia’s liberal interpretation of laws to suppress negative public opinion of the war has absolutely nothing to do with that, right? /s
I met russians in germany, italy and thailand. 80% were pro Putin. And there was no camera running or a hot microphone. They are that dense. They have no epathy for the victims the kill in ukraine. These people never learned to admit guilt and will deny every accusation by reflex and will get drawn to the image of putin, as a strong, hard, never-budging man. They can not show softness, empathy or sympathy as that would be a weak woman/gay feeling. Russians always want to look tough, hard and like warriors. They are that insecure.
Best description of that mindset
And that’s why their sons will be poorly trained, poorly equipped, and shipped out to Ukraine, where they will die.
The Russian wannabe-tough-guy attitude coupled with indifference to their own atrocities is why this war needs to be brought onto their soil. Specifically Moscow.
Russia is 80% conservatives. Empathy is not a conservative trait. Fuck Russia.
It’s not a left or a right thing, it boils down to how pervasive the state propaganda is, and if any prominent voices of truth rise up, they’re often jailed or killed.
The support is because of indoctrination and fear, not because people are incapable of empathy.
