Quote from: hostm on Today at 08:42:27 AM

Quote from: goldkingcoiner on March 09, 2023, 03:43:04 PM

Pretty much this.

I do not see any Russians being attacked or harassed en masse anywhere in the world currently. Sure, there are Russians who live in other countries and are cheering Putin on, but honestly, most Russians don't. And the only reason why Russians in Russia are so overwhelmingly "for Putin" is because of manufactured consent, threat of being sent to a work camp and never coming back and direct threats of executions for anyone living higher than the first floor.

Sweeping "all Russians" under the same rug is wrong, I believe. That kind of thinking is WW2 era xenophobia which has no place in our modern times. We are all the same but with different, ever-changing state of minds.

Education and evidence are the only weapons we should use to fight against ignorance and hatred.

Did you live in Russia back in the 90-es years of the last century? I did. I was hungry many times. I lost my apartment because "ownership" appeared. I remember how people from the USA bought the most profitable businesses in my city where they didn't pay salaries to Russian workers. We don't want to happen this again. That is why most people who live in Russia support Putin. We will not let you come back to rob Russia again!

Best point ever!!! The sad part is that Putin and his ideals will not live forever. If Medvedev were in control, all moves to make peace would gradually fade away (if not rapidly), and Russia would again be plunged into the 1900s.

Throughout all history, there have been times where nations were peaceful towards their citizenry, and times where they were not. The lands of Great Britain were often lands of great slavery hundreds of years ago. It wasn't until the king was forced into the Magna Carta contract with his nobles in the year 1215 that people started to have really good peace.

In America, the US Constitution does an even better job of giving peace and control to the people... through elections and the jury and the courts (if they are properly used).

The US Constitution is outdated in ways. Nobody who wrote it ever considered the technological advances that would come about in the world. There needs to be an upgrade where the people have even greater, faster, control... without being controlled in their decisions and freedom. The blockchain might be used to provide some of this.

If the people of Russia don't use the strength of freedom that they have found in Putin, to solidify their freedom like the Magna Carta and the US Constitution do in their countries, Russia will lose their freedom when Putin is gone... which could happen any day. Nobody knows what will happen then. But it could easily be a road back to the days of Stalin.

Use Putin as a stepping stone to lock in your freedom.

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