I meant to say Disfranchised: That means they can’t vote, and in the US that’s often for systemic reasons. Don’t like that Black people can vote? Make having a felony disqualify you from voting and disproportionately police and prosecute black people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disfranchisement

Russia will only do what it believes will make its rulers the most amount of money.

You think Putin and his oligarch buddies don’t only care about the money?

proof that Russia is preparing for an invasion of Europe??? Your wording is clear

Even along the Ukrainian border, the Russian troops guarding the frontier are their least capable units full of troops typically serving their 1 year conscription. Putin knows that NATO lacks the capacity for a Sneak Attack. Unless Poland orders full mobilization, the Russians won’t move more than token forces to the border.

Some of those kinds of comments are typically from terminally online Marxist-Leninists.

Many are disenfranchised for some reason or another.

There was a reason Russia intelligence was pushing so hard for it

How were they supposed to quell widespread anti-corruption protests and restore Putin’s slumping popularly without a successful 3 day military operation? Do you realize how much the successful war against Georgia boosted Putin’s popularity right when he needed it? /s

If Putin shows weakness, Russian’s might start thinking he’ll give in to their demands.

The slow walking of Military Aid under Biden and the disruption of aid under Trump are the main reasons the Ukrainians haven’t done better. Most people are amazed they did as well against the Russian’s as they have.

Yeah, historically Ukrainian corruption while not as bad as in Russia was just as pervasive and Putin didn’t really think Zelensky or any Ukrainian leadership would act on principles. Of course, it’s an easy mistake to make when you have no principles and surround yourself with people who have no principles.

You’re statement would have had more truth to it in 2023 then it does today. Europe is still behind Russia in that regard but Russia committed to fully switching to a wartime economy.

Somehow I doubt Russian fascists intend to denazify anything. More likely they will add Ukrainian people and economic output to their war machine and pick a new former Russian Imperial possession to invade.

Because everyone close enough to assassinate Putin benefits from the regime. None of them are in their positions for altruistic reasons and all them them would face the gallows if Russia had real accountability. It’s why Coup attempts are frequently not launched by Generals.

Most of the soldiers getting sent into the meat grinder are ethnic minorities from poor regions of Russia. They’re people that European Russians don’t care about.

Well good for them. Bending knee to Putin won’t secure peace, it’ll only secure them an intermission until Putin can finish the job.

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Well, the price of a four year degree skyrocketed, while the financial return for most degrees is essentially zero. Not that there isn’t value beyond monetary compensation to be had in getting alot of degrees but they now come packaged with a lifetime of student loan debt if you’re not wealthy or lucky enough to get scholarship money.

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