Quote (Ashirgo @ Feb 2 2024 12:11pm)
That's also not my problem.
Most people in Europe live in free democratic countries. They lack the ability to even imagine the degree to which Russian society is rotten morally and culturally. I can't blame them. If you're born and raised in Ireland or Germany, you are happily living your easy life and you don't have to worry about such things.
I presume you mean the republic of ireland, which if you will recall, only became a republic after it carried out violent disorder, i.e. in todays terms, terrorist acts, against England. Obviously you dont mean Northern Ireland where most adults have not been happily living an easy life, but rather one of segregation, terrorism and punishment beatings, which have been supported by foreign governments for decades.
I will let the germans speak for germany, but well the german model for prosperity was international trade, and like Nord Stream, that was literally sunk by a foreign power and germans are not "living an easy life". everywhere has its problems in these uncertain times.
Relating to Russia, it is well documented that Russia does not export high end goods but raw materials and that it, as a culture, is less open, less free, then the western world, and yes Putin is a dictator. however if you talk about rotten, that is in alot of supply right now. Russia is not launching missiles at Gaza and it is not launching missiles at Yemen. It is able to condemn genocide when the US is funding genocide. So while it is easy to look at Russian society and deplore it, you have to accept that people will also look at Israeli, Irish, German, US society, and deplore them too. If a country is not able to condemn genocide publicly it means there is something seriously wrong with the world.
This post was edited by ferdia on Feb 2 2024 06:46am