Many people here lack critical thinking skills, making them susceptible to Russian propaganda which Kremlin heavily invests into. Those who have experienced life under communist rule even in satellite states understand the true nature of Russia/Moscow far better than most of you can ever hope to. No amount of frustrated westerners, who vent their rage with their governments and modern values from the comfort of their parents basements, can alter reality. Rants filled with Kremlin talking points they extracted from speeches of some old fart bags on kremlins payroll won't change experiences of those who know better.
Don't think so? Go to Russia/North Korea/China or w/e quasi-commie/autocratic shithole you support and try to practice your freedom of speech/human rights and other civil liberties there, maybe 8 years of Kwalliso/Gulag will set you straight :bonk:
We start appeasing dictatorships, legitimizing their land-grabs through made up narratives and we find ourselves on extremely slippery slope, proliferation of nuclear armaments are on the way if nothing changes, since big powers can go back and forth on their promises as they please and their words are not worth the ink on the paper they are written on, total mutual destruction is the only real deterrent to have confidence in.
No one here is appeasing dictators.
The facts are that Ukraine refused to sign the 2022 peace deal because they believed they could win and we simply keep pointing out that it was a stupid decision and that Ukraine cannot win this even with massive Western support.
You can cry about Russia and shit on the Russians all day long, what if they don't care?
The information war failed, even in the West people don't care anymore because they've been fed way too much propaganda already.