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The original was posted on /r/ukrainianconflict by /u/doughtnut2022 on 2024-07-27 00:45:13+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What i find most sad about Russia is that the people have, for the most part, accepted corruption as the way of life.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gestures wildly at every capitalist oligarchy masquerading as a "democracy"

I mean, Russia's objectively worse in 100x ways, but corruption is accepted everywhere. It's fuckin wild what rich pepper can get away with. Putin's just at the point where he doesn't have to hide it because if you complain he will have you murdered.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

8+ decades of hardcore civilian oppression, declining opportunities, and constant propaganda are what has brought them there, and we aren't far behind them.