2026-10-24 20:43 UTC
@TTFKA_Tay0@fosstodon.org
Putin and the Russian •regime• are evil.
•Russians• are millions of individual people who span the whole range from evil to heroic to apathetic. Many Russians are also suffering and dying because of the evils of the Russian regime.
It is important to be clear about this distinction.
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@TTFKA_Tay0@fosstodon.org 2026-10-24 21:15
@inthehands@hachyderm.io They vote for him. They tolerate him. Their culture accepts him as inevitable. They don't take to the streets and overthrow him. It's not that easy.
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@quixote@mastodon.nz 2026-10-24 22:19
@inthehands@hachyderm.io @TTFKA_Tay0@fosstodon.org Always true. Also, for instance, of the USians labouring under the Trumpist regime.