Tre quarti dei russi sostengono la guerra in Ucraina, 24% di attacco nucleare

Of course they are, even most of those living in cozy Europe.

What can we do about a society so rotten, and so dedicated to violent aggression? And one that thinks of itself as the last great bastion of Christianity no less. Truly dispiriting.

It’s a bit more complex; it’s more like a tiny minority supports and opposes the war, while the majority just are neutral and don’t care. And a “don’t care” attitude can be viewed as tolerating the war since they aren’t doing anything to oppose it.

I mean, nothing surprises me anymore.

Look at the US and Trump. Multiply the US and Trump and its supporters a couple generations, and I kind of understand how we can reach that point.

Decades of polarization, propaganda, leaders and politicians become cult personalities, the rules get changed little by little, power gets concentrated little by little, and then, when the people finally see the reality, just blamed the “others”. Be it your neighbour nations, the woke, the alt-right, the nazis, the jews, etc. Just put a name to it, and give the people a target.

The US has a president that is at a trade war with the world. Threatens war against neighbours and allies. Is increasing debt dramatically. Is curtailing their freedoms in the open. Is using the courts to get bribes and get paid off, by settling cases with the media, legal firms, etc. Replaced the top officials in the military with loyalists, use the courts to change laws and set precedents to concentrate even more power on you, etc.

And despite all this, the people still support him in dramatic numbers.
Some things are so damn clear cut bad, that the only excuse they use to convince themselves to continue supporting their cult leader, is that “the other side did worse” or “the others also do it” or “I dont care, just own the libs!”… etc…

This made me open my eyes to how, eventually, we reach the state of Russia.

And then, to make everything worse, the “entire free” world is against Russia, the Russians feel attacked and oppressed, want revenge and want to lash out, even tho it was them that started it, but by then, that no longer matters.

That will be great when the wind changes and blows fallout in their direction.

They endorse the war until tehy are forced to the frontlines themselfes

You live in a totalitarian state. All your personal data such as mobile number, name, address and other stuff are not only available to the police and special forces, but can be bought for a small fee in the4 darknet, so everyone who calls you potentially has all the information about your identity. Not supporting the “government” in their war effort counts as “discreditation of the armed forces” and punishable by from a hefty fine during the first violation to the imprisonment for up to 7 years on the consecutive. The number of political prisoners is the highest since the fall of the USSR.

You phone rings, there is an unknown number on the display. Usually people in Russia don’t answer such calls, but suppose you do. A voice on the other side of the line asks you if you support the war. Would you hang up, lie, or answer honestly?

These polls absolutely don’t work and don’t show a picture that would even remotely resemble reality.

I’m sure at least 24% of republicans do too.

“Simple average innocent Russians”