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Russia ‘fires intercontinental ballistic missile’ at Ukraine for first time
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
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This whole paragraph does not contradict what I said, but your tone seems to suggest it does.
Also those satirical TV shows were all basically crying wildly that bad things are coming. Said bad things came. So?
Anyway, this doesn't make the Russian population any more or less infantile than the Ukrainian population.
That political force was dissolved after its key figures were murdered or ridiculed on TV 24/7 in the late 90s and early 00s. It definitely existed.
Also Navalny's ideas have changed a lot over time. If you are referring to his "Crimea is not a sandwich" statement, it's just correct - international law has such a thing as right of self-determination, regardless of what Ukrainian laws say. The fact of military aggression doesn't negate that right.
My cousins' father is from Artsakh, Ukrainian politicians congratulated Azeris with their crimes. I couldn't care less what Ukrainians have to say on responsibility after that. Try following your own declared principles first. Otherwise it's not even funny.
People are responsible to the degree the structure of power is affected by their choices. Said structure right now is affected negligibly by most of the Russian population.
I never said russians were more or less infantile than any other group of people. I said your inability to treat russian like adults who are responsible for their actions ("they've never seen democracy", "the west has backed Yeltsin since 1993") is an infantilization of russian society. Is this not true?
I referenced the satirical political shows during the 90s to highlight that the russians did have experience with an independent (perhaps imperfect) mass market press. Yet they did not see this as important. What do you mean by "bad things are coming"? Can you be clear and specific and not beat around the bush? Because it sounds like you haven't actually lived in russia and you have no idea what you're talking about.
Thank you for proving my point about broad support for imperialism among russian society.
And who is ultimately responsible for the said [russian political] structure right now?
No, it's my opinion of the humanity as a whole. My experience shows it's infantile. There's no moral principle obligating us to believe in something not confirmed with experience.
I thought you meant "Куклы" and such.
Right of self-determination is anti-imperialist. If the conflict were between Ukraine's constitution and that right, Ukraine would be imperialist. It's just not.
But hypothetically, if they ever want to, they have that right. And if you want to make the world better, there's no use denying it. Especially since no region possibly votes in favor of voluntarily splitting from Ukraine in proximity of Russia, not after this war. I mean, it's a clearly hypothetical question since they are occupied.
I've already said that responsibility is proportional to input in a decision, right?
So first and foremost people on top of it, diplomats, special services workers, intelligence workers, high-ranking military people.
Then those whose input is a bit less.
Other than that, I guess one can differentiate by how someone voted in their life.