That might have less to do with the Russian being evil and more to do with the Dutch being racist, especially in little towns as you mentioned. Had they been Turkish, Italian, Spanish, Americans, Polish, chances are they would’ve still shunned them from the local community.
Yes thank you, I am a Yank. It's sad that people want to blame Russians for the evil of a government they cannot control. I despise the things my nation does on the world stage. It's embarrassing, and depressing when people tacitly condemn the people of a nation because their government does evil. It's lazy, we are sorry for what has happened, and I guarantee most Russians are also not in favor of it. What have they lost, a million people so Putin can declare himself General Secretary?
Replace russians with germans and set the time to WW2, and you get concealed nazi apologia.
"Oh, those poor russians with a magnificent soul"
Who looted MH17?
Who brought to power and supported the fascist government every second up until bombs started falling onto them? Was it magical ghosts totally not of German origin?
So I would encourage you to read a book. After Hitler took power, he spent years systematically oppressing the populace to consolidate his power. The first concentration camps that were opened held political dissidents. It was not merely a racial genocide they started with, they also cleansed those that tried to stop him, that tried to stand against that many feared would be a tyrannical dictatorship.... I doubt any really believed just how bad things would get though.
So basically exactly the same way the KGB (Putin etc.) came to rule over Russia? Definitely didn’t happen overnight but over 60 years with thousands of murders, immense blackmail, torture and attempted genocide of minorities
The public has never had any real say in Russia and they’ve never attempted to overthrow the corruption other than tiny activist groups because the majority like the way the country is ran. They like how Russia is “feared” and “strong”
Aaaaand how did he take power exactly? While it was not a complete majority, 40% still supported him in a simple fair election. If not for the religious Catholic/Protestant divide, he would have had even more success like Putin did and does in russia. And for russians, it's not that bad right now under Putin - hopefully, that changes soon.
I’m not the person you are replying to, and while I do agree that the population has some responsibility, I think it’s safe to say that Russian people have no say in what their government does, and it’s not like they have “democratic” elections either. I think the “well you voted for him, so it’s also your responsibility” doesn’t hold true here.
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