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[–] camelbeard@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

To add to this, Putin can recruit from the poorest regions for a while, but at some point he needs to get men from the larger cities. The last thing he wants is protests from Moskou etc. The average person from Moskou hadn't had that much negative effects from the war yet. But if you, your son or father is forced to the battlefield it's a different story.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I hope you're right. Because in general the reaction of the Russian population to the war has been so meek, I'm starting to doubt it would be any different once recruitment starts hitting the biggest cities.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's so meek because of the political stance of "I am not political" that permeats the whole society.

Its main idea is that "I make actively sure to not see or hear what is happening around me, and in return I can live my life reasonably carefree." That's an unspoken contract between the junta leading the country and its populace. If one side breaks the contract, it's null and void.

The funny thing is, the people have not noticed that the contract has been broken, because they are actively avoiding noticing anything that has to do with society!

And the word "actively" is of great significance. Because it's not passivity, it's a stance held up actively by each individual. The situation of the Russia is all the time deeper and deeper "in your face", and eventually it'll be so deep that there's nothing the individual can do to avoid noticing it.

And then they become active in... Well, some other manner.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 minutes ago

Im afraid this is happening in America